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    		routeirq	Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
    				This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
    				so this option is a temporary workaround
    				for broken drivers that don't call it.
    
    		skip_isa_align	[X86] do not align io start addr, so can
    				handle more pci cards
    
    		firmware	[ARM] Do not re-enumerate the bus but instead
    				just use the configuration from the
    				bootloader. This is currently used on
    				IXP2000 systems where the bus has to be
    				configured a certain way for adjunct CPUs.
    
    		noearly		[X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
    				This might help on some broken boards which
    				machine check when some devices' config space
    				is read. But various workarounds are disabled
    				and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
    
    		bfsort		Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
    				This sorting is done to get a device
    				order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
    		nobfsort	Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
    
    		cbiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
    				reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
    				The default value is 256 bytes.
    		cbmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
    				reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
    				window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
    
    		resource_alignment=
    				Format:
    				[<order of align>@][<domain>:]<bus>:<slot>.<func>[; ...]
    				Specifies alignment and device to reassign
    				aligned memory resources.
    				If <order of align> is not specified,
    				PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
    				PCI-PCI bridge can be specified, if resource
    				windows need to be expanded.
    
    		ecrc=		Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
    				end-to-end CRC checking).
    				bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
    				the default.
    				off: Turn ECRC off
    				on: Turn ECRC on.
    
    	pcie_aspm=	[PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power
    			Management.
    		off	Disable ASPM.
    		force	Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
    			WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
    
    
    	pcie_pme=	[PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
    		off	Do not use native PCIe PME signaling.
    		force	Use native PCIe PME signaling even if the BIOS refuses
    			to allow the kernel to control the relevant PCIe config
    			registers.
    
    		nomsi	Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
    			all PCIe root ports use INTx for everything).
    
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    	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
    
    	pd.		[PARIDE]
    
    			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
    
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    	pdcchassis=	[PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
    			boot time.
    			Format: { 0 | 1 }
    			See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
    
    
    	percpu_alloc=	Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
    
    			Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
    			Archs may support subset or none of the	selections.
    			See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
    			allocator.  This parameter is primarily	for debugging
    			and performance comparison.
    
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    	pf.		[PARIDE]
    
    			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
    
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    	pg.		[PARIDE]
    
    			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
    
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    	pirq=		[SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
    
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    			See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.txt.
    
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    	plip=		[PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
    			Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
    			See also Documentation/parport.txt.
    
    
    	pmtmr=		[X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port. 
    			Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
    			e.g. pmtmr=0x508
    
    
    	pnp.debug	[PNP]
    			Enable PNP debug messages.  This depends on the
    			CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option.
    
    
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    	pnpacpi=	[ACPI]
    			{ off }
    
    	pnpbios=	[ISAPNP]
    			{ on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
    
    	pnp_reserve_irq=
    			[ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
    
    	pnp_reserve_dma=
    			[ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
    
    	pnp_reserve_io=	[ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
    
    			Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
    
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    	pnp_reserve_mem=
    
    			[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
    			autoconfiguration.
    
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    			Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
    
    
    	ports=		[IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
    			Default is 21.
    			Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
    			may be specified.
    			Format: <port>,<port>....
    
    
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    	print-fatal-signals=
    			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
    
    
    			If enabled, warn about various signal handling
    			related application anomalies: too many signals,
    			too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
    			coredump - etc.
    
    			If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
    			you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
    
    
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    			default: off.
    
    
    	printk.time=	Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
    			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
    
    
    	processor.max_cstate=	[HW,ACPI]
    			Limit processor to maximum C-state
    			max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
    
    	processor.nocst	[HW,ACPI]
    			Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
    			instead using the legacy FADT method
    
    
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    	profile=	[KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
    
    			Format: [schedule,]<number>
    			Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
    			Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
    				statistical time based profiling.
    
    			Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs).
    				Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
    
    			Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
    
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    	prompt_ramdisk=	[RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk
    			before loading.
    
    			See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
    
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    	psmouse.proto=	[HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
    			probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
    
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    	psmouse.rate=	[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
    			per second.
    
    	psmouse.resetafter=	[HW,MOUSE]
    			Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
    
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    			(0 = never).
    	psmouse.resolution=
    			[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
    	psmouse.smartscroll=
    
    			[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
    
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    			0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
    
    	pss=		[HW,OSS] Personal Sound System (ECHO ESC614)
    
    			Format:
    			<io>,<mss_io>,<mss_irq>,<mss_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
    
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    	pt.		[PARIDE]
    
    			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
    
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    	pty.legacy_count=
    			[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
    			default number.
    
    
    	quiet		[KNL] Disable most log messages
    
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    	r128=		[HW,DRM]
    
    	raid=		[HW,RAID]
    			See Documentation/md.txt.
    
    
    	ramdisk_blocksize=	[RAM]
    
    			See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
    
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    	ramdisk_size=	[RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
    
    			See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
    
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    	rcupdate.blimit=	[KNL,BOOT]
    			Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to process
    			in one batch.
    
    	rcupdate.qhimark=	[KNL,BOOT]
    			Set threshold of queued
    
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    			RCU callbacks over which batch limiting is disabled.
    
    
    	rcupdate.qlowmark=	[KNL,BOOT]
    			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
    			batch limiting is re-enabled.
    
    	rdinit=		[KNL]
    			Format: <full_path>
    			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
    			used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
    
    
    	reboot=		[BUGS=X86-32,BUGS=ARM,BUGS=IA-64] Rebooting mode
    
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    			Format: <reboot_mode>[,<reboot_mode2>[,...]]
    
    			See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c or arch/*/kernel/process.c
    
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    	relax_domain_level=
    			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
    
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    	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area
    
    
    	reservetop=	[X86-32]
    
    			Format: nn[KMG]
    			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
    			address space.
    
    
    	reset_devices	[KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
    			during initialization.
    
    
    	resume=		[SWSUSP]
    			Specify the partition device for software suspend
    
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    	resume_offset=	[SWSUSP]
    			Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
    			given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
    			in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
    			See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt
    
    
    	retain_initrd	[RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
    
    
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    	rhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
    			Set number of hash buckets for route cache
    
    	riscom8=	[HW,SERIAL]
    			Format: <io_board1>[,<io_board2>[,...<io_boardN>]]
    
    	ro		[KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
    
    	root=		[KNL] Root filesystem
    
    	rootdelay=	[KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
    			mount the root filesystem
    
    	rootflags=	[KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
    
    	rootfstype=	[KNL] Set root filesystem type
    
    
    	rootwait	[KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
    			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
    			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
    
    
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    	rw		[KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
    
    	S		[KNL] Run init in single mode
    
    	sa1100ir	[NET]
    			See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
    
    	sbni=		[NET] Granch SBNI12 leased line adapter
    
    	sched_debug	[KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
    
    
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    	scsi_debug_*=	[SCSI]
    			See drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c.
    
    	scsi_default_dev_flags=
    			[SCSI] SCSI default device flags
    			Format: <integer>
    
    	scsi_dev_flags=	[SCSI] Black/white list entry for vendor and model
    			Format: <vendor>:<model>:<flags>
    			(flags are integer value)
    
    
    	scsi_logging_level=	[SCSI] a bit mask of logging levels
    			See drivers/scsi/scsi_logging.h for bits.  Also
    			settable via sysctl at dev.scsi.logging_level
    			(/proc/sys/dev/scsi/logging_level).
    			There is also a nice 'scsi_logging_level' script in the
    			S390-tools package, available for download at
    			http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/s390-tools-1.5.4.html
    
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    	scsi_mod.scan=	[SCSI] sync (default) scans SCSI busses as they are
    			discovered.  async scans them in kernel threads,
    			allowing boot to proceed.  none ignores them, expecting
    			user space to do the scan.
    
    
    	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a security module to enable at boot.
    			If this boot parameter is not specified, only the first
    			security module asking for security registration will be
    			loaded. An invalid security module name will be treated
    			as if no module has been chosen.
    
    	selinux=	[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
    
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    			Format: { "0" | "1" }
    			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
    			0 -- disable.
    			1 -- enable.
    			Default value is set via kernel config option.
    			If enabled at boot time, /selinux/disable can be used
    			later to disable prior to initial policy load.
    
    
    	serialnumber	[BUGS=X86-32]
    
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    	shapers=	[NET]
    			Maximal number of shapers.
    
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    	show_msr=	[x86] show boot-time MSR settings
    			Format: { <integer> }
    			Show boot-time (BIOS-initialized) MSR settings.
    			The parameter means the number of CPUs to show,
    			for example 1 means boot CPU only.
    
    
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    	sim710=		[SCSI,HW]
    			See header of drivers/scsi/sim710.c.
    
    	simeth=		[IA-64]
    	simscsi=
    
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    	slram=		[HW,MTD]
    
    
    	slub_debug[=options[,slabs]]	[MM, SLUB]
    			Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the
    			culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
    			slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and
    			may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
    			last alloc / free. For more information see
    			Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
    
    
    	slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]
    
    			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
    			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
    			fragmentation. For more information see
    			Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
    
    
    	slub_min_objects=	[MM, SLUB]
    
    			The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
    			increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to
    			generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
    			the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
    			of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
    			and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
    
    			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
    
    	slub_min_order=	[MM, SLUB]
    			Determines the mininum page order for slabs. Must be
    
    			lower than slub_max_order.
    
    			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
    
    	slub_nomerge	[MM, SLUB]
    
    			Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
    
    			necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
    
    			allocs to different slabs. Debug options disable
    			merging on their own.
    
    			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
    
    
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    	smart2=		[HW]
    			Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
    
    
    	smp-alt-once	[X86-32,SMP] On a hotplug CPU system, only
    
    			attempt to substitute SMP alternatives once at boot.
    
    
    	smsc-ircc2.nopnp	[HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
    	smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg=	[HW] Device configuration I/O port
    	smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir=	[HW] SIR base I/O port
    	smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir=	[HW] FIR base I/O port
    	smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq=	[HW] IRQ line
    	smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma=	[HW] DMA channel
    	smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
    				0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
    				1: Fast pin select (default)
    				2: ATC IRMode
    
    
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    	snd-ad1816a=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-ad1848=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-ali5451=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-als100=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-als4000=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-azt2320=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-cmi8330=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-cmipci=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-cs4231=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-cs4232=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-cs4236=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-cs4281=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-cs46xx=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-dt019x=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-dummy=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-emu10k1=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-ens1370=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-ens1371=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-es968=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-es1688=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-es18xx=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-es1938=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-es1968=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-fm801=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-gusclassic=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-gusextreme=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-gusmax=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-hdsp=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-ice1712=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-intel8x0=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-interwave=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-interwave-stb=
    			[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-korg1212=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-maestro3=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-mpu401=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-mtpav=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-nm256=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-opl3sa2=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-opti92x-ad1848=
    			[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-opti92x-cs4231=
    			[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-opti93x=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-pmac=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-rme32=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-rme96=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-rme9652=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-sb8=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-sb16=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-sbawe=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-serial=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-sgalaxy=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-sonicvibes=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-sun-amd7930=
    			[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-sun-cs4231=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-trident=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-usb-audio=	[HW,ALSA,USB]
    
    	snd-via82xx=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-virmidi=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-wavefront=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	snd-ymfpci=	[HW,ALSA]
    
    	softlockup_panic=
    			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
    
    
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    	sonypi.*=	[HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
    			See Documentation/sonypi.txt
    
    	specialix=	[HW,SERIAL] Specialix multi-serial port adapter
    
    			See Documentation/serial/specialix.txt.
    
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    	spia_io_base=	[HW,MTD]
    	spia_fio_base=
    	spia_pedr=
    	spia_peddr=
    
    	sscape=		[HW,OSS]
    			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
    
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    	st=		[HW,SCSI] SCSI tape parameters (buffers, etc.)
    			See Documentation/scsi/st.txt.
    
    
    	stacktrace	[FTRACE]
    			Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
    
    
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    	sti=		[PARISC,HW]
    			Format: <num>
    			Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
    			machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
    			as the initial boot-console.
    			See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
    
    	sti_font=	[HW]
    			See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
    
    	stifb=		[HW]
    			Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
    
    
    	sunrpc.min_resvport=
    	sunrpc.max_resvport=
    			[NFS,SUNRPC]
    			SunRPC servers often require that client requests
    			originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
    			range 0 < portnr < 1024).
    			An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
    			ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
    			kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
    			using these two parameters to set the minimum and
    			maximum port values.
    
    
    	sunrpc.pool_mode=
    			[NFS]
    			Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
    			service thread pools.  Depending on how many NICs
    			you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
    			option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
    			Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
    			NFS server is running.
    
    			auto	    the server chooses an appropriate mode
    				    automatically using heuristics
    			global	    a single global pool contains all CPUs
    			percpu	    one pool for each CPU
    			pernode	    one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
    				    to global on non-NUMA machines)
    
    
    	sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
    	sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
    			[NFS,SUNRPC]
    			Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
    			RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
    			server. Increasing these values may allow you to
    			improve throughput, but will also increase the
    			amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
    
    
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    	swiotlb=	[IA-64] Number of I/O TLB slabs
    
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    	switches=	[HW,M68k]
    
    	sym53c416=	[HW,SCSI]
    			See header of drivers/scsi/sym53c416.c.
    
    
    	sysrq_always_enabled
    			[KNL]
    			Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
    			neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
    			Useful for debugging.
    
    
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    	t128=		[HW,SCSI]
    			See header of drivers/scsi/t128.c.
    
    	tdfx=		[HW,DRM]
    
    
    	test_suspend=	[SUSPEND]
    			Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
    			standby suspend) as the system sleep state to briefly
    			enter during system startup.  The system is woken from
    			this state using a wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
    
    
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    	thash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
    			Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
    
    
    	thermal.act=	[HW,ACPI]
    			-1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
    			<degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
    
    
    	thermal.crt=	[HW,ACPI]
    			-1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
    
    			<degrees C>: override all critical trip points
    
    	thermal.nocrt=	[HW,ACPI]
    			Set to disable actions on ACPI thermal zone
    			critical and hot trip points.
    
    
    	thermal.off=	[HW,ACPI]
    			1: disable ACPI thermal control
    
    
    	thermal.psv=	[HW,ACPI]
    			-1: disable all passive trip points
    
    			<degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
    			value
    
    	thermal.tzp=	[HW,ACPI]
    			Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
    			<deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
    			0: no polling (default)
    
    
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    	tmscsim=	[HW,SCSI]
    			See comment before function dc390_setup() in
    			drivers/scsi/tmscsim.c.
    
    
    	topology=	[S390]
    			Format: {off | on}
    			Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
    			topology informations if the hardware supports these.
    			The scheduler will make use of these informations and
    			e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
    			Default is off.
    
    
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    	tp720=		[HW,PS2]
    
    
    	tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
    			Format: integer pcr id
    			Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
    			should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
    			as a workaround for some chips which fail to
    			flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
    			This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
    			are saved.
    
    
    	trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
    			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size.
    
    	trace_event=[event-list]
    			[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
    			to facilitate early boot debugging.
    			See also Documentation/trace/events.txt
    
    
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    	trix=		[HW,OSS] MediaTrix AudioTrix Pro
    
    			Format:
    			<io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
    
    
    	tsc=		Disable clocksource-must-verify flag for TSC.
    			Format: <string>
    			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
    			disables clocksource verification at runtime.
    			Used to enable high-resolution timer mode on older
    			hardware, and in virtualized environment.
    
    
    	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
    			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
    			Format:
    			<port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
    
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    			See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt
    
    	u14-34f=	[HW,SCSI] UltraStor 14F/34F SCSI host adapter
    			See header of drivers/scsi/u14-34f.c.
    
    	uart401=	[HW,OSS]
    			Format: <io>,<irq>
    
    	uart6850=	[HW,OSS]
    			Format: <io>,<irq>
    
    
    	uhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
    			Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
    
    
    	uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
    			[USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
    			Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
    			bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
    			anything.  Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
    			Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
    			reported either.
    
    
    	unknown_nmi_panic
    
    			Set unknown_nmi_panic=1 early on boot.
    
    
    	usbcore.autosuspend=
    			[USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
    			for newly-detected USB devices (default 2).  This
    			is the time required before an idle device will be
    			autosuspended.  Devices for which the delay is set
    
    			to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
    
    	usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
    			[USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
    
    	usbcore.blinkenlights=
    			[USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
    
    	usbcore.old_scheme_first=
    			[USB] Start with the old device initialization
    			scheme (default 0 = off).
    
    	usbcore.use_both_schemes=
    			[USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
    			if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
    
    	usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
    			[USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
                            USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
    			(default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
    
    
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    	usbhid.mousepoll=
    			[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
    
    	usb-storage.delay_use=
    			[UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
    			scanned for Logical Units (default 5).
    
    	usb-storage.quirks=
    			[UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
    			override the built-in unusual_devs list.  List
    			entries are separated by commas.  Each entry has
    			the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
    			and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
    			Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
    			to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
    
    				a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
    					of sense data);
    
    				b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
    					bytes of sense data);
    
    				c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
    					device capacity by one sector);
    
    				h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
    					reported device capacity by one
    					sector if the number is odd);
    
    				i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
    					device);
    				l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
    					unlock ejectable media);
    				m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
    					than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time);
    
    				o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
    					reported by the device);
    
    				r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
    					bogus residue values);
    				s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
    					Logical Unit);
    				w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
    					medium is write-protected).
    			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
    
    
    	userpte=
    			[X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
    
    				nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
    					HIGHMEM regardless of setting
    					of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
    
    
    			vdso=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO)
    
    			vdso=1: enable VDSO (default)
    			vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
    
    
    			vdso32=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO)
    			vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO (default)
    			vdso32=0: disable 32-bit VDSO mapping
    
    
    	vector=		[IA-64,SMP]
    			vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain
    
    
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    	video=		[FB] Frame buffer configuration
    			See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt.
    
    
    	vga=		[BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
    
    			See Documentation/x86/boot.txt and
    
    			Documentation/svga.txt.
    
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    			Use vga=ask for menu.
    			This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
    			passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
    
    
    	vmalloc=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact
    
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    			size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the
    			minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to
    			decrease the size and leave more room for directly
    			mapped kernel RAM.
    
    
    	vmhalt=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
    			Format: <command>
    
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    	vmpanic=	[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
    			Format: <command>
    
    	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
    			Format: <command>
    
    	vt.cur_default=	[VT] Default cursor shape.
    			Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
    			the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
    			see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
    
    
    	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
    			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
    			Change the default blue palette of the console.
    			This is a 16-member array composed of values
    			ranging from 0-255.
    
    	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
    			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
    			Change the default green palette of the console.
    			This is a 16-member array composed of values
    			ranging from 0-255.
    
    	vt.default_red=	[VT]
    			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
    			Change the default red palette of the console.
    			This is a 16-member array composed of values
    			ranging from 0-255.
    
    	vt.default_utf8=
    			[VT]
    			Format=<0|1>
    			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
    			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
    			newly opened terminals.
    
    
    	vt.global_cursor_default=
    			[VT]
    			Format=<-1|0|1>
    			Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
    			is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
    			i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
    			overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
    			cursors, 1 will display them.
    
    
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    	waveartist=	[HW,OSS]
    			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>
    
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    	wd33c93=	[HW,SCSI]
    			See header of drivers/scsi/wd33c93.c.
    
    	wd7000=		[HW,SCSI]
    			See header of drivers/scsi/wd7000.c.
    
    
    	watchdog timers	[HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
    			see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt
    			or other driver-specific files in the
    			Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
    
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    	x2apic_phys	[X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
    			default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
    			supporting x2apic.
    
    
    	x86_mrst_timer= [X86-32,APBT]
    			Choose timer option for x86 Moorestown MID platform.
    			Two valid options are apbt timer only and lapic timer
    			plus one apbt timer for broadcast timer.
    			x86_mrst_timer=apbt_only | lapic_and_apbt
    
    
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    	xd=		[HW,XT] Original XT pre-IDE (RLL encoded) disks.
    	xd_geo=		See header of drivers/block/xd.c.
    
    	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
    
    			Format:
    			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
    
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    TODO:
    
    	Add documentation for ALSA options.
    	Add more DRM drivers.