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    			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>
    
    	vsyscall=	[X86-64]
    			Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
    			fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
    			code).  Most statically-linked binaries and older
    			versions of glibc use these calls.  Because these
    			functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
    			targets for exploits that can control RIP.
    
    
    			emulate     [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
    			            emulated reasonably safely.
    
    			native      Vsyscalls are native syscall instructions.
    
    			            This is a little bit faster than trapping
    			            and makes a few dynamic recompilers work
    			            better than they would in emulation mode.
    			            It also makes exploits much easier to write.
    
    			none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
    			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
    			            might break your system.
    
    
    	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.
    
    
    	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.
    
    
    	xen_emul_unplug=		[HW,X86,XEN]
    			Unplug Xen emulated devices
    			Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
    			ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
    			aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
    			nics -- unplug network devices
    			all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
    
    			unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
    				unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
    				the unplug protocol
    
    			never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
    
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    	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
    
    			Format:
    			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
    
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    TODO:
    
    	Add more DRM drivers.