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@@ -343,6 +343,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
no further checks are performed.
+ acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug. Useful for kdump
+ kernels.
+
add_efi_memmap [EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in
kernel's map of available physical RAM.
@@ -463,6 +466,22 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
Use software keyboard repeat
+ audit= [KNL] Enable the audit sub-system
+ Format: { "0" | "1" } (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)
+ 0 - kernel audit is disabled and can not be enabled
+ until the next reboot
+ unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and
+ will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd.
+ 1 - kernel audit is initialized and partially enabled,
+ storing at most audit_backlog_limit messages in
+ RAM until it is fully enabled by the userspace
+ auditd.
+ Default: unset
+
+ audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit.
+ Format: <int> (must be >=0)
+ Default: 64
+
baycom_epp= [HW,AX25]
Format: <io>,<mode>
@@ -515,7 +534,14 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
cgroup_disable= [KNL] Disable a particular controller
Format: {name of the controller(s) to disable}
- {Currently supported controllers - "memory"}
+ The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are:
+ - foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in
+ a single hierarchy
+ - foo isn't visible as an individually mountable
+ subsystem
+ {Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and
+ cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So
+ only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy}
checkreqprot [SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
Format: { "0" | "1" }
@@ -1036,7 +1062,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
gpt [EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
- invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT.
+ invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
+ primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
+ GPT to be used instead.
grcan.enable0= [HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
@@ -1438,6 +1466,13 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
Valid arguments: on, off
Default: on
+ kmemcheck= [X86] Boot-time kmemcheck enable/disable/one-shot mode
+ Valid arguments: 0, 1, 2
+ kmemcheck=0 (disabled)
+ kmemcheck=1 (enabled)
+ kmemcheck=2 (one-shot mode)
+ Default: 2 (one-shot mode)
+
kstack=N [X86] Print N words from the kernel stack
in oops dumps.
@@ -3089,7 +3124,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
controller if no parameter or 1 is given or disable
it if 0 is given (See Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt)
- swiotlb= [IA-64] Number of I/O TLB slabs
+ swiotlb= [ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
+ Format: { <int> | force }
+ <int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
+ force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
+ wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
switches= [HW,M68k]