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July 2000 Kernel Parameters v2.4.0
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The following is a consolidated list of the kernel parameters as implemented
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by the __setup() macro and sorted into English Dictionary order (defined
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as ignoring all punctuation and sorting digits before letters in a case
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insensitive manner), and with descriptions where known.
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The text in square brackets at the beginning of the description state the
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restrictions on the kernel for the said kernel parameter to be valid. The
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restrictions referred to are that the relevant option is valid if:
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ACPI ACPI support is enabled.
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APIC APIC support is enabled.
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APM Advanced Power Management support is enabled.
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AX25 Appropriate AX.25 support is enabled.
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CD Appropriate CD support is enabled.
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DEVFS devfs support is enabled.
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DRM Direct Rendering Management support is enabled.
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EFI EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled
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EIDE EIDE/ATAPI support is enabled.
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FB The frame buffer device is enabled.
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HW Appropriate hardware is enabled.
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IA-32 IA-32 aka i386 architecture is enabled.
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IA-64 IA-64 architecture is enabled.
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IP_PNP IP DCHP, BOOTP, or RARP is enabled.
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ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled.
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ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled.
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JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled.
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LP Printer support is enabled.
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LOOP Loopback device support is enabled.
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M68k M68k architecture is enabled.
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MCA MCA bus support is enabled.
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MDA MDA console support is enabled.
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MOUSE Appropriate mouse support is enabled.
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NET Appropriate network support is enabled.
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NFS Appropriate NFS support is enabled.
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PARIDE The ParIDE subsystem is enabled.
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PCI PCI bus support is enabled.
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PCMCIA The PCMCIA subsystem is enabled.
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PNP Plug & Play support is enabled.
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PPT Parallel port support is enabled.
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PS2 Appropriate PS/2 support is enabled.
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RAM RAM disk support is enabled.
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SCSI Appropriate SCSI support is enabled.
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SERIAL Serial support is enabled.
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SMP The kernel is an SMP kernel.
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SOUND Appropriate sound system support is enabled.
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V4L Video For Linux support is enabled.
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VGA The VGA console has been enabled.
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VT Virtual terminal support is enabled.
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XT IBM PC/XT MFM hard disk support is enabled.
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In addition, the following text indicates that the option:
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BUGS= Relates to possible processor bugs on the said processor.
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KNL Is a kernel start-up parameter.
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BOOT Is a boot loader parameter.
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Parameters denoted with BOOT are actually interpreted by the boot
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loader, and have no meaning to the kernel directly.
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Note that ALL kernel parameters listed below are CASE SENSITIVE, and that
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a trailing = on the name of any parameter states that that parameter will
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be entered as an environment variable, whereas its absence indicates that
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it will appear as a kernel argument readable via /proc/cmdline by programs
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running once the system is up.
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53c7xx= [HW,SCSI] Amiga SCSI controllers.
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acpi= [HW,ACPI] Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
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force Force ACPI on, even if blacklisted platform
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off Disable ACPI
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ht Limit ACPI to boot-time LAPIC enumeration for HT,
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disabling the run-time AML interpreter.
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strict Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
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strictly ACPI specification compliant.
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acpi_sci= [HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
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Format: { level | edge | high | low }
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acpi_irq_balance ACPI will balance active IRQs
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acpi_irq_nobalance ACPI will not move active IRQs
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acpi_irq_pci= If irq_balance, Clear listed IRQs for use by PCI
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acpi_irq_isa= If irq_balance, Mark listed IRQs used by ISA
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acpi_osi= [HW,ACPI] empty param disables _OSI
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acpi_serialize [HW,ACPI] force serialization of AML methods
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ad1816= [HW,SOUND]
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ad1848= [HW,SOUND]
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adb_buttons= [HW,MOUSE]
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adlib= [HW,SOUND]
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advansys= [HW,SCSI]
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aedsp16= [HW,SOUND]
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aha152x= [HW,SCSI]
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aha1542= [HW,SCSI]
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aic7xxx= [HW,SCSI]
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AM53C974= [HW,SCSI]
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amijoy= [HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
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apm= [APM] Advanced Power Management.
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applicom= [HW]
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arcrimi= [HW,NET]
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ataflop= [HW,M68k]
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atarimouse= [HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse.
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atascsi= [HW,SCSI] Atari SCSI.
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awe= [HW,SOUND]
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aztcd= [HW,CD] Aztec CD driver.
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baycom_epp= [HW,AX25]
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baycom_par= [HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem.
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baycom_ser_fdx= [HW,AX25] BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem in Full
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Duplex Mode.
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baycom_ser_hdx= [HW,AX25] BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem in Half
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Duplex Mode.
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bmouse= [HW,MOUSE,PS2] Bus mouse.
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bttv.card= [HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards), most
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bttv.radio= important insmod options are available as kernel args too.
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bttv.pll= see Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options
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bttv.tuner= and Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CARDLIST
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BusLogic= [HW,SCSI]
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cdu31a= [HW,CD]
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chandev= [HW,NET]
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cm206= [HW,CD]
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com20020= [HW,NET]
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com90io= [HW,NET]
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com90xx= [HW,NET]
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condev= [HW]
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console= [KNL] output console + comm spec (speed, control,
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parity).
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cpia_pp= [HW,PPT]
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cs4232= [HW,SOUND]
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cs89x0_dma= [HW,NET]
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ctc= [HW,NET]
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cyclades= [HW,SERIAL] Cyclades multi-serial port adapter.
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dasd= [HW,NET]
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db9= [HW,JOY]
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db9_2= [HW,JOY]
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db9_3= [HW,JOY]
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debug [KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
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decnet= [HW,NET]
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devfs= [DEVFS]
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digi= [HW,SERIAL] io parameters + enable/disable command.
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digiepca= [HW,SERIAL]
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dmascc= [HW,AX25,SERIAL] AX.25 Z80SCC driver with DMA
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support available.
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dmasound= [HW,SOUND] (sound subsystem buffers).
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dtc3181e= [HW,SCSI]
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eata= [HW,SCSI]
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eda= [HW,PS2]
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edb= [HW,PS2]
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eicon= [HW,ISDN]
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es1370= [HW,SOUND]
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es1371= [HW,SOUND]
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ether= [HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters (irq,
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base_io_addr, mem_start, mem_end, name.
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(mem_start is often overloaded to mean something
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different and driver-specific).
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fd_mcs= [HW,SCSI]
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fdomain= [HW,SCSI]
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floppy= [HW]
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ftape= [HW] Floppy Tape subsystem debugging options.
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gamma= [HW,DRM]
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gc= [HW,JOY]
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gc_2= [HW,JOY]
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gc_3= [HW,JOY]
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gdth= [HW,SCSI]
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gpt [EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
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invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT.
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gscd= [HW,CD]
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gus= [HW,SOUND]
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gvp11= [HW,SCSI]
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hd= [EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
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(Cyl/heads/sectors) or tune parameters.
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hfmodem= [HW,AX25]
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hisax= [HW,ISDN]
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i810= [HW,DRM]
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ibmmcascsi= [HW,MCA,SCSI] IBM MicroChannel SCSI adapter.
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icn= [HW,ISDN]
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ide?= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem : config (iomem/irq), tuning or
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debugging (serialize,reset,no{dma,tune,probe}) or
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chipset specific parameters.
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idebus= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem : VLB/PCI bus speed.
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idle= [HW]
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in2000= [HW,SCSI]
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init= [KNL]
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initrd= [BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk.
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ip= [IP_PNP]
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isapnp= [ISAPNP] Specify RDP, reset, pci_scan and verbosity.
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isapnp_reserve_irq= [ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration.
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isapnp_reserve_dma= [ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration.
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isapnp_reserve_io= [ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration.
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Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
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isapnp_reserve_mem= [ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the autoconfiguration.
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Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
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isp16= [HW,CD]
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iucv= [HW,NET]
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js= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick
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kbd-reset [VT]
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keepinitrd [HW, ARM]
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lapic [IA-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS disabled it.
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load_ramdisk= [RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy.
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lockd.udpport= [NFS]
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lockd.tcpport= [NFS]
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logi_busmouse= [HW, MOUSE]
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lp=0 [LP] Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
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lp=port[,port...] lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
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lp=reset first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
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lp=auto printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
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specified in addition to the ports) causes
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attached printers to be reset. Using
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lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
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to associate lp devices with, starting with
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lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
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that lp device, or a parport name such as
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'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
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port specification list means that device IDs
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from each port should be examined, to see if
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an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
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so, the driver will manage that printer.
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ltpc= [HW]
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mac5380= [HW,SCSI]
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mac53c9x= [HW,SCSI]
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mad16= [HW,SOUND]
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maui= [HW,SOUND]
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max_loop=[0-255] [LOOP] Set the maximum number of loopback devices
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that can be mounted.
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maxcpus= [SMP] States the maximum number of processors that
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an SMP kernel should make use of.
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max_scsi_luns= [SCSI]
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mca-pentium [BUGS=IA-32]
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mcd= [HW,CD]
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mcdx= [HW,CD]
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md= [HW] RAID subsystems devices and level.
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mdisk= [HW]
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mdacon= [MDA]
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megaraid= [HW,SCSI]
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mem=exactmap [KNL,BOOT,IA-32] enable setting of an exact
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e820 memory map, as specified by the user.
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Such mem=exactmap lines can be constructed
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based on BIOS output or other requirements.
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mem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] force use of a specific amount of
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memory; to be used when the kernel is not able
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| 360 |
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to see the whole system memory or for test.
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| 361 |
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| 362 |
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mem=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
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| 363 |
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[KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific region of memory
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| 364 |
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Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
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| 365 |
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| 366 |
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mem=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
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| 367 |
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[KNL,BOOT,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
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| 368 |
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Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
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| 369 |
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| 370 |
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mem=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
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| 371 |
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[KNL,BOOT,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
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| 372 |
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Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
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| 373 |
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| 374 |
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memfrac= [KNL]
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| 375 |
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| 376 |
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mga= [HW,DRM]
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| 377 |
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| 378 |
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mpu401= [HW,SOUND]
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| 379 |
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| 380 |
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msmouse= [HW,MOUSE] Microsoft Mouse.
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| 381 |
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| 382 |
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ncr5380= [HW,SCSI]
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| 383 |
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| 384 |
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ncr53c400= [HW,SCSI]
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| 385 |
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| 386 |
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ncr53c400a= [HW,SCSI]
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| 387 |
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| 388 |
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ncr53c406a= [HW,SCSI]
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| 389 |
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| 390 |
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ncr53c8xx= [HW,SCSI]
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| 391 |
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| 392 |
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netdev= [NET] Ethernet cards parameters (irq,
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| 393 |
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base_io_addr, mem_start, mem_end, name.
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| 394 |
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(mem_start is often overloaded to mean something
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| 395 |
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different and driver-specific).
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| 396 |
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(cf: ether=)
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| 397 |
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| 398 |
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nfsaddrs= [NFS]
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| 399 |
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| 400 |
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nfsroot= [NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
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| 401 |
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| 402 |
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|
nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=IA-32] debugging features for SMP kernels.
|
| 403 |
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|
|
| 404 |
|
|
no387 [BUGS=IA-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
|
| 405 |
|
|
emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
|
| 406 |
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|
is present.
|
| 407 |
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|
| 408 |
|
|
noalign [KNL,ARM]
|
| 409 |
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|
|
| 410 |
|
|
noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel not to make use of any
|
| 411 |
|
|
APIC that may be present on the system.
|
| 412 |
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|
|
| 413 |
|
|
noasync [HW, M68K] Disables async and sync negotiation for
|
| 414 |
|
|
all devices.
|
| 415 |
|
|
|
| 416 |
|
|
nocache [ARM]
|
| 417 |
|
|
|
| 418 |
|
|
nodisconnect [HW,SCSI, M68K] Disables SCSI disconnects.
|
| 419 |
|
|
|
| 420 |
|
|
nohlt [BUGS=ARM]
|
| 421 |
|
|
|
| 422 |
|
|
no-hlt [BUGS=IA-32] Tells the kernel that the hlt
|
| 423 |
|
|
instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
|
| 424 |
|
|
use it.
|
| 425 |
|
|
|
| 426 |
|
|
noisapnp [ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
|
| 427 |
|
|
|
| 428 |
|
|
noinitrd [RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
|
| 429 |
|
|
initial RAM disk.
|
| 430 |
|
|
|
| 431 |
|
|
nointroute [IA-64]
|
| 432 |
|
|
|
| 433 |
|
|
nolapic [IA-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
|
| 434 |
|
|
|
| 435 |
|
|
no-scroll [VGA]
|
| 436 |
|
|
|
| 437 |
|
|
nosmp [SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel.
|
| 438 |
|
|
|
| 439 |
|
|
nosync [HW, M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
|
| 440 |
|
|
|
| 441 |
|
|
notsc [BUGS=IA-32] Disable Time Stamp Counter
|
| 442 |
|
|
|
| 443 |
|
|
nowb [ARM]
|
| 444 |
|
|
|
| 445 |
|
|
opl3= [HW,SOUND]
|
| 446 |
|
|
|
| 447 |
|
|
opl3sa= [HW,SOUND]
|
| 448 |
|
|
|
| 449 |
|
|
opl3sa2= [HW,SOUND]
|
| 450 |
|
|
|
| 451 |
|
|
optcd= [HW,CD]
|
| 452 |
|
|
|
| 453 |
|
|
panic= [KNL] kernel behaviour on panic.
|
| 454 |
|
|
|
| 455 |
|
|
parport=0 [HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
|
| 456 |
|
|
parport=auto Use 'auto' to force the driver to use
|
| 457 |
|
|
parport=0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] any IRQ/DMA settings detected (the
|
| 458 |
|
|
default is to ignore detected IRQ/DMA
|
| 459 |
|
|
settings because of possible
|
| 460 |
|
|
conflicts). You can specify the base
|
| 461 |
|
|
address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and
|
| 462 |
|
|
DMA should be numbers, or 'auto' (for
|
| 463 |
|
|
using detected settings on that
|
| 464 |
|
|
particular port), or 'nofifo' (to avoid
|
| 465 |
|
|
using a FIFO even if it is detected).
|
| 466 |
|
|
Parallel ports are assigned in the
|
| 467 |
|
|
order they are specified on the command
|
| 468 |
|
|
line, starting with parport0.
|
| 469 |
|
|
|
| 470 |
|
|
pas2= [HW,SOUND]
|
| 471 |
|
|
|
| 472 |
|
|
pas16= [HW,SCSI]
|
| 473 |
|
|
|
| 474 |
|
|
pcbit= [HW,ISDN]
|
| 475 |
|
|
|
| 476 |
|
|
pcd. [PARIDE]
|
| 477 |
|
|
|
| 478 |
|
|
pci=option[,option...] [PCI] various PCI subsystem options:
|
| 479 |
|
|
off [IA-32] don't probe for the PCI bus
|
| 480 |
|
|
bios [IA-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
|
| 481 |
|
|
the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
|
| 482 |
|
|
has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
|
| 483 |
|
|
nobios [IA-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
|
| 484 |
|
|
hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
|
| 485 |
|
|
if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
|
| 486 |
|
|
suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
|
| 487 |
|
|
conf1 [IA-32] Force use of PCI Configuration Mechanism 1.
|
| 488 |
|
|
conf2 [IA-32] Force use of PCI Configuration Mechanism 2.
|
| 489 |
|
|
nosort [IA-32] Don't sort PCI devices according to
|
| 490 |
|
|
order given by the PCI BIOS. This sorting is done
|
| 491 |
|
|
to get a device order compatible with older kernels.
|
| 492 |
|
|
biosirq [IA-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
|
| 493 |
|
|
routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
|
| 494 |
|
|
on several machines and they hang the machine when used,
|
| 495 |
|
|
but on other computers it's the only way to get the
|
| 496 |
|
|
interrupt routing table. Try this option if the kernel
|
| 497 |
|
|
is unable to allocate IRQs or discover secondary PCI
|
| 498 |
|
|
buses on your motherboard.
|
| 499 |
|
|
rom [IA-32] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
|
| 500 |
|
|
Use with caution as certain devices share address
|
| 501 |
|
|
decoders between ROMs and other resources.
|
| 502 |
|
|
irqmask=0xMMMM [IA-32] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be assigned
|
| 503 |
|
|
automatically to PCI devices. You can make the kernel
|
| 504 |
|
|
exclude IRQs of your ISA cards this way.
|
| 505 |
|
|
lastbus=N [IA-32] Scan all buses till bus #N. Can be useful
|
| 506 |
|
|
if the kernel is unable to find your secondary buses
|
| 507 |
|
|
and you want to tell it explicitly which ones they are.
|
| 508 |
|
|
assign-busses [IA-32] Always assign all PCI bus
|
| 509 |
|
|
numbers ourselves, overriding
|
| 510 |
|
|
whatever the firmware may have
|
| 511 |
|
|
done.
|
| 512 |
|
|
|
| 513 |
|
|
pd. [PARIDE]
|
| 514 |
|
|
|
| 515 |
|
|
pf. [PARIDE]
|
| 516 |
|
|
|
| 517 |
|
|
pg. [PARIDE]
|
| 518 |
|
|
|
| 519 |
|
|
pirq= [SMP,APIC] mp-table.
|
| 520 |
|
|
|
| 521 |
|
|
plip= [PPT,NET] Parallel port network link.
|
| 522 |
|
|
|
| 523 |
|
|
profile= [KNL] enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
|
| 524 |
|
|
(param: profile step/bucket size as a power of 2)
|
| 525 |
|
|
|
| 526 |
|
|
prompt_ramdisk= [RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk
|
| 527 |
|
|
before loading.
|
| 528 |
|
|
|
| 529 |
|
|
pss= [HW,SOUND]
|
| 530 |
|
|
|
| 531 |
|
|
pt. [PARIDE]
|
| 532 |
|
|
|
| 533 |
|
|
quiet= [KNL] Disable log messages.
|
| 534 |
|
|
|
| 535 |
|
|
r128= [HW,DRM]
|
| 536 |
|
|
|
| 537 |
|
|
raid= [HW,RAID]
|
| 538 |
|
|
|
| 539 |
|
|
ramdisk= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes [deprecated].
|
| 540 |
|
|
|
| 541 |
|
|
ramdisk_blocksize=
|
| 542 |
|
|
[RAM]
|
| 543 |
|
|
|
| 544 |
|
|
ramdisk_size= [RAM] New name for the ramdisk parameter.
|
| 545 |
|
|
|
| 546 |
|
|
ramdisk_start= [RAM] Starting block of RAM disk image (so you can
|
| 547 |
|
|
place it after the kernel image on a boot floppy).
|
| 548 |
|
|
|
| 549 |
|
|
reboot= [BUGS=IA-32]
|
| 550 |
|
|
|
| 551 |
|
|
reserve= [KNL,BUGS] force the kernel to ignore some iomem area.
|
| 552 |
|
|
|
| 553 |
|
|
riscom8= [HW,SERIAL]
|
| 554 |
|
|
|
| 555 |
|
|
ro [KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot.
|
| 556 |
|
|
|
| 557 |
|
|
root= [KNL] root filesystem.
|
| 558 |
|
|
|
| 559 |
|
|
rootflags= [KNL] set root filesystem mount option string
|
| 560 |
|
|
|
| 561 |
|
|
rootfstype= [KNL] set root filesystem type
|
| 562 |
|
|
|
| 563 |
|
|
rw [KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot.
|
| 564 |
|
|
|
| 565 |
|
|
S [KNL] run init in single mode.
|
| 566 |
|
|
|
| 567 |
|
|
sb= [HW,SOUND]
|
| 568 |
|
|
|
| 569 |
|
|
sbpcd= [HW,CD] Soundblaster CD adapter.
|
| 570 |
|
|
|
| 571 |
|
|
scsi_logging= [SCSI]
|
| 572 |
|
|
|
| 573 |
|
|
scsihosts= [SCSI]
|
| 574 |
|
|
|
| 575 |
|
|
sg_def_reserved_size=
|
| 576 |
|
|
[SCSI]
|
| 577 |
|
|
|
| 578 |
|
|
sgalaxy= [HW,SOUND]
|
| 579 |
|
|
|
| 580 |
|
|
sim710= [SCSI,HW]
|
| 581 |
|
|
|
| 582 |
|
|
sjcd= [HW,CD]
|
| 583 |
|
|
|
| 584 |
|
|
smart2= [HW]
|
| 585 |
|
|
|
| 586 |
|
|
sonicvibes= [HW,SOUND]
|
| 587 |
|
|
|
| 588 |
|
|
sonycd535= [HW,CD]
|
| 589 |
|
|
|
| 590 |
|
|
sound= [SOUND]
|
| 591 |
|
|
|
| 592 |
|
|
soundmodem= [HW,AX25,SOUND] Use sound card as packet radio modem.
|
| 593 |
|
|
|
| 594 |
|
|
specialix= [HW,SERIAL] Specialix multi-serial port adapter.
|
| 595 |
|
|
|
| 596 |
|
|
sscape= [HW,SOUND]
|
| 597 |
|
|
|
| 598 |
|
|
st= [HW,SCSI] SCSI tape parameters (buffers, etc.).
|
| 599 |
|
|
|
| 600 |
|
|
st0x= [HW,SCSI]
|
| 601 |
|
|
|
| 602 |
|
|
stram_swap= [HW]
|
| 603 |
|
|
|
| 604 |
|
|
swiotlb= [IA-64] Number of I/O TLB slabs.
|
| 605 |
|
|
|
| 606 |
|
|
switches= [HW, M68K]
|
| 607 |
|
|
|
| 608 |
|
|
sym53c416= [HW,SCSI]
|
| 609 |
|
|
|
| 610 |
|
|
sym53c8xx= [HW,SCSI]
|
| 611 |
|
|
|
| 612 |
|
|
t128= [HW,SCSI]
|
| 613 |
|
|
|
| 614 |
|
|
tdfx= [HW,DRM]
|
| 615 |
|
|
|
| 616 |
|
|
tgfx= [HW,JOY]
|
| 617 |
|
|
|
| 618 |
|
|
tgfx_2= [HW,JOY]
|
| 619 |
|
|
|
| 620 |
|
|
tgfx_3= [HW,JOY]
|
| 621 |
|
|
|
| 622 |
|
|
tmc8xx= [HW,SCSI]
|
| 623 |
|
|
|
| 624 |
|
|
tmscsim= [HW,SCSI]
|
| 625 |
|
|
|
| 626 |
|
|
tp720= [HW,PS2]
|
| 627 |
|
|
|
| 628 |
|
|
trix= [HW,SOUND]
|
| 629 |
|
|
|
| 630 |
|
|
u14-34f= [HW,SCSI]
|
| 631 |
|
|
|
| 632 |
|
|
uart401= [HW,SOUND]
|
| 633 |
|
|
|
| 634 |
|
|
uart6850= [HW,SOUND]
|
| 635 |
|
|
|
| 636 |
|
|
usbfix [BUGS=IA-64]
|
| 637 |
|
|
|
| 638 |
|
|
video= [FB] frame buffer configuration.
|
| 639 |
|
|
|
| 640 |
|
|
vga= [BOOT] on ix386, select a particular video mode
|
| 641 |
|
|
(use vga=ask for menu). This is actually a
|
| 642 |
|
|
boot loader parameter; the value is passed to
|
| 643 |
|
|
the kernel using a special protocol. See
|
| 644 |
|
|
linux/Documentation/i386/boot.txt for information.
|
| 645 |
|
|
|
| 646 |
|
|
vmhalt= [KNL,S390]
|
| 647 |
|
|
|
| 648 |
|
|
vmpoff= [KNL,S390]
|
| 649 |
|
|
|
| 650 |
|
|
waveartist= [HW,SOUND]
|
| 651 |
|
|
|
| 652 |
|
|
wd33c93= [HW,SCSI]
|
| 653 |
|
|
|
| 654 |
|
|
wd7000= [HW,SCSI]
|
| 655 |
|
|
|
| 656 |
|
|
wdt= [HW]
|
| 657 |
|
|
|
| 658 |
|
|
xd= [HW,XT] Original XT pre-IDE (RLL encoded) disks.
|
| 659 |
|
|
|
| 660 |
|
|
xd_geo= [HW,XT]
|
