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possible to determine what the correct size should be.
This option provides an override for these situations.
+ ca_keys= [KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
+ the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
+ trust validation.
+ format: { id:<keyid> | builtin }
+
+ cca= [MIPS] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency
+ algorithm. Accepted values range from 0 to 7
+ inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
+ for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and
+ others).
+
ccw_timeout_log [S390]
See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
@@ -1319,6 +1330,23 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" }
Default: "ima-ng"
+ ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
+ Format: <min_file_size>
+ Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash.
+ If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled.
+
+ ahash performance varies for different data sizes on
+ different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
+ to achieve the best performance for a particular HW.
+
+ ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size
+ Format: <bufsize>
+ Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k.
+
+ ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on
+ different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
+ to achieve best performance for particular HW.
+
init= [KNL]
Format: <full_path>
Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
@@ -1422,10 +1450,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
ip= [IP_PNP]
See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
- ip2= [HW] Set IO/IRQ pairs for up to 4 IntelliPort boards
- See comment before ip2_setup() in
- drivers/char/ip2/ip2base.c.
-
irqfixup [HW]
When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
@@ -1698,8 +1722,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
7 (KERN_DEBUG) debug-level messages
log_buf_len=n[KMG] Sets the size of the printk ring buffer,
- in bytes. n must be a power of two. The default
- size is set in the kernel config file.
+ in bytes. n must be a power of two and greater
+ than the minimal size. The minimal size is defined
+ by LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There is
+ also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config parameter
+ that allows to increase the default size depending on
+ the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig for more details.
logo.nologo [FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
This may be used to provide more screen space for
@@ -2172,6 +2200,21 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
+ noxsaveopt [X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended
+ register states. The kernel will fall back to use
+ xsave to save the states. By using this parameter,
+ performance of saving the states is degraded because
+ xsave doesn't support modified optimization while
+ xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems.
+
+ noxsaves [X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and
+ restoring x86 extended register state in compacted
+ form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use
+ xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states
+ in standard form of xsave area. By using this
+ parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more
+ memory on xsaves enabled systems.
+
eagerfpu= [X86]
on enable eager fpu restore
off disable eager fpu restore
@@ -3036,6 +3079,13 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
S [KNL] Run init in single mode
+ s390_iommu= [HW,S390]
+ Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
+ strict
+ With strict flushing every unmap operation will result in
+ an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before reuse,
+ which is faster.
+
sa1100ir [NET]
See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
@@ -3710,6 +3760,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
Disables the ticketlock slowpath using Xen PV
optimizations.
+ xen_nopv [X86]
+ Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
+ run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
+
xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA]
Format:
<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]