From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 058AD2E888A; Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:46:45 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1762948006; cv=none; b=Le+XKGDpJilHT7U1IjhpEVthaduhI08gfCvuszfO7djln7naIuggcaPtR/mFj7CuookVTc+TAc/dh9ytGwe3BV/evIAYSFx9e6E2xC6quTq2yxkssNwp8k2T/nmovKIzuFZHxNWRsyQARktFvXJKbwC6EgwfWrWVuwi82C9yIYY= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1762948006; c=relaxed/simple; bh=ih71AgwUzWOc1i5Rm6yDBbjgjbm3cz1P32zyBC0sogA=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version; b=qe+pF8Z+TPYOmLhtM2ZYySQX5T1eIOtOk/tM2s3lnbsFfJupnKsKwUZla5TwHAMc6gHeYYKAP/QoJFAjGieETDuk6g1Q/O58YA+T3zPkv2uZWBFdX25029kfns0gsmF73/f8gqH4pcnauaR+O6p6kXBhPYSUd/LyTQ6m/MtYuDM= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=vFwS4I5w; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="vFwS4I5w" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6FEA1C4CEF7; Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:46:44 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1762948005; bh=ih71AgwUzWOc1i5Rm6yDBbjgjbm3cz1P32zyBC0sogA=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:From; b=vFwS4I5wICLAhXXwgoZma7UDxoXj375yCEewrxPbS+jYgut+Jxzi7Xww/G6Jy2K1M lcZeTNwuSuWg8r8indTzLYgy2GVboeZkhbpFRZmh8YIUvjtZofTQ9kasahUAsD20Wg 63+6lpp2d84V0rDstJ9FBdwWDjkKnZLilFxC+y+cxdRM2cQFIQBdmwCKDBD21q3lJh Tok9G91aNP1D8p3gZO83O6qwTy5pTt53OieCTWvRdaqGCnOFoIb1EbMGst7O1N0Fsj DxORPhK3KFlALXvMvsObf3SUFpjsZy4fq7e8xbe1BHX77jsCpmEzKBbnuT36B5gkVL kyGcENlRHyKlg== From: Borislav Petkov To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, LKML , "Borislav Petkov (AMD)" Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/kernel-parameters: Move the kernel build options Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:46:41 +0100 Message-ID: <20251112114641.8230-1-bp@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.51.0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: "Borislav Petkov (AMD)" Move the kernel build options abbreviations to the .txt file so that they are together instead of one having to go hunt them in the .rst file. Tweak the formatting so that the inclusion of kernel-parameters.txt still keeps the whole thing somewhat presentable in the html output too. Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) --- .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst | 97 +----------------- .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 98 +++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 96 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst index 7bf8cc7df6b5..02a725536cc5 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst @@ -110,102 +110,7 @@ The parameters listed below are only valid if certain kernel build options were enabled and if respective hardware is present. This list should be kept in alphabetical order. The text in square brackets at the beginning of each description states the restrictions within which a parameter -is applicable:: - - ACPI ACPI support is enabled. - AGP AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) is enabled. - ALSA ALSA sound support is enabled. - APIC APIC support is enabled. - APM Advanced Power Management support is enabled. - APPARMOR AppArmor support is enabled. - ARM ARM architecture is enabled. - ARM64 ARM64 architecture is enabled. - AX25 Appropriate AX.25 support is enabled. - CLK Common clock infrastructure is enabled. - CMA Contiguous Memory Area support is enabled. - DRM Direct Rendering Management support is enabled. - DYNAMIC_DEBUG Build in debug messages and enable them at runtime - EARLY Parameter processed too early to be embedded in initrd. - EDD BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD) is enabled - EFI EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled - EVM Extended Verification Module - FB The frame buffer device is enabled. - FTRACE Function tracing enabled. - GCOV GCOV profiling is enabled. - HIBERNATION HIBERNATION is enabled. - HW Appropriate hardware is enabled. - HYPER_V HYPERV support is enabled. - IMA Integrity measurement architecture is enabled. - IP_PNP IP DHCP, BOOTP, or RARP is enabled. - IPV6 IPv6 support is enabled. - ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled. - ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled. - ISOL CPU Isolation is enabled. - JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled. - KGDB Kernel debugger support is enabled. - KVM Kernel Virtual Machine support is enabled. - LIBATA Libata driver is enabled - LOONGARCH LoongArch architecture is enabled. - LOOP Loopback device support is enabled. - LP Printer support is enabled. - M68k M68k architecture is enabled. - These options have more detailed description inside of - Documentation/arch/m68k/kernel-options.rst. - MDA MDA console support is enabled. - MIPS MIPS architecture is enabled. - MOUSE Appropriate mouse support is enabled. - MSI Message Signaled Interrupts (PCI). - MTD MTD (Memory Technology Device) support is enabled. - NET Appropriate network support is enabled. - NFS Appropriate NFS support is enabled. - NUMA NUMA support is enabled. - OF Devicetree is enabled. - PARISC The PA-RISC architecture is enabled. - PCI PCI bus support is enabled. - PCIE PCI Express support is enabled. - PCMCIA The PCMCIA subsystem is enabled. - PNP Plug & Play support is enabled. - PPC PowerPC architecture is enabled. - PPT Parallel port support is enabled. - PS2 Appropriate PS/2 support is enabled. - PV_OPS A paravirtualized kernel is enabled. - RAM RAM disk support is enabled. - RDT Intel Resource Director Technology. - RISCV RISCV architecture is enabled. - S390 S390 architecture is enabled. - SCSI Appropriate SCSI support is enabled. - A lot of drivers have their options described inside - the Documentation/scsi/ sub-directory. - SDW SoundWire support is enabled. - SECURITY Different security models are enabled. - SELINUX SELinux support is enabled. - SERIAL Serial support is enabled. - SH SuperH architecture is enabled. - SMP The kernel is an SMP kernel. - SPARC Sparc architecture is enabled. - SUSPEND System suspend states are enabled. - SWSUSP Software suspend (hibernation) is enabled. - TPM TPM drivers are enabled. - UMS USB Mass Storage support is enabled. - USB USB support is enabled. - USBHID USB Human Interface Device support is enabled. - V4L Video For Linux support is enabled. - VGA The VGA console has been enabled. - VMMIO Driver for memory mapped virtio devices is enabled. - VT Virtual terminal support is enabled. - WDT Watchdog support is enabled. - X86-32 X86-32, aka i386 architecture is enabled. - X86-64 X86-64 architecture is enabled. - X86 Either 32-bit or 64-bit x86 (same as X86-32+X86-64) - X86_UV SGI UV support is enabled. - XEN Xen support is enabled - XTENSA xtensa architecture is enabled. - -In addition, the following text indicates that the option:: - - BOOT Is a boot loader parameter. - BUGS= Relates to possible processor bugs on the said processor. - KNL Is a kernel start-up parameter. +is applicable. Parameters denoted with BOOT are actually interpreted by the boot loader, and have no meaning to the kernel directly. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 6c42061ca20e..e85a91e63f48 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1,3 +1,101 @@ + ACPI ACPI support is enabled. + AGP AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) is enabled. + ALSA ALSA sound support is enabled. + APIC APIC support is enabled. + APM Advanced Power Management support is enabled. + APPARMOR AppArmor support is enabled. + ARM ARM architecture is enabled. + ARM64 ARM64 architecture is enabled. + AX25 Appropriate AX.25 support is enabled. + CLK Common clock infrastructure is enabled. + CMA Contiguous Memory Area support is enabled. + DRM Direct Rendering Management support is enabled. + DYNAMIC_DEBUG Build in debug messages and enable them at runtime + EARLY Parameter processed too early to be embedded in initrd. + EDD BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD) is enabled + EFI EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled + EVM Extended Verification Module + FB The frame buffer device is enabled. + FTRACE Function tracing enabled. + GCOV GCOV profiling is enabled. + HIBERNATION HIBERNATION is enabled. + HW Appropriate hardware is enabled. + HYPER_V HYPERV support is enabled. + IMA Integrity measurement architecture is enabled. + IP_PNP IP DHCP, BOOTP, or RARP is enabled. + IPV6 IPv6 support is enabled. + ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled. + ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled. + ISOL CPU Isolation is enabled. + JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled. + KGDB Kernel debugger support is enabled. + KVM Kernel Virtual Machine support is enabled. + LIBATA Libata driver is enabled + LOONGARCH LoongArch architecture is enabled. + LOOP Loopback device support is enabled. + LP Printer support is enabled. + M68k M68k architecture is enabled. + These options have more detailed description inside of + Documentation/arch/m68k/kernel-options.rst. + MDA MDA console support is enabled. + MIPS MIPS architecture is enabled. + MOUSE Appropriate mouse support is enabled. + MSI Message Signaled Interrupts (PCI). + MTD MTD (Memory Technology Device) support is enabled. + NET Appropriate network support is enabled. + NFS Appropriate NFS support is enabled. + NUMA NUMA support is enabled. + OF Devicetree is enabled. + PARISC The PA-RISC architecture is enabled. + PCI PCI bus support is enabled. + PCIE PCI Express support is enabled. + PCMCIA The PCMCIA subsystem is enabled. + PNP Plug & Play support is enabled. + PPC PowerPC architecture is enabled. + PPT Parallel port support is enabled. + PS2 Appropriate PS/2 support is enabled. + PV_OPS A paravirtualized kernel is enabled. + RAM RAM disk support is enabled. + RDT Intel Resource Director Technology. + RISCV RISCV architecture is enabled. + S390 S390 architecture is enabled. + SCSI Appropriate SCSI support is enabled. + A lot of drivers have their options described inside + the Documentation/scsi/ sub-directory. + SDW SoundWire support is enabled. + SECURITY Different security models are enabled. + SELINUX SELinux support is enabled. + SERIAL Serial support is enabled. + SH SuperH architecture is enabled. + SMP The kernel is an SMP kernel. + SPARC Sparc architecture is enabled. + SUSPEND System suspend states are enabled. + SWSUSP Software suspend (hibernation) is enabled. + TPM TPM drivers are enabled. + UMS USB Mass Storage support is enabled. + USB USB support is enabled. + USBHID USB Human Interface Device support is enabled. + V4L Video For Linux support is enabled. + VGA The VGA console has been enabled. + VMMIO Driver for memory mapped virtio devices is enabled. + VT Virtual terminal support is enabled. + WDT Watchdog support is enabled. + X86-32 X86-32, aka i386 architecture is enabled. + X86-64 X86-64 architecture is enabled. + X86 Either 32-bit or 64-bit x86 (same as X86-32+X86-64) + X86_UV SGI UV support is enabled. + XEN Xen support is enabled + XTENSA xtensa architecture is enabled. + +In addition, the following text indicates that the option + + BOOT Is a boot loader parameter. + BUGS= Relates to possible processor bugs on the said processor. + KNL Is a kernel start-up parameter. + + +Kernel parameters + accept_memory= [MM] Format: { eager | lazy } default: lazy -- 2.51.0