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@@ -437,6 +437,12 @@
no delay (0).
Format: integer
+ bootconfig [KNL]
+ Extended command line options can be added to an initrd
+ and this will cause the kernel to look for it.
+
+ See Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
+
bert_disable [ACPI]
Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
@@ -834,6 +840,18 @@
dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after
retrying.
+ dfltcc= [HW,S390]
+ Format: { on | off | def_only | inf_only | always }
+ on: s390 zlib hardware support for compression on
+ level 1 and decompression (default)
+ off: No s390 zlib hardware support
+ def_only: s390 zlib hardware support for deflate
+ only (compression on level 1)
+ inf_only: s390 zlib hardware support for inflate
+ only (decompression)
+ always: Same as 'on' but ignores the selected compression
+ level always using hardware support (used for debugging)
+
dhash_entries= [KNL]
Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
@@ -1165,10 +1183,10 @@
efi= [EFI]
Format: { "old_map", "nochunk", "noruntime", "debug",
- "nosoftreserve" }
+ "nosoftreserve", "disable_early_pci_dma",
+ "no_disable_early_pci_dma" }
old_map [X86-64]: switch to the old ioremap-based EFI
- runtime services mapping. 32-bit still uses this one by
- default.
+ runtime services mapping. [Needs CONFIG_X86_UV=y]
nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
firmware implementations.
@@ -1180,6 +1198,10 @@
claim. Specify efi=nosoftreserve to disable this
reservation and treat the memory by its base type
(i.e. EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY / "System RAM").
+ disable_early_pci_dma: Disable the busmaster bit on all
+ PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub
+ no_disable_early_pci_dma: Leave the busmaster bit set
+ on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub
efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
@@ -4001,6 +4023,19 @@
test until boot completes in order to avoid
interference.
+ rcuperf.kfree_rcu_test= [KNL]
+ Set to measure performance of kfree_rcu() flooding.
+
+ rcuperf.kfree_nthreads= [KNL]
+ The number of threads running loops of kfree_rcu().
+
+ rcuperf.kfree_alloc_num= [KNL]
+ Number of allocations and frees done in an iteration.
+
+ rcuperf.kfree_loops= [KNL]
+ Number of loops doing rcuperf.kfree_alloc_num number
+ of allocations and frees.
+
rcuperf.nreaders= [KNL]
Set number of RCU readers. The value -1 selects
N, where N is the number of CPUs. A value
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