docs: alphabetize entries in kernel-parameters.txt

Move entries to be in alpha order as specified near the beginning of this file. Clean up some whitespace and line-length miscues. Add '=' to "selinux" option syntax. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

docs: alphabetize entries in kernel-parameters.txt
Move entries to be in alpha order as specified near the beginning of this file. Clean up some whitespace and line-length miscues. Add '=' to "selinux" option syntax. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -153,60 +153,6 @@
 			1,0: use 1st APIC table
 			default: 0
  
-	acpi_sleep=	[HW,ACPI] Sleep options
-			Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig,
-				  old_ordering, s4_nonvs }
-			See Documentation/power/video.txt for information on
-			s3_bios and s3_mode.
-			s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
-			as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
-			s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
-			used during resume from hibernation.
-			old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
-			control method, with respect to putting devices into
-			low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
-			of _PTS is used by default).
-			s4_nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
-			ACPI NVS memory during hibernation.
-
-	acpi_sci=	[HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
-			Format: { level | edge | high | low }
-
-	acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
-			ACPI will balance active IRQs
-			default in APIC mode
-
-	acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
-			ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
-			default in PIC mode
-
-	acpi_irq_pci=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
-			use by PCI
-			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
-
-	acpi_irq_isa=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
-			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
-
-	acpi_no_auto_ssdt	[HW,ACPI] Disable automatic loading of SSDT
-
-	acpi_os_name=	[HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
-			Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
-
-	acpi_osi=	[HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
-			acpi_osi="string1"	# add string1 -- only one string
-			acpi_osi="!string2"	# remove built-in string2
-			acpi_osi=		# disable all strings
-
-	acpi_serialize	[HW,ACPI] force serialization of AML methods
-
-	acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
-			Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
-			For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
-	acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
-			Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
-			that require a timer override, but don't have
-			HPET
-
 	acpi_backlight=	[HW,ACPI]
 			acpi_backlight=vendor
 			acpi_backlight=video
@@ -214,11 +160,6 @@
 			(e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
 			of the ACPI video.ko driver.
  
-	acpi_display_output=	[HW,ACPI]
-			acpi_display_output=vendor
-			acpi_display_output=video
-			See above.
-
 	acpi.debug_layer=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
 	acpi.debug_level=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
 			Format: <int>
@@ -247,6 +188,41 @@
 			unusable.  The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful
 			if you need to capture more output.
  
+	acpi_display_output=	[HW,ACPI]
+			acpi_display_output=vendor
+			acpi_display_output=video
+			See above.
+
+	acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
+			ACPI will balance active IRQs
+			default in APIC mode
+
+	acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
+			ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
+			default in PIC mode
+
+	acpi_irq_isa=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
+			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
+
+	acpi_irq_pci=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
+			use by PCI
+			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
+
+	acpi_no_auto_ssdt	[HW,ACPI] Disable automatic loading of SSDT
+
+	acpi_os_name=	[HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
+			Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
+
+	acpi_osi=	[HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
+			acpi_osi="string1"	# add string1 -- only one string
+			acpi_osi="!string2"	# remove built-in string2
+			acpi_osi=		# disable all strings
+
+	acpi_pm_good	[X86-32,X86-64]
+			Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
+			to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
+			and always returns good values.
+
  	acpi.power_nocheck=	[HW,ACPI]
  			Format: 1/0 enable/disable the check of power state.
  			On some bogus BIOS the _PSC object/_STA object of
@@ -255,11 +231,6 @@
  			power state again in power transition.
  			1 : disable the power state check
  
-	acpi_pm_good	[X86-32,X86-64]
-			Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
-			to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
-			and always returns good values.
-
 	acpi_enforce_resources=	[ACPI]
 			{ strict | lax | no }
 			Check for resource conflicts between native drivers
@@ -276,22 +247,6 @@
 			no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
 			no further checks are performed.
  
-	agp=		[AGP]
-			{ off | try_unsupported }
-			off: disable AGP support
-			try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
-				(may crash computer or cause data corruption)
-
-	enable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64]
-			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
-			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
-			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
-			The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
-
-	disable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64]
-			Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
-			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
-
 	ad1848=		[HW,OSS]
 			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<type>
  
@@ -305,6 +260,12 @@
 			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<mss_io>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
 			See also header of sound/oss/aedsp16.c.
  
+	agp=		[AGP]
+			{ off | try_unsupported }
+			off: disable AGP support
+			try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
+				(may crash computer or cause data corruption)
+
 	aha152x=	[HW,SCSI]
 			See Documentation/scsi/aha152x.txt.
  
@@ -432,12 +393,6 @@
 			possible to determine what the correct size should be.
 			This option provides an override for these situations.
  
-	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a security module to enable at boot.
-			If this boot parameter is not specified, only the first
-			security module asking for security registration will be
-			loaded. An invalid security module name will be treated
-			as if no module has been chosen.
-
 	capability.disable=
 			[SECURITY] Disable capabilities.  This would normally
 			be used only if an alternative security model is to be
@@ -509,24 +464,6 @@
 			Range: 0 - 8192
 			Default: 64
  
-	dma_debug=off	If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support
-			this option disables the debugging code at boot.
-
-	dma_debug_entries=<number>
-			This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
-			entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
-			required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
-			DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
-			architectural default is too low.
-
-	hpet=		[X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
-			Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
-				verbose }
-			disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
-			force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
-			VIA, nVidia)
-			verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
-
 	com20020=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
 			Format:
 			<io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
@@ -570,23 +507,6 @@
 			console=brl,ttyS0
 		For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
  
-	earlycon=	[KNL] Output early console device and options.
-		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
-		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
-			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
-			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
-			The options are the same as for ttyS, above.
-
-	no_console_suspend
-			[HW] Never suspend the console
-			Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
-			hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
-			messages can reach various consoles while the rest
-			of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
-			debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
-			not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
-			to work with serial and VGA consoles.
-
 	coredump_filter=
 			[KNL] Change the default value for
 			/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
  
@@ -643,31 +563,14 @@
 			Format: <area>[,<node>]
 			See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt.
  
-	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
-			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
-			Change the default blue palette of the console.
-			This is a 16-member array composed of values
-			ranging from 0-255.
+	default_hugepagesz=
+			[same as hugepagesz=] The size of the default
+			HugeTLB page size. This is the size represented by
+			the legacy /proc/ hugepages APIs, used for SHM, and
+			default size when mounting hugetlbfs filesystems.
+			Defaults to the default architecture's huge page size
+			if not specified.
  
-	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
-			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
-			Change the default green palette of the console.
-			This is a 16-member array composed of values
-			ranging from 0-255.
-
-	vt.default_red=	[VT]
-			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
-			Change the default red palette of the console.
-			This is a 16-member array composed of values
-			ranging from 0-255.
-
-	vt.default_utf8=
-			[VT]
-			Format=<0|1>
-			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
-			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
-			newly opened terminals.
-
 	dhash_entries=	[KNL]
 			Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
  
  
  
  
  
  
@@ -679,40 +582,48 @@
 			Documentation/serial/digiepca.txt.
  
 	disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
-	enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
 			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
 			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
-			entry later. This parameter enables/disables that.
+			entry later. This parameter disables that.
  
-	mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
-			used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continous chunk
-			that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
-
-	mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
-			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
-			Default is 1.
-			Large value could prevent small alignment from
-			using up MTRRs.
-
-	mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86]
-			Format: <integer>
-			Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
-			Default : 1
-			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
-			Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
-
 	disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only]
 			By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
 			memory out of your available memory pool based on
 			MTRR settings.  This parameter disables that behavior,
 			possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
  
+	disable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64]
+			Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
+			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
+
 	dmasound=	[HW,OSS] Sound subsystem buffers
  
+	dma_debug=off	If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
+			this option disables the debugging code at boot.
+
+	dma_debug_entries=<number>
+			This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
+			entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
+			required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
+			DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
+			architectural default is too low.
+
 	dscc4.setup=	[NET]
  
 	dtc3181e=	[HW,SCSI]
  
+	dynamic_printk	Enables pr_debug()/dev_dbg() calls if
+			CONFIG_DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG has been enabled.
+			These can also be switched on/off via
+			<debugfs>/dynamic_printk/modules
+
+	earlycon=	[KNL] Output early console device and options.
+		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
+		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
+			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
+			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
+			The options are the same as for ttyS, above.
+
 	earlyprintk=	[X86-32,X86-64,SH,BLACKFIN]
 			earlyprintk=vga
 			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
@@ -754,6 +665,17 @@
 			pass this option to capture kernel.
 			See Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for details.
  
+	enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
+			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
+			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
+			entry later. This parameter enables that.
+
+	enable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64]
+			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
+			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
+			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
+			The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
+
 	enforcing	[SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
 			Format: {"0" | "1"}
 			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
@@ -841,6 +763,16 @@
 	hisax=		[HW,ISDN]
 			See Documentation/isdn/README.HiSax.
  
+	hlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
+
+	hpet=		[X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
+			Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
+				verbose }
+			disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
+			force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
+				VIA, nVidia)
+			verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
+
 	hugepages=	[HW,X86-32,IA-64] HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
 	hugepagesz=	[HW,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] The size of the HugeTLB pages.
 			On x86-64 and powerpc, this option can be specified
  
@@ -850,16 +782,7 @@
 			(when the CPU supports the "pdpe1gb" cpuinfo flag)
 			Note that 1GB pages can only be allocated at boot time
 			using hugepages= and not freed afterwards.
-	default_hugepagesz=
-			[same as hugepagesz=] The size of the default
-			HugeTLB page size. This is the size represented by
-			the legacy /proc/ hugepages APIs, used for SHM, and
-			default size when mounting hugetlbfs filesystems.
-			Defaults to the default architecture's huge page size
-			if not specified.
  
-	hlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
-
 	hvc_iucv=	[S390] Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
 			       terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
 	hvc_iucv_allow=	[S390] Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
@@ -919,6 +842,9 @@
 	idebus=		[HW] (E)IDE subsystem - VLB/PCI bus speed
 			See Documentation/ide/ide.txt.
  
+	ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
+			Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.
+
 	idle=		[X86]
 			Format: idle=poll, idle=mwait, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
 			Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
@@ -934,9 +860,6 @@
 			In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
 			idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
  
-	ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
-			Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.
-
 	ignore_loglevel	[KNL]
 			Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
 			kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
@@ -970,25 +893,6 @@
 	inport.irq=	[HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
 			Format: <irq>
  
-	inttest=	[IA64]
-
-	iomem=		Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
-		strict	regions from userspace.
-		relaxed
-
-	iommu=		[x86]
-		off
-		force
-		noforce
-		biomerge
-		panic
-		nopanic
-		merge
-		nomerge
-		forcesac
-		soft
-
-
 	intel_iommu=	[DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
 		on
 			Enable intel iommu driver.
@@ -1012,6 +916,28 @@
 			result in a hardware IOTLB flush operation as opposed
 			to batching them for performance.
  
+	inttest=	[IA64]
+
+	iomem=		Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
+		strict	regions from userspace.
+		relaxed
+
+	iommu=		[x86]
+		off
+		force
+		noforce
+		biomerge
+		panic
+		nopanic
+		merge
+		nomerge
+		forcesac
+		soft
+
+	io7=		[HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems
+			See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
+			arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
+
 	io_delay=	[X86-32,X86-64] I/O delay method
 		0x80
 			Standard port 0x80 based delay
@@ -1022,10 +948,6 @@
 		none
 			No delay
  
-	io7=		[HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems
-			See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
-			arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
-
 	ip=		[IP_PNP]
 			See Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt.
  
@@ -1036,12 +958,6 @@
 	ips=		[HW,SCSI] Adaptec / IBM ServeRAID controller
 			See header of drivers/scsi/ips.c.
  
-	ports=		[IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
-			Default is 21.
-			Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
-			may be specified.
-			Format: <port>,<port>....
-
 	irqfixup	[HW]
 			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
 			for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
@@ -1082,6 +998,8 @@
 	js=		[HW,JOY] Analog joystick
 			See Documentation/input/joystick.txt.
  
+	keepinitrd	[HW,ARM]
+
 	kernelcore=nn[KMG]	[KNL,X86-32,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] This parameter
 			specifies the amount of memory usable by the kernel
 			for non-movable allocations.  The requested amount is
@@ -1107,21 +1025,6 @@
 			higher than default (KMEMTRACE_N_SUBBUFS in code) if
 			you experience buffer overruns.
  
-	movablecore=nn[KMG]	[KNL,X86-32,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] This parameter
-			is similar to kernelcore except it specifies the
-			amount of memory used for migratable allocations.
-			If both kernelcore and movablecore is specified,
-			then kernelcore will be at *least* the specified
-			value but may be more. If movablecore on its own
-			is specified, the administrator must be careful
-			that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
-			is not too small.
-
-	keepinitrd	[HW,ARM]
-
-	kstack=N	[X86-32,X86-64] Print N words from the kernel stack
-			in oops dumps.
-
 	kgdboc=		[HW] kgdb over consoles.
 			Requires a tty driver that supports console polling.
 			(only serial suported for now)
@@ -1131,6 +1034,9 @@
 			Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
 			Ethernet adapter MAC address.
  
+	kstack=N	[X86-32,X86-64] Print N words from the kernel stack
+			in oops dumps.
+
 	l2cr=		[PPC]
  
 	l3cr=		[PPC]
@@ -1276,9 +1182,8 @@
 			(machvec) in a generic kernel.
 			Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb
  
-	max_loop=	[LOOP] Maximum number of loopback devices that can
-			be mounted
-			Format: <1-256>
+	max_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater
+			than or equal to this physical address is ignored.
  
 	maxcpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
 			should make use of.  maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits the
@@ -1286,8 +1191,9 @@
 			it is equivalent to "nosmp", which also disables
 			the IO APIC.
  
-	max_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater than
-			or equal to this physical address is ignored.
+	max_loop=	[LOOP] Maximum number of loopback devices that can
+			be mounted
+			Format: <1-256>
  
 	max_luns=	[SCSI] Maximum number of LUNs to probe.
 			Should be between 1 and 2^32-1.
@@ -1414,6 +1320,16 @@
 	mousedev.yres=	[MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
 			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
  
+	movablecore=nn[KMG]	[KNL,X86-32,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] This parameter
+			is similar to kernelcore except it specifies the
+			amount of memory used for migratable allocations.
+			If both kernelcore and movablecore is specified,
+			then kernelcore will be at *least* the specified
+			value but may be more. If movablecore on its own
+			is specified, the administrator must be careful
+			that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
+			is not too small.
+
 	mpu401=		[HW,OSS]
 			Format: <io>,<irq>
  
@@ -1435,6 +1351,23 @@
 			[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
 			('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
  
+	mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
+			used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continous chunk
+			that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
+
+	mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
+			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
+			Default is 1.
+			Large value could prevent small alignment from
+			using up MTRRs.
+
+	mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86]
+			Format: <integer>
+			Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
+			Default : 1
+			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
+			Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
+
 	n2=		[NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
  
 	NCR_D700=	[HW,SCSI]
@@ -1495,11 +1428,13 @@
 			0 - turn nmi_watchdog off
 			1 - use the IO-APIC timer for the NMI watchdog
 			2 - use the local APIC for the NMI watchdog using
-			a performance counter. Note: This will use one performance
-			counter and the local APIC's performance vector.
-			When panic is specified panic when an NMI watchdog timeout occurs.
-			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and need the box
-			quickly up again.
+			a performance counter. Note: This will use one
+			performance counter and the local APIC's performance
+			vector.
+			When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
+			timeout occurs.
+			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
+			need the box quickly up again.
 			Instead of 1 and 2 it is possible to use the following
 			symbolic names: lapic and ioapic
 			Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic
@@ -1508,6 +1443,16 @@
 			emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
 			is present.
  
+	no_console_suspend
+			[HW] Never suspend the console
+			Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
+			hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
+			messages can reach various consoles while the rest
+			of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
+			debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
+			not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
+			to work with serial and VGA consoles.
+
 	noaliencache	[MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
 			caches in the slab allocator.  Saves per-node memory,
 			but will impact performance.
@@ -1522,6 +1467,8 @@
  
 	nocache		[ARM]
  
+	noclflush	[BUGS=X86] Don't use the CLFLUSH instruction
+
 	nodelayacct	[KNL] Disable per-task delay accounting
  
 	nodisconnect	[HW,SCSI,M68K] Disables SCSI disconnects.
@@ -1550,8 +1497,6 @@
 			register save and restore. The kernel will only save
 			legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
  
-	noclflush	[BUGS=X86] Don't use the CLFLUSH instruction
-
 	nohlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH] Tells the kernel that the sleep(SH) or
 			wfi(ARM) instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
 			use it. This is also useful when using JTAG debugger.
@@ -1596,12 +1541,6 @@
  
 	nolapic_timer	[X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
  
-	nox2apic	[X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
-
-	x2apic_phys	[X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
-			default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
-			supporting x2apic.
-
 	noltlbs		[PPC] Do not use large page/tlb entries for kernel
 			lowmem mapping on PPC40x.
  
@@ -1612,6 +1551,9 @@
 	nomfgpt		[X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
 			Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
  
+	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
+			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
+
 	noreplace-paravirt	[X86-32,PV_OPS] Don't patch paravirt_ops
  
 	noreplace-smp	[X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
  
@@ -1650,13 +1592,13 @@
 			purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
 			SAL PALO.
  
+	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
+
 	numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
 			one of ['zone', 'node', 'default'] can be specified
 			This can be set from sysctl after boot.
 			See Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt for details.
  
-	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
-
 	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
 			See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more
 			info.
@@ -1905,6 +1847,14 @@
 	printk.time=	Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
 			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
  
+	processor.max_cstate=	[HW,ACPI]
+			Limit processor to maximum C-state
+			max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
+
+	processor.nocst	[HW,ACPI]
+			Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
+			instead using the legacy FADT method
+
 	profile=	[KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
 			Format: [schedule,]<number>
 			Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
@@ -1914,14 +1864,6 @@
 				Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
 			Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
  
-	processor.max_cstate=	[HW,ACPI]
-			Limit processor to maximum C-state
-			max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
-
-	processor.nocst	[HW,ACPI]
-			Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
-			instead using the legacy FADT method
-
 	prompt_ramdisk=	[RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk
 			before loading.
 			See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
@@ -2075,7 +2017,13 @@
 			allowing boot to proceed.  none ignores them, expecting
 			user space to do the scan.
  
-	selinux		[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
+	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a security module to enable at boot.
+			If this boot parameter is not specified, only the first
+			security module asking for security registration will be
+			loaded. An invalid security module name will be treated
+			as if no module has been chosen.
+
+	selinux=	[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
 			Format: { "0" | "1" }
 			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
 			0 -- disable.
@@ -2499,9 +2447,6 @@
 					medium is write-protected).
 			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
  
-	add_efi_memmap	[EFI; x86-32,X86-64] Include EFI memory map in
-			kernel's map of available physical RAM.
-
 	vdso=		[X86-32,SH,x86-64]
 			vdso=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO)
 			vdso=1: enable VDSO (default)
@@ -2540,6 +2485,31 @@
 	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
 			Format: <command>
  
+	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
+			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
+			Change the default blue palette of the console.
+			This is a 16-member array composed of values
+			ranging from 0-255.
+
+	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
+			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
+			Change the default green palette of the console.
+			This is a 16-member array composed of values
+			ranging from 0-255.
+
+	vt.default_red=	[VT]
+			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
+			Change the default red palette of the console.
+			This is a 16-member array composed of values
+			ranging from 0-255.
+
+	vt.default_utf8=
+			[VT]
+			Format=<0|1>
+			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
+			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
+			newly opened terminals.
+
 	waveartist=	[HW,OSS]
 			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>
  
  
@@ -2552,15 +2522,16 @@
 	wdt=		[WDT] Watchdog
 			See Documentation/watchdog/wdt.txt.
  
+	x2apic_phys	[X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
+			default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
+			supporting x2apic.
+
 	xd=		[HW,XT] Original XT pre-IDE (RLL encoded) disks.
 	xd_geo=		See header of drivers/block/xd.c.
  
 	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
 			Format:
 			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
-
-	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
-			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
  
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