no_timer_check Don't check the IO-APIC timer. This can work around
problems with incorrect timer initialization on some boards.
+ apicmaintimer Run time keeping from the local APIC timer instead
+ of using the PIT/HPET interrupt for this. This is useful
+ when the PIT/HPET interrupts are unreliable.
+
+ noapicmaintimer Don't do time keeping using the APIC timer.
+ Useful when this option was auto selected, but doesn't work.
+
Early Console
syntax: earlyprintk=vga
cpumask=MASK only use cpus with bits set in mask
additional_cpus=NUM Allow NUM more CPUs for hotplug
- (defaults are specified by the BIOS or half the available CPUs)
+ (defaults are specified by the BIOS, see Documentation/x86_64/cpu-hotplug-spec)
NUMA
Misc
- noreplacement Don't replace instructions with more appropiate ones
+ noreplacement Don't replace instructions with more appropriate ones
for the CPU. This may be useful on asymmetric MP systems
where some CPU have less capabilities than the others.