Comments on: 11 Linux Kernel Boot-time Parameters Explained https://www.tecmint.com/linux-kernel-boot-time-parameters-explained/ Tecmint - Linux Howtos, Tutorials, Guides, News, Tips and Tricks. Fri, 14 Jul 2023 04:49:36 +0000 hourly 1 By: alexander-a https://www.tecmint.com/linux-kernel-boot-time-parameters-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-1312959 Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:16:21 +0000 http://www.tecmint.com/?p=5800#comment-1312959 what are all types of kernel parameters? are there other types of kernel parameters besides boot-time parameters and command-line parameters?

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By: Tobias https://www.tecmint.com/linux-kernel-boot-time-parameters-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-750886 Sun, 14 Feb 2016 20:28:47 +0000 http://www.tecmint.com/?p=5800#comment-750886 In reply to Roberto C. Sanchez.

Excelent!

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By: Pandu https://www.tecmint.com/linux-kernel-boot-time-parameters-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-147423 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 19:36:02 +0000 http://www.tecmint.com/?p=5800#comment-147423 Thank you for this post.. We learnt some useful kernel parameters through this..

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By: Roberto C. Sanchez https://www.tecmint.com/linux-kernel-boot-time-parameters-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-137072 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 00:27:23 +0000 http://www.tecmint.com/?p=5800#comment-137072 A few things:

* Your option #9 “revese” is not actually an option that can be passed to the kernel (I htink you mean “reserve”)

* Booting from BIOS, regardless of where the kernel is located (CD-ROM, hard drive, floppy, tape, etc.) requires the use of a boot loader because the kernel is too large to fit entirely into the space which the BIOS can see

* The article does not explain how someone would actually go about passing these options (e.g., edit the kernel command line at the boot loader prompt, edit the configuration and re-install the boot loader)

* The explanations don’t provide any useful examples (like the mem, console, and reserve options)

* The explanations leave out relevatively important uses (like using mem to limit the amount of memoery used in a VM host to leave the rest free for guests, like in Xen)

* You don’t cover how to get the current kernel command line (cat /proc/cmdline)

The article has potential, but appears to be hastily written and incomplete. Here is an excerpt from an O’Reilly book, which is more complete:

http://oreilly.com/linux/excerpts/9780596100797/kernel-boot-command-line-parameter-reference.html

Of course, the best place to look for information on this is the file Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt in the kernel source distribution, which provides the comprehensive list of hundreds of kernel command line options, along with the format for specifying each one.

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By: shrikant https://www.tecmint.com/linux-kernel-boot-time-parameters-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-135807 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 03:52:24 +0000 http://www.tecmint.com/?p=5800#comment-135807 Thank you :-)

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