* [PATCH] Documentation: fix memmap= language in kernel-parameters.txt
@ 2014-01-31 0:35 Randy Dunlap
2014-01-31 0:49 ` David Rientjes
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Randy Dunlap @ 2014-01-31 0:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: LKML, Linux MM; +Cc: Andrew Morton, David Rientjes, Andiry Xu, Rob Landley
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Clean up descriptions of memmap= boot options.
Add periods (full stops), drop commas, change "used" to
"reserved" or "marked".
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Andiry Xu <andiry.xu@gmail.com>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
---
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- lnx-313.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ lnx-313/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1668,16 +1668,16 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes
option description.
memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
- [KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory
- Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
+ [KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
+ Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
- Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
+ Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
- Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
+ Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
memmap=64K$0x18690000
or
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* Re: [PATCH] Documentation: fix memmap= language in kernel-parameters.txt
2014-01-31 0:35 [PATCH] Documentation: fix memmap= language in kernel-parameters.txt Randy Dunlap
@ 2014-01-31 0:49 ` David Rientjes
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From: David Rientjes @ 2014-01-31 0:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Randy Dunlap; +Cc: LKML, Linux MM, Andrew Morton, Andiry Xu, Rob Landley
On Thu, 30 Jan 2014, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
>
> Clean up descriptions of memmap= boot options.
>
> Add periods (full stops), drop commas, change "used" to
> "reserved" or "marked".
>
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> Cc: Andiry Xu <andiry.xu@gmail.com>
> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
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