Subject: + documentation-kernel-parameterstxt-fix-memmap=-language.patch added to -mm tree
To: rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,andiry.xu@xxxxxxxxx,rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx
From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 13:52:57 -0800
The patch titled
Subject: Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt: fix memmap= language
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
documentation-kernel-parameterstxt-fix-memmap=-language.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/documentation-kernel-parameterstxt-fix-memmap=-language.patch
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http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/documentation-kernel-parameterstxt-fix-memmap=-language.patch
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From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt: fix memmap= language
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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andiry Xu <andiry.xu@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff -puN Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt~documentation-kernel-parameterstxt-fix-memmap=-language Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt~documentation-kernel-parameterstxt-fix-memmap=-language
+++ a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1726,16 +1726,16 @@ 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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Patches currently in -mm which might be from rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
documentation-kernel-parameterstxt-fix-memmap=-language.patch
linux-next.patch
debugging-keep-track-of-page-owners.patch
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