linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [6/8] GBPAGES: Add an option to disable direct mapping gbpages and a global variable

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Date:	Thu, 3 Jan 2008 11:03:35 -0800
From:	"Nish Aravamudan" <nish.aravamudan@...il.com>
To:	"Andi Kleen" <ak@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [6/8] GBPAGES: Add an option to disable direct mapping gbpages and a global variable

On 1/3/08, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de> wrote:
>
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>

<snip>

> Index: linux/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
> ===================================================================
> --- linux.orig/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
> +++ linux/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
> @@ -307,3 +307,6 @@ Debugging
>                         stuck (default)
>
>  Miscellaneous
> +
> +       direct_gbpages=off
> +               Do not use GB pages for kernel direct mapping.

Sorry if this is a FAQ, but why do we have this file in addition to
kernel-parameters.txt? I see that kernel-parameters.txt refers to this
file, so I guess it's ok, but shouldn't we try to consolidate?

Thanks,
Nish
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