linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] doc/kernel-parameters: use IA-32 tag instead of i386

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Date:	Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:01:05 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, hpa@...or.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc/kernel-parameters: use IA-32 tag instead of i386

Alan Cox wrote:
>> Alan wrote:
>> | NAK. IA-32 is an Intel specific term, and I believe a protected mark at
>> | that.
>>
>> OMG, quick, please send a patch for Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt.
>> (big ;)
> 
> 
> Its a lot simpler to use sed. Can't find IA32 as a mark, seems the Itanic
> one was but not that. X86-32 is more consistent and not Intel specific so
> one search and waste later (plus a line move)

Yep, thanks, looks good to me.  However, you say "Can't find IA32 as a mark",
but it's used in a couple of places that should also be changed:

	code_bytes	[IA32] How many bytes of object code to print in an
			oops report.
			Range: 0 - 8192
			Default: 64

and

	disable_8254_timer
	enable_8254_timer
			[IA32/X86_64] Disable/Enable interrupt 0 timer routing
			over the 8254 in addition to over the IO-APIC. The
			kernel tries to set a sensible default.


> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com> [not that a mechanistic conversion has any rights associated with it]
> 
> --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt~	2007-04-05 16:30:30.817515360 +0100
> +++ Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt	2007-04-05 16:30:30.824514296 +0100
> @@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
>  	EIDE	EIDE/ATAPI support is enabled.
>  	FB	The frame buffer device is enabled.
>  	HW	Appropriate hardware is enabled.
> -	IA-32	IA-32 aka i386 architecture is enabled.
>  	IA-64	IA-64 architecture is enabled.
>  	IOSCHED	More than one I/O scheduler is enabled.
>  	IP_PNP	IP DHCP, BOOTP, or RARP is enabled.
> @@ -91,6 +90,7 @@
>  	VT	Virtual terminal support is enabled.
>  	WDT	Watchdog support is enabled.
>  	XT	IBM PC/XT MFM hard disk support is enabled.
> +	X86-32	X86-32, aka i386 architecture is enabled.
>  	X86-64	X86-64 architecture is enabled.
>  			More X86-64 boot options can be found in
>  			Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt .


-- 
~Randy
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