linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Document x86-64 iommu kernel parameters

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Message-ID: <4703CA28.9010609@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:58:16 -0400
From:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
CC:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, ak@...e.de,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Document x86-64 iommu kernel parameters

On 10/03/2007 12:10 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>
>> Maybe we can/should merge the doc files along with the x86 arch merge.
>>
> 
> Well, the x86 merge is pretty much mechanical.  It should be followed up
> with a lot of manual merging.
> 

It would be really nice if identical kernel parameters used the same names,
so people didn't waste their time trying e.g. "nolapic_timer" on x86_64
because that option fixed their problems on i386 (it's "noapictimer" in
x86_64.)
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