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

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Message-Id: <20071002210125.85b84add.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Date:	Tue, 2 Oct 2007 21:01:25 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	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 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:30:31 -0400 Jeff Garzik wrote:

> Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 21:34:13 -0400 Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > 
> >> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...hat.com>
> >> ---
> >> After having to go figure out what some of these means, I figured I
> >> would save others the trouble.
> >>
> >> Some of these are "best guess" based on a quick scan of the code, so it
> >> certainly needs a sanity review before going upstream.
> > 
> > "iommu" is listed in Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
> > along with more x86_64-specific boot options.
> > A few other arches do something similar...
> 
> Ah!  Well, seeing as how we already have a provision for arch-specific 
> options in kernel-parameters.txt, and some less-obscure arch-specific 
> options can be found there, I think an argument can be made for my patch :)
> 
> Nonethless, if the maintainer disagrees, they can drop this patch I suppose.

[sorry if there be duplicates; I thought I sent this but can't find it
anywhere]


Maybe we can/should merge the doc files along with the x86 arch merge.

---
~Randy
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