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Message-ID: <47030F98.8030901@oracle.com> Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:42:16 -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 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. or maybe during the x86 merge, we can merge the docs also... -- ~Randy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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