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Message-ID: <20080319142427.GA25627@elf.ucw.cz>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:24:27 +0100
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Trivial patch monkey <trivial@...nel.org>
Subject: Document memmap option better
Provide example for memmap exclude option (it is slightly strange an
non-trivial) and provide nice small HOWTO for people with bad
memory.
Signed-off-by: Jan-Simon Moeller <dl9pf@....de>
Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 622f784..467034c 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1128,6 +1128,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
+ Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
+ memmap=64K$0x18690000
+ or
+ memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
meye.*= [HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters
See Documentation/video4linux/meye.txt.
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