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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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