linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] paravirt: noreplace-paravirt is implemented for x86 and ia-64

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Date:	Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:42:49 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
CC:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...source.com>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Alok Kataria <akataria@...are.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	virtualization@...ts.osdl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] paravirt: noreplace-paravirt is implemented for x86 and
 ia-64

  On 08/11/2010 09:34 AM, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> kernel-parameters.txt lists 'noreplace-paravirt' parameter as being
> limited to X86-32, which is incorrect -- it's actually supported by
> x86-32, x86-64 and ia-64.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina<jkosina@...e.cz>
Acked-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>

> ---
>   Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |    2 +-
>   1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> index d529b13..8ed3a77 100644
> --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -1777,7 +1777,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
>   	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
>   			echo 0>  /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
>
> -	noreplace-paravirt	[X86-32,PV_OPS] Don't patch paravirt_ops
> +	noreplace-paravirt	[X86,IA-64,PV_OPS] Don't patch paravirt_ops
>
>   	noreplace-smp	[X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
>   			with UP alternatives

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