linux-kernel - [PATCH 12/12] docs: kernel-parameters.txt: remove reference for removed Intel MPX

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Message-Id: <956bdad7bed30593175b7c1272e043f3804c5afb.1584450500.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 17 Mar 2020 14:10:51 +0100
From:   Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
To:     Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Subject: [PATCH 12/12] docs: kernel-parameters.txt: remove reference for removed Intel MPX

The Intel MPX support got removed on Kernel 5.6, but the
kernel-parameters file still mentions it.

Update the text to document that this parameter is not needed
anymore, as the Intel MPX will always be disabled now on
(as its support got removed).

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 192a36a66fc9..ff5e0ca7d9a7 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -990,9 +990,10 @@
 			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
 			for details.
 
-	nompx		[X86] Disables Intel Memory Protection Extensions.
-			See Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.rst for more
-			information about the feature.
+	nompx		X86] Previously, disabled Intel Memory Protection
+			Extensions.
+			NOTE: It is now default, as the Intel MPX code
+			was removed in v5.6.
 
 	nopku		[X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
 			in some Intel CPUs.
-- 
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