linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86 support for the initrd= command line option

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Message-ID: <2837291a-b682-bd6d-4e08-ffa76d3097b0@infradead.org>
Date:   Tue, 24 Mar 2020 09:12:02 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     ron minnich <rminnich@...il.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:     Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...gle.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "maintainer:X86 ARCHITECTURE..." <x86@...nel.org>,
        lkml - Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86 support for the initrd= command line option

On 3/24/20 9:05 AM, ron minnich wrote:
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index c07815d230bc..9cd356958a7f 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -1714,6 +1714,13 @@
> 
>      initrd=        [BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
> 
> +    initrdmem=    [KNL] Specify a physical adddress and size from which
> +            to load the inird. If an initrd is compiled in or

                           initrd.

> +            specified in the bootparams, it takes priority
> +            over this setting.
> +            Format: ss[KMG],nn[KMG]
> +            Defaut is 0, 0

               Default

> +
>      init_on_alloc=    [MM] Fill newly allocated pages and heap objects with
>              zeroes.
>              Format: 0 | 1


-- 
~Randy