linux-kernel - [PATCH] Documentation: admin-guide: reformat "lapic=" boot option

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Message-Id: <20200918050918.518-1-rdunlap@infradead.org>
Date:   Thu, 17 Sep 2020 22:09:18 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        x86@...nel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: admin-guide: reformat "lapic=" boot option

Reformat "lapic=" to try to make it more understandable and similar
to the style that is mostly used in this file.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: x86@...nel.org
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- linux-next-20200917.orig/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ linux-next-20200917/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2384,9 +2384,10 @@
 	lapic		[X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
 			disabled it.
 
-	lapic=		[X86,APIC] "notscdeadline" Do not use TSC deadline
+	lapic=		[X86,APIC] Do not use TSC deadline
 			value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
 			back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
+			Format: notscdeadline
 
 	lapic_timer_c2_ok	[X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer
 			in C2 power state.