linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation/admin-guide: mark memmap parameter is supported by a few architectures

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Message-ID: <20201122131303.GF8537@kernel.org>
Date:   Sun, 22 Nov 2020 15:13:03 +0200
From:   Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
To:     Barry Song <song.bao.hua@...ilicon.com>
Cc:     corbet@....net, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxarm@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/admin-guide: mark memmap parameter is
 supported by a few architectures

On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 02:41:45PM +1300, Barry Song wrote:
> early_param memmap is only implemented on X86, MIPS and XTENSA. To avoid
> wasting users’ time on trying this on platform like ARM, mark it clearly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Barry Song <song.bao.hua@...ilicon.com>

Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>

> ---
>  * the background was that I spent one hour on using memmap on arm64, only
>    to find memmap= is not implemented on most architectures;
> 
>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst | 1 +
>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
> index 6d421694d98e..06fb1b4aa849 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
> @@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ parameter is applicable::
>  	X86	Either 32-bit or 64-bit x86 (same as X86-32+X86-64)
>  	X86_UV	SGI UV support is enabled.
>  	XEN	Xen support is enabled
> +	XTENSA	xtensa architecture is enabled.
>  
>  In addition, the following text indicates that the option::
>  
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index 526d65d8573a..8bdbc555f221 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -2709,7 +2709,7 @@
>  			option description.
>  
>  	memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
> -			[KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
> +			[KNL, X86, MIPS, XTENSA] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
>  			Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
>  			If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
>  			which limits max address to nn[KMG].
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.