linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] docs/kernel-parameters: update description of mem=

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Message-ID: <877d8tsgos.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date:   Wed, 16 Mar 2022 15:58:27 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...am.me.uk>,
        Mike Rapport <rppt@...nel.org>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@....ru>,
        Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@...ngson.cn>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] docs/kernel-parameters: update description of mem=

Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org> writes:

> From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
>
> The existing description of mem= does not cover all the cases and
> differences between how architectures treat it.
>
> Extend the description to match the code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
> ---
> v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220309172258.1183796-1-rppt@kernel.org
> * move Hexagon description to make it better visible
>
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220309122446.1118738-1-rppt@kernel.org
> * drop clumsy and redundant paragraph about Hexagon
>  .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt          | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

Applied, thanks.

jon