linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Docs: admin/kernel-parameters: edit a few boot options

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Message-ID: <87ils6hl1z.fsf@mpe.ellerman.id.au>
Date:   Tue, 22 Mar 2022 11:45:28 +1100
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Sven Schnelle <svens@...ux.ibm.com>,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Docs: admin/kernel-parameters: edit a few boot options

Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> writes:
> Clean up some of admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt:
>
> a. "smt" should be "smt=" (S390)
> b. add "smt-enabled" for POWERPC

I'd rather you didn't. It's not well tested and we ignore it entirely on
some platforms because it causes bugs. Eventually I'd like to remove it.

If we ever get time we'd want to support the generic `nosmt` argument
instead.

cheers