linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation/kernel-parameters: fix typo in description of reserve

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Message-ID: <98FDFEF0-7CED-41AF-88DD-590A9846C03F@infradead.org>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:50:32 -0800
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
CC: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/kernel-parameters: fix typo in description of reserve_mem

On February 17, 2025 11:08:45 PM PST, Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org> wrote:
>From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@...nel.org>
>
>The format description of reserve_mem uses [KNG] as units, rather than
>[KMG].
>
>Fix it.
>
>Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@...nel.org>

Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>

Thanks.

>---
> Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
>diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
>index fb8752b42ec8..bf00552908bc 100644
>--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
>+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
>@@ -6082,7 +6082,7 @@
> 			is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
> 
> 	reserve_mem=	[RAM]
>-			Format: nn[KNG]:<align>:<label>
>+			Format: nn[KMG]:<align>:<label>
> 			Reserve physical memory and label it with a name that
> 			other subsystems can use to access it. This is typically
> 			used for systems that do not wipe the RAM, and this command


~Randy