linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation/kernel-parameters: Move the kernel build options

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Message-ID: <00ea9ddc-0a71-4c93-95e2-656374b0719b@infradead.org>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:12:35 -0800
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@...nel.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 "Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/kernel-parameters: Move the kernel build
 options

Hi,

On 11/12/25 3:46 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> From: "Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@...en8.de>
> 
> Move the kernel build options abbreviations to the .txt file so that
> they are together instead of one having to go hunt them in the .rst
> file.
> 
> Tweak the formatting so that the inclusion of kernel-parameters.txt
> still keeps the whole thing somewhat presentable in the html output too.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@...en8.de>
> ---
>  .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst         | 97 +-----------------
>  .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt         | 98 +++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 96 deletions(-)
> 

[snip]

> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index 6c42061ca20e..e85a91e63f48 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -1,3 +1,101 @@

[snip]

> +	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
> +
> +	BOOT	Is a boot loader parameter.
> +	BUGS=	Relates to possible processor bugs on the said processor.
> +	KNL	Is a kernel start-up parameter.
> +
> +
> +Kernel parameters
> +
>  	accept_memory=  [MM]
>  			Format: { eager | lazy }
>  			default: lazy

WorksForMe although I prefer to highlight the "Kernel Parameters" line somehow,
e.g., all caps or underline with "======================" (yes, that's still a
literal underline, not a Sphinx doc. heading).


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

-- 
~Randy