linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: document liveupdate cmdline parameter

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Message-Id: <20260130094237.6f86e3c5c45e2d3443bcce8f@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 09:42:37 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Li Chen <me@...ux.beauty>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, "Borislav Petkov (AMD)"
 <bp@...en8.de>, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar
 <mingo@...nel.org>, Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>, Feng
 Tang <feng.tang@...ux.alibaba.com>, Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>, Li
 RongQing <lirongqing@...du.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Frank van
 der Linden <fvdl@...gle.com>, Askar Safin <safinaskar@...il.com>,
 linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Pratyush Yadav
 <ptyadav@...zon.de>, Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>, Mike
 Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: document liveupdate cmdline parameter

On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 19:20:33 +0800 Li Chen <me@...ux.beauty> wrote:

> liveupdate is used to enable Live Update Orchestrator (LUO) early during
> boot. Add it to kernel-parameters.txt so users can discover and use it.
> 

Thanks,

> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -3442,6 +3442,11 @@ Kernel parameters
>  			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
>  			the same attribute, the last one is used.
>  
> +	liveupdate=	[KNL,EARLY]
> +			Format: <bool>
> +			Enable Live Update Orchestrator (LUO).
> +			Default: off.
> +
>  	lockd.nlm_grace_period=P  [NFS] Assign grace period.
>  			Format: <integer>

but let's cc the developers:

LIVE UPDATE
M:	Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>
M:	Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
R:	Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@...nel.org>