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| From | Dou Liyang <douly.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt: Update 'memmap=' option description |
| Date | 2017-04-24 06:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <tzDkm-1vZ-7@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <tzCeB-HU-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <tzCeB-HU-9@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
At 04/24/2017 10:40 AM, Baoquan He wrote:
> In commit:
>
> 9710f581bb4c ("x86, mm: Let "memmap=" take more entries one time")
>
> ... 'memmap=' was changed to adopt multiple, comma delimited values in a
> single entry, so update the related description.
>
> In the special case of only specifying size value without an offset,
> like memmap=nn[KMG], memmap behaves similarly to mem=nn[KMG], so update
> it too here.
>
> Furthermore, for memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG], an escape character needs be added
> before '$' for some bootloaders. E.g in grub2, if we specify memmap=100M$5G
> as suggested by the documentation, "memmap=100MG" gets passed to the kernel.
>
> Clarify all this.
>
> Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
> ---
> Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 9 +++++++++
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index 986e443..4054328 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -2097,6 +2097,12 @@
> memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
> [KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
> Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
> + If @ss[KMG] is ommited, it equals to mem=nn[KMG]
s/ommited/omitted/
Thanks,
Liyang
> + which limits max address as nn[KMG].
> + Multiple different options can be put into one entry
> + with comma delimited to save space:
> + Example:
> + memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
>
> memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
> [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
> @@ -2109,6 +2115,9 @@
> memmap=64K$0x18690000
> or
> memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
> + Some bootloaders may need escape character before '$',
> + like in grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
> + will be eaten.
>
> memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG]
> [KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
>
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