From 7096f885c3acc1dbb8e713f226f38cae816bab9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wen Congyang Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 11:42:36 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt: update mem= option's spec according to its implementation Current mem= implementation seems buggy because the specification and implementation don't match. The current mem= has been working for many years and it's not buggy - it works as expected. So we should update the specification. Signed-off-by: Wen Congyang Cc: Rob Landley Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 9776f068306b..91863a53e432 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1481,9 +1481,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. mem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory Amount of memory to be used when the kernel is not able to see the whole system memory or for test. - [X86-32] Use together with memmap= to avoid physical - address space collisions. Without memmap= PCI devices - could be placed at addresses belonging to unused RAM. + [X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together + with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions. + Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses + belonging to unused RAM. mem=nopentium [BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel memory. -- 2.39.5