From: Randy Dunlap Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/16 v6] PCI: document the new PCI boot parameters Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:01:22 -0700 Message-ID: <48FF5C62.3020008@oracle.com> References: <20081022083809.GA3757@yzhao12-linux.sh.intel.com> <20081022084531.GP3773@yzhao12-linux.sh.intel.com> <200810220827.33758.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Yu Zhao , "randy.dunlap@oracle.com" , "grundler@parisc-linux.org" , "achiang@hp.com" , "matthew@wil.cx" , "linux-pci@vger.kernel.org" , "rdreier@cisco.com" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org" , "virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org" , "kvm@vger.kernel.org" , "greg@kroah.com" , "mingo@elte.hu" To: Bjorn Helgaas Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200810220827.33758.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > On Wednesday 22 October 2008 02:45:31 am Yu Zhao wrote: >> Document the new PCI[x86] boot parameters. >> >> Cc: Alex Chiang >> Cc: Grant Grundler >> Cc: Greg KH >> Cc: Ingo Molnar >> Cc: Jesse Barnes >> Cc: Matthew Wilcox >> Cc: Randy Dunlap >> Cc: Roland Dreier >> Signed-off-by: Yu Zhao >> >> --- >> Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 10 ++++++++++ >> 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt >> index 53ba7c7..5482ae0 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt >> +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt >> @@ -1677,6 +1677,16 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file >> cbmemsize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is >> reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory >> window. The default value is 64 megabytes. >> + assign-mmio=[dddd:]bb [X86] reassign memory resources of all >> + devices under bus [dddd:]bb (dddd is the domain >> + number and bb is the bus number). >> + assign-pio=[dddd:]bb [X86] reassign io port resources of all "io" in text should be "IO" or "I/O". (Small "io" is OK as a parameter placeholder.) >> + devices under bus [dddd:]bb (dddd is the domain >> + number and bb is the bus number). >> + align-mmio=[dddd:]bb:dd.f [X86] relocate memory resources of a >> + device to minimum PAGE_SIZE alignment (dddd is >> + the domain number and bb, dd and f is the bus, are the bus, >> + device and function number). >> >> pcie_aspm= [PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power >> Management. > > I think it's nicer to have the documentation change included in the > patch that implements the change. For example, I think this and > patch 9/16 "add boot option to align ..." should be folded into > a single patch. And similarly for the other documentation patches. > > Bjorn