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Documentation: fix memmap= language in kernel-parameters.txt

PATCH In review Randy Dunlap 2 participants 2 messages Jan 31, 2014

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PATCH 1/1 Documentation: fix memmap= language in kernel-parameters.txt

From: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>

Clean up descriptions of memmap= boot options.

Add periods (full stops), drop commas, change "used" to "reserved" or "marked".

Cc Andiry Xu <[email protected]>
Cc David Rientjes <[email protected]>
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 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |    8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +4 -4
@@ -1668,16 +1668,16 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes
 			option description.
 
 	memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
-			[KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory
-			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
+			[KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
+			Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
 
 	memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
 			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
-			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
+			Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
 
 	memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
 			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
-			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
+			Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
 			Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
 			         memmap=64K$0x18690000
 			         or
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From: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>

Clean up descriptions of memmap= boot options.

Add periods (full stops), drop commas, change "used" to "reserved" or "marked".

Cc Andiry Xu <[email protected]>
Cc David Rientjes <[email protected]>

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