Re: [PATCH] Document x86-64 iommu kernel parameters

[Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>]

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 21:34:13 -0400 Jeff Garzik wrote:
>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
>>> ---
>>> After having to go figure out what some of these means, I figured I
>>> would save others the trouble.
>>>
>>> Some of these are "best guess" based on a quick scan of the code, so it
>>> certainly needs a sanity review before going upstream.
>>
>> "iommu" is listed in Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
>> along with more x86_64-specific boot options.
>> A few other arches do something similar...
> 
> Ah!  Well, seeing as how we already have a provision for arch-specific 
> options in kernel-parameters.txt, and some less-obscure arch-specific 
> options can be found there, I think an argument can be made for my patch :)
> 
> Nonethless, if the maintainer disagrees, they can drop this patch I 
> suppose.

or maybe during the x86 merge, we can merge the docs also...

-- 
~Randy