From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: kernel-parameters: adjust reserve_mem build option
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:06:07 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877bjkw6tc.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261003213457.96408-1-rdunlap@infradead.org>
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> writes:
> "[RAM]" means that the command line option is applicable when
> "RAM disk support is enabled." However, the reserve_mem command line
> option is not related to RAM disk support, so modify its build option
> relevance to "[MM]" instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> ---
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
> Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
> Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
>
> Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- linux-next-20261002.orig/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ linux-next-20261002/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -6693,7 +6693,7 @@ Kernel parameters
> them. If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region
> is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
>
> - reserve_mem= [RAM]
> + reserve_mem= [MM]
> Format: nn[KMG]:<align>:<label>
> Reserve physical memory and label it with a name that
> other subsystems can use to access it. This is typically
Applied, thanks.
jon
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-14 17:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-03 21:34 [PATCH] docs: kernel-parameters: adjust reserve_mem build option Randy Dunlap
2026-10-04 19:35 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-10-08 11:30 ` SJ Park
2026-10-14 17:06 ` Jonathan Corbet [this message]
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