From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 61B983F39ED; Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:06:08 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1791997569; cv=none; b=R87dwzm0MsQU5i6/eZuLyYSpP7uMdeLWGMEypDrY4Zy6c+iN84gy6pWFgNiwIsWtK803kZuNmKfY8nKCdTy/VYyB8jwlHP9ab24qb9Ea/gW7n/EbA29d4CQFJ+t2KAa4YyFy1YB5zvpIdGW9XzcL5lEWiQzxnABdLokIUZjalQA= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1791997569; c=relaxed/simple; bh=6FkSRj6yEIibOUR6hEE+uPcOlk3pi7yxTIEuccw3hg8=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=dIcmPKEtUL6Lx3y4d8vwsG0GkiRsucgpERWF7CEkcjP5w/GNbC6F4eJxUvLMJNbgEcM7Fwhj3Rb+9mt37TSf3ibQg/oI/EYl3kd2dD6u3IoQC32BKbyB4zVoUvGLmXefdezqmL1SOvVerPKoGejRDPbdoNwIFeAjg63siB7giP4= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=RPSK9/aq; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="RPSK9/aq" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net C340E408FF DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1791997568; bh=V3fKsgG5iY77xmqyrOhYqdFKE1+IVwYgz7kMxEgAwqs=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=RPSK9/aq9j8Nzg1fd4VMNPFzXRJmtZz24NMq81pTNQ4oD8XhbrfTHksEjTRmVBKB8 557XILwzG50Oz8UDOWwkBgeYiHXAan0Q865WIZKmrs9bu964/ODoHWuz4/FlVJjwDJ 2UbdSl4UatkM6WiQLAlU+GTucyPcrPwVSTO4QR8X7/fyvS97t/ytnRYjJ9mMT+6wRM 8eSEBTp3rhMeEsgr24NrHYxuI351L062M5Qf59IOcRLuRDTwVaN7yKeknzmD2I6AdX C4BLoWEluIyJkFd7HFm58QAtifjQiXw9zq2XWCiFgx4H0rVd47QUV95CMvUh9H5ST5 FILQeN/lY1wAA== Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:280:4600:814::1fe]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C340E408FF; Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:06:07 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: Randy Dunlap , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Randy Dunlap , Shuah Khan , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Mike Rapoport , linux-mm@kvack.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: kernel-parameters: adjust reserve_mem build option In-Reply-To: <20261003213457.96408-1-rdunlap@infradead.org> References: <20261003213457.96408-1-rdunlap@infradead.org> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:06:07 -0600 Message-ID: <877bjkw6tc.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Randy Dunlap 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 > --- > Cc: Jonathan Corbet > Cc: Shuah Khan > Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org > Cc: Mike Rapoport > 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 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]::