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From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: lirongqing <lirongqing@baidu.com>, Andrew Morton
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation/kernel-parameters: fix architecture
 alignment for pt, nopt, and nobypass
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lirongqing <lirongqing@baidu.com> writes:

> From: Li RongQing <lirongqing@baidu.com>
>
> Commit ab0e7f20768a ("Documentation: Merge x86-specific boot options doc
> into kernel-parameters.txt") introduced a formatting regression where
> architecture tags were placed on separate lines with broken indentation.
> This caused the 'nopt' [X86] parameter to appear as if it belonged to
> the [PPC/POWERNV] section.
>
> Furthermore, since the main 'iommu=' parameter heading already specifies
> it is for [X86, EARLY], the subsequent standalone [X86] tags for 'pt',
> 'nopt', and the AMD GART options are redundant and clutter the
> documentation.
>
> Clean up the formatting by removing these redundant tags and properly
> attributing the 'nobypass' option to [PPC/POWERNV].

Applied, thanks.

jon