Re: [PATCH] Documentation: admin: reorganize kernel-parameters intro

[Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>]

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On Sun, Oct 27, 2024 at 05:53:56PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> +This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command
> +"modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable
> +module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also
> +reveal their parameters in /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/. Some of these
> +parameters may be changed at runtime by the command
> +``echo -n ${value} > /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/${parm}``.

How can users get support for parameters not documented here? Post to LKML
(and hoping that they also Cc: relevant maintainers and mailing list)?

> +KMG suffixes
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +The [KMG] suffix is commonly described after a number of kernel
> +parameter values. These 'K', 'M', and 'G' letters represent the _binary_
> +multipliers 'Kilo', 'Mega', and 'Giga', equaling 2^10, 2^20, and 2^30
> +bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
> +

Metric suffixes?

Thanks.

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