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micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="dHSCKawrK9nG6pkb" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8b13719b-522d-48ec-92fe-6c98d651f947@infradead.org> --dHSCKawrK9nG6pkb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Oct 27, 2024 at 09:27:50PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: >=20 >=20 > On 10/27/24 8:59 PM, Bagas Sanjaya wrote: > > 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 c= ommand > >> +"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/. Som= e of these > >> +parameters may be changed at runtime by the command > >> +``echo -n ${value} > /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/${parm}``. > >=20 > > How can users get support for parameters not documented here? Post to L= KML > > (and hoping that they also Cc: relevant maintainers and mailing list)? >=20 > That's probably the best option currently. OK. >=20 > >> +KMG suffixes > >> +~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >> + > >> +The [KMG] suffix is commonly described after a number of kernel > >> +parameter values. These 'K', 'M', and 'G' letters represent the _bina= ry_ > >> +multipliers 'Kilo', 'Mega', and 'Giga', equaling 2^10, 2^20, and 2^30 > >> +bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. > >> + > >=20 > > Metric suffixes? >=20 > Hm, it looks like memparse() supports all of these suffixes: K, M, G, T, = P, E. >=20 > So the heading could be Metric suffixes along with some changed text. >=20 Agreed. Thanks. --=20 An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara --dHSCKawrK9nG6pkb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEABYKAB0WIQSSYQ6Cy7oyFNCHrUH2uYlJVVFOowUCZx8rGgAKCRD2uYlJVVFO oz2YAP98uCC3FPwW3EGkHnpcMof/YVq7xRBuMEbJyKq5avR0sAD/SLsSOVuoTORu d1HBbAHZnW9Oguk+sac8nimHlSHGPQo= =TZ/X -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dHSCKawrK9nG6pkb--