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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> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Stat-Signature: n3b4napbnbky3jxynzx1r9336n6hwz7x X-Rspam-User: X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: CA867100011 X-Rspamd-Server: rspam08 X-HE-Tag: 1791997569-971536 X-HE-Meta: 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 8q96z+Tr 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 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: 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]::