From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751699AbWEERiE (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 May 2006 13:38:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751695AbWEERhq (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 May 2006 13:37:46 -0400 Received: from holly.csn.ul.ie ([193.1.99.76]:16517 "EHLO holly.csn.ul.ie") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751687AbWEERh2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 May 2006 13:37:28 -0400 From: Mel Gorman To: linux-mm@kvack.org Cc: Mel Gorman , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, lhms-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Message-Id: <20060505173727.9030.40142.sendpatchset@skynet> In-Reply-To: <20060505173446.9030.42837.sendpatchset@skynet> References: <20060505173446.9030.42837.sendpatchset@skynet> Subject: [PATCH 8/8] Add documentation for extra boot parameters Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 18:37:27 +0100 (IST) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Once all patches are applied, two new command-line parameters exist - kernelcore and noeasyrclm. This patch adds the necessary documentation. Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman diff -rup -X /usr/src/patchset-0.6/bin//dontdiff linux-2.6.17-rc3-mm1-zonesizing-107_hugetlb_use_easyrclm/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt linux-2.6.17-rc3-mm1-zonesizing-108_docs/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt --- linux-2.6.17-rc3-mm1-zonesizing-107_hugetlb_use_easyrclm/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2006-05-03 09:41:30.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.17-rc3-mm1-zonesizing-108_docs/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2006-05-03 09:51:12.000000000 +0100 @@ -724,6 +724,22 @@ running once the system is up. js= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick See Documentation/input/joystick.txt. + kernelcore=nn[KMG] [KNL,IA-32,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] This parameter + specifies the amount of memory usable by the kernel. + The requested amount is spread evenly throughout + all nodes in the system. The remaining memory + in each node is used for EasyRclm pages. In the + event, a node is too small to have both kernelcore + and EasyRclm pages, kernelcore pages will take + priority and other nodes will have a larger + number of kernelcore pages. The EasyRclm zone + is used for the allocation of pages on behalf + of a process and for HugeTLB pages. On ppc64, + it is likely that memory sections on this zone + can be offlined. Note that allocations like + PTEs-from-HighMem still use the HighMem zone if + it exists, and the Normal zone if it does not. + keepinitrd [HW,ARM] kstack=N [IA-32,X86-64] Print N words from the kernel stack