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From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Documentation/admin-guide: kernel-parameters: update CMA entries
Date: Wed,  9 Sep 2020 20:26:04 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200910032606.7355-2-rdunlap@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200910032606.7355-1-rdunlap@infradead.org>

Add qualifying build option legend [CMA] to kernel boot options
that requirce CMA support to be enabled for them to be usable.

Also capitalize 'CMA' when it is used as an acronym.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |   10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- linux-next-20200909.orig/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ linux-next-20200909/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@
 			some critical bits.
 
 	cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
-			[ARM,X86,KNL]
+			[ARM,X86,KNL,CMA]
 			Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
 			contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
 			placement constraint by the physical address range of
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@
 			include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
 
 	cma_pernuma=nn[MG]
-			[ARM64,KNL]
+			[ARM64,KNL,CMA]
 			Sets the size of kernel per-numa memory area for
 			contiguous memory allocations. A value of 0 disables
 			per-numa CMA altogether. And If this option is not
@@ -1524,12 +1524,12 @@
 	hpet_mmap=	[X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
 			registers.  Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
 
-	hugetlb_cma=	[HW] The size of a cma area used for allocation
+	hugetlb_cma=	[HW,CMA] The size of a CMA area used for allocation
 			of gigantic hugepages.
 			Format: nn[KMGTPE]
 
-			Reserve a cma area of given size and allocate gigantic
-			hugepages using the cma allocator. If enabled, the
+			Reserve a CMA area of given size and allocate gigantic
+			hugepages using the CMA allocator. If enabled, the
 			boot-time allocation of gigantic hugepages is skipped.
 
 	hugepages=	[HW] Number of HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.

  reply	other threads:[~2020-09-10  3:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-10  3:26 [PATCH 0/3] Documentation/admin-guide: kernel-parameters: parameter cleanups Randy Dunlap
2020-09-10  3:26 ` Randy Dunlap [this message]
2020-09-10 17:04   ` [PATCH 1/3] Documentation/admin-guide: kernel-parameters: update CMA entries Jonathan Corbet
2020-09-10  3:26 ` [PATCH 2/3] Documentation/admin-guide: kernel-parameters: hyphenate comma-separated Randy Dunlap
2020-09-10  3:26 ` [PATCH 3/3] Documentation/admin-guide: kernel-parameters: add early_param() to list of types of boot parameters Randy Dunlap

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