[PATCH] Documentation/kernel-parameters: Update memtest parameter

[PATCH] Documentation/kernel-parameters: Update memtest parameter

[WangYuli]

LoongArch, MIPS and XTENSA has supported memtest now.
Update documentation for them.

Link: https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=dce44566192ec0b38597fdfd435013c2d54653ff
Link: https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fb8e9f59d6f292c3d9fea6c155c22ea5fc3053ab
Signed-off-by: WangYuli <wangyuli@uniontech.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index d9fd26b95b34..eeba55deb38d 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3620,7 +3620,7 @@
 			Note that even when enabled, there are a few cases where
 			the feature is not effective.
 
-	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM,M68K,PPC,RISCV,EARLY] Enable memtest
+	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM,LOONGARCH,MIPS,M68K,PPC,RISCV,XTENSA,EARLY] Enable memtest
 			Format: <integer>
 			default : 0 <disable>
 			Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
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2.49.0

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/kernel-parameters: Update memtest parameter

[Randy Dunlap]

Hi,

On 4/27/25 8:47 PM, WangYuli wrote:
> LoongArch, MIPS and XTENSA has supported memtest now.
> Update documentation for them.
> 
> Link: https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=dce44566192ec0b38597fdfd435013c2d54653ff
> Link: https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fb8e9f59d6f292c3d9fea6c155c22ea5fc3053ab
> Signed-off-by: WangYuli <wangyuli@uniontech.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index d9fd26b95b34..eeba55deb38d 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -3620,7 +3620,7 @@
>  			Note that even when enabled, there are a few cases where
>  			the feature is not effective.
>  
> -	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM,M68K,PPC,RISCV,EARLY] Enable memtest
> +	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM,LOONGARCH,MIPS,M68K,PPC,RISCV,XTENSA,EARLY] Enable memtest

It looks to me like ARM64 needs its own entry above.

>  			Format: <integer>
>  			default : 0 <disable>
>  			Specifies the number of memtest passes to be

-- 
~Randy

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/kernel-parameters: Update memtest parameter

[WangYuli]

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Hi Randy,

On 2025/4/28 13:05, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> It looks to me like ARM64 needs its own entry above.

Thank you for pointing that out!

Nevertheless, this appears to be a different problem.

Upon reviewing this document carefully, I found that within this file, 
there are indeed other parameters where "ARM" should be changed to 
"ARM64" or "ARM64" should be added.

This is definitely worth re-verifying and submitting the changes separately.

Thanks,
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WangYuli

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Re: [PATCH] Documentation/kernel-parameters: Update memtest parameter

[Jonathan Corbet]

WangYuli <wangyuli@uniontech.com> writes:

> LoongArch, MIPS and XTENSA has supported memtest now.
> Update documentation for them.
>
> Link: https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=dce44566192ec0b38597fdfd435013c2d54653ff
> Link: https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fb8e9f59d6f292c3d9fea6c155c22ea5fc3053ab
> Signed-off-by: WangYuli <wangyuli@uniontech.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index d9fd26b95b34..eeba55deb38d 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -3620,7 +3620,7 @@
>  			Note that even when enabled, there are a few cases where
>  			the feature is not effective.
>  
> -	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM,M68K,PPC,RISCV,EARLY] Enable memtest
> +	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM,LOONGARCH,MIPS,M68K,PPC,RISCV,XTENSA,EARLY] Enable memtest

Applied, thanks.

jon