On 04/24/17 at 11:53am, Dou Liyang wrote:
>
>
> At 04/24/2017 10:40 AM, Baoquan He wrote:
> > In commit:
> >
> > 9710f581bb4c ("x86, mm: Let "memmap=" take more entries one time")
> >
> > ... 'memmap=' was changed to adopt multiple, comma delimited values in a
> > single entry, so update the related description.
> >
> > In the special case of only specifying size value without an offset,
> > like memmap=nn[KMG], memmap behaves similarly to mem=nn[KMG], so update
> > it too here.
> >
> > Furthermore, for memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG], an escape character needs be added
> > before '$' for some bootloaders. E.g in grub2, if we specify memmap=100M$5G
> > as suggested by the documentation, "memmap=100MG" gets passed to the kernel.
> >
> > Clarify all this.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <b...@redhat.com>
> > Cc: Jonathan Corbet <cor...@lwn.net>
> > Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wyso...@intel.com>
> > Cc: Andrew Morton <a...@linux-foundation.org>
> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org>
> > Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelg...@google.com>
> > Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mche...@kernel.org>
> > Cc: linux-...@vger.kernel.org
> > ---
> > Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 9 +++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > index 986e443..4054328 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > @@ -2097,6 +2097,12 @@
> > memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
> > [KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
> > Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
> > + If @ss[KMG] is ommited, it equals to mem=nn[KMG]
>
> s/ommited/omitted/
Right, thanks. Will see if there's other comment and update.
>
> > + which limits max address as nn[KMG].
> > + Multiple different options can be put into one entry
> > + with comma delimited to save space:
> > + Example:
> > + memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
> >
> > memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
> > [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
> > @@ -2109,6 +2115,9 @@
> > memmap=64K$0x18690000
> > or
> > memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
> > + Some bootloaders may need escape character before '$',
> > + like in grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
> > + will be eaten.
> >
> > memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG]
> > [KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
> >
>
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