On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Elliott, Robert (Server Storage) <elli...@hp.com> wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: linux-kernel-ow...@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-kernel- >> ow...@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Christoph Hellwig >> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2015 11:43 AM >> To: Boaz Harrosh >> Cc: Christoph Hellwig; Ingo Molnar; linux-nvd...@ml01.01.org; linux- >> fsde...@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; x...@kernel.org; >> ross.zwis...@linux.intel.com; ax...@kernel.dk >> Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86: add a is_e820_ram() helper >> >> On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 05:49:38PM +0200, Boaz Harrosh wrote: >> > > + memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG] >> > > + [KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected. >> > > + Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn. >> > > + The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc) >> > > + and is NVDIMM or ADR memory. >> > > + >> > >> > Do we need to escape "\!" this character on grub command line ? It might >> > help to note that. I did like the original "|" BTW >> >> No need to escape it on the kvm command line, which is where I tested >> this flag only so far. If there is a strong argument for "|" I'm happy >> to change it. > > I agree with Boaz that ! is a nuisance if loading pmem as a module > with modprobe from bash.
This is a core kernel command line, not a module parameter. I'm not saying that it should stay "!", but modprobe will not need to deal with it. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
