[PATCH] Documentation: fix memmap= language in kernel-parameters.txt

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Thu Jan 30 2014 - 19:35:47 EST


From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Clean up descriptions of memmap= boot options.

Add periods (full stops), drop commas, change "used" to
"reserved" or "marked".

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andiry Xu <andiry.xu@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- lnx-313.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ lnx-313/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1668,16 +1668,16 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes
option description.

memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
- [KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory
- Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
+ [KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
+ Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.

memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
- Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
+ Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.

memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
- Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
+ Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
memmap=64K$0x18690000
or
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