Re: [PATCH v2] docs/kernel-parameters: update description of mem=

From: Mike Rapoport
Date: Wed Mar 09 2022 - 13:31:42 EST


On Wed, Mar 09, 2022 at 06:13:14PM +0000, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Mar 2022, Mike Rapoport wrote:
>
> > From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > The existing description of mem= does not cover all the cases and
> > differences between how architectures treat it.
> >
> > Extend the description to match the code.
>
> This:
>
> > + mem=nn[KMG] [HEXAGON] Set the memory size.
> > + Must be specified, otherwise memory size will be 0.
> > +
>
> I guess would better be folded into the other `mem=nn[KMG]' description
> above, possibly between [ARM64] and [X86] so as to keep the order roughly
> alphabetic.

I deliberately put hexagon separately because it stands out being the only
arch that has no other means of memory detection except mem=

> Maciej

--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.