[PATCH bootconfig 1/3] doc: Update /proc/cmdline documentation to include boot config
From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Thu Oct 05 2023 - 13:24:04 EST
Update the /proc/cmdline documentation to explicitly state that this
file provides kernel boot parameters obtained via boot config from the
kernel image as well as those supplied by the boot loader.
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
index 2b59cff8be17..5703b0e87cbe 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
@@ -691,7 +691,8 @@ files are there, and which are missing.
apm Advanced power management info
buddyinfo Kernel memory allocator information (see text) (2.5)
bus Directory containing bus specific information
- cmdline Kernel command line
+ cmdline Kernel command line, both from bootloader and embedded
+ in the kernel image
cpuinfo Info about the CPU
devices Available devices (block and character)
dma Used DMS channels
--
2.40.1