Re: [PATCH] docs: kernel-parameters: adjust reserve_mem build option
From: Mike Rapoport
Date: Sun Oct 04 2026 - 15:36:07 EST
On Sat, Oct 03, 2026 at 02:34:57PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> "[RAM]" means that the command line option is applicable when
> "RAM disk support is enabled." However, the reserve_mem command line
> option is not related to RAM disk support, so modify its build option
> relevance to "[MM]" instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
>
> Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- linux-next-20261002.orig/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ linux-next-20261002/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -6693,7 +6693,7 @@ Kernel parameters
> them. If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region
> is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
>
> - reserve_mem= [RAM]
> + reserve_mem= [MM]
> Format: nn[KMG]:<align>:<label>
> Reserve physical memory and label it with a name that
> other subsystems can use to access it. This is typically
--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.