Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt: update mem= option's spec according to its implementation
Current mem= implementation seems buggy because the specification and
implementation don't match. The current mem= has been working for many
years and it's not buggy - it works as expected. So we should update the
specification.
Signed-off-by: Wen Congyang <wency@cn.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index ea8e5b4..ddd84d6 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1503,9 +1503,10 @@
mem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
Amount of memory to be used when the kernel is not able
to see the whole system memory or for test.
- [X86-32] Use together with memmap= to avoid physical
- address space collisions. Without memmap= PCI devices
- could be placed at addresses belonging to unused RAM.
+ [X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
+ with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
+ Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
+ belonging to unused RAM.
mem=nopentium [BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
memory.