From 1312848e92a0686cb5124aa86ea58d55ba795742 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pavel Machek Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:29:43 -0700 Subject: kernel-parameters.txt: document memmap option better Provide example for memmap exclude option (it is slightly strange and non-trivial) and provide nice small HOWTO for people with bad memory. Signed-off-by: Jan-Simon Moeller Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 650b0d8aa89b..508e2a2c9864 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1130,6 +1130,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG] [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved. Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn. + Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff + memmap=64K$0x18690000 + or + memmap=0x10000$0x18690000 meye.*= [HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters See Documentation/video4linux/meye.txt. -- cgit v1.2.3-58-ga151