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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst index 8d3273e32eb1..5d29ba5ad88c 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst @@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ and sorted into English Dictionary order (defined as ignoring all punctuation and sorting digits before letters in a case insensitive manner), and with descriptions where known. -The kernel parses parameters from the kernel command line up to "--"; +The kernel parses parameters from the kernel command line up to "``--``"; if it doesn't recognize a parameter and it doesn't contain a '.', the parameter gets passed to init: parameters with '=' go into init's environment, others are passed as command line arguments to init. -Everything after "--" is passed as an argument to init. +Everything after "``--``" is passed as an argument to init. Module parameters can be specified in two ways: via the kernel command line with a module name prefix, or via modprobe, e.g.:: |