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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 9 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index f59aad5c2270..9b0b3dea6326 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2136,6 +2136,12 @@ memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG] [KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory. Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn. + If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG], + which limits max address to nn[KMG]. + Multiple different regions can be specified, + comma delimited. + Example: + memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG] [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data. @@ -2148,6 +2154,9 @@ memmap=64K$0x18690000 or memmap=0x10000$0x18690000 + Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$', + like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number + will be eaten. memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG] [KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected. |