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| author | Taku Izumi <izumi.taku@jp.fujitsu.com> | 2016-03-15 22:55:22 +0100 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2016-03-16 00:55:16 +0100 |
| commit | 342332e6a925e9ed015e5465062c38d2b86ec8f9 (patch) | |
| tree | a9aabc6010913a03258f07583d25c8f51e338bba /Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |
| parent | mm/page_alloc.c: calculate zone_start_pfn at zone_spanned_pages_in_node() (diff) | |
| download | linux-342332e6a925e9ed015e5465062c38d2b86ec8f9.tar.xz linux-342332e6a925e9ed015e5465062c38d2b86ec8f9.zip | |
mm/page_alloc.c: introduce kernelcore=mirror option
This patch extends existing "kernelcore" option and introduces
kernelcore=mirror option. By specifying "mirror" instead of specifying
the amount of memory, non-mirrored (non-reliable) region will be
arranged into ZONE_MOVABLE.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix build with CONFIG_HAVE_MEMBLOCK_NODE_MAP=n]
Signed-off-by: Taku Izumi <izumi.taku@jp.fujitsu.com>
Tested-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Xishi Qiu <qiuxishi@huawei.com>
Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Steve Capper <steve.capper@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 8ae47a7b4923..208ae7287659 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1750,7 +1750,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. keepinitrd [HW,ARM] - kernelcore=nn[KMG] [KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC] This parameter + kernelcore= [KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC] + Format: nn[KMGTPE] | "mirror" + This parameter specifies the amount of memory usable by the kernel for non-movable allocations. The requested amount is spread evenly throughout all nodes in the system. The @@ -1766,6 +1768,14 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal zone if it does not. + Instead of specifying the amount of memory (nn[KMGTPE]), + you can specify "mirror" option. In case "mirror" + option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used + for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used + for Movable pages. nn[KMGTPE] and "mirror" are exclusive, + so you can NOT specify nn[KMGTPE] and "mirror" at the same + time. + kgdbdbgp= [KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port. Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval] The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug |