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authorRussell King <rmk@dyn-67.arm.linux.org.uk>2009-05-23 21:57:31 +0200
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2009-05-23 21:57:31 +0200
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parent[ARM] 5438/1: AT91: manage clock by functionality instead of CPUs (diff)
parenti.MX31: Add support for the CPLD on PDK Debug board. (diff)
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Merge branch 'for-rmk-devel' of git://git.pengutronix.de/git/imx/linux-2.6 into devel
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@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ will itself start writeback.
If dirty_bytes is written, dirty_ratio becomes a function of its value
(dirty_bytes / the amount of dirtyable system memory).
+Note: the minimum value allowed for dirty_bytes is two pages (in bytes); any
+value lower than this limit will be ignored and the old configuration will be
+retained.
+
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dirty_expire_centisecs