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| author | Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com> | 2009-02-25 11:30:45 +0100 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-02-25 12:19:47 +0100 |
| commit | 9e5f6cf5f755ca5c52071c317421fae19966a658 (patch) | |
| tree | be9c0c64e88ec81b2e8f617ef290738b8de36487 /Documentation | |
| parent | x86: memtest: wipe out test pattern from memory (diff) | |
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x86: update description for memtest boot parameter
Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index f6d5d5b9b2b1..10c4b8b75c96 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1308,8 +1308,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file memtest= [KNL,X86] Enable memtest Format: <integer> - range: 0,4 : pattern number default : 0 <disable> + Specifies the number of memtest passes to be + performed. Each pass selects another test + pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest + fills the memory with this pattern, validates + memory contents and reserves bad memory + regions that are detected. meye.*= [HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters See Documentation/video4linux/meye.txt. |