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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 29 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 722a74161246..766087781ecd 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1640,15 +1640,30 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. that the amount of memory usable for all allocations is not too small. + movablemem_map=acpi + [KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC] This parameter is similar to + memmap except it specifies the memory map of + ZONE_MOVABLE. + This option inform the kernel to use Hot Pluggable bit + in flags from SRAT from ACPI BIOS to determine which + memory devices could be hotplugged. The corresponding + memory ranges will be set as ZONE_MOVABLE. + NOTE: Whatever node the kernel resides in will always + be un-hotpluggable. + movablemem_map=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG] [KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC] This parameter is similar to memmap except it specifies the memory map of ZONE_MOVABLE. - If more areas are all within one node, then from - lowest ss to the end of the node will be ZONE_MOVABLE. - If an area covers two or more nodes, the area from - ss to the end of the 1st node will be ZONE_MOVABLE, - and all the rest nodes will only have ZONE_MOVABLE. + If user specifies memory ranges, the info in SRAT will + be ingored. And it works like the following: + - If more ranges are all within one node, then from + lowest ss to the end of the node will be ZONE_MOVABLE. + - If a range is within a node, then from ss to the end + of the node will be ZONE_MOVABLE. + - If a range covers two or more nodes, then from ss to + the end of the 1st node will be ZONE_MOVABLE, and all + the rest nodes will only have ZONE_MOVABLE. If memmap is specified at the same time, the movablemem_map will be limited within the memmap areas. If kernelcore or movablecore is also specified, @@ -1656,6 +1671,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. satisfied. So the administrator should be careful that the amount of movablemem_map areas are not too large. Otherwise kernel won't have enough memory to start. + NOTE: We don't stop users specifying the node the + kernel resides in as hotpluggable so that this + option can be used as a workaround of firmware + bugs. MTD_Partition= [MTD] Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset> |