Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt: fix memmap= language
authorRandy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Thu, 6 Feb 2014 20:04:19 +0000 (12:04 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 6 Feb 2014 21:48:51 +0000 (13:48 -0800)
Clean up descriptions of memmap= boot options.

Add periods (full stops), drop commas, change "used" to "reserved" or
"marked".

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Andiry Xu <andiry.xu@gmail.com>
Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

index 8f441dab03963624c0f32eb8f030c2b3c9a38f9d..7116fda7077ffce993b0d2456869934ab8c3ee09 100644 (file)
@@ -1726,16 +1726,16 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                        option description.
 
        memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
-                       [KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory
-                       Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
+                       [KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
+                       Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
 
        memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
                        [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
-                       Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
+                       Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
 
        memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
                        [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
-                       Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
+                       Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
                        Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
                                 memmap=64K$0x18690000
                                 or