Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt: update mem= option's spec accord…

…ing to its implementation Current mem= implementation seems buggy because the specification and implementation don't match. The current mem= has been working for many years and it's not buggy - it works as expected. So we should update the specification. Signed-off-by: Wen Congyang <[email protected]> Cc: Rob Landley <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
micronews · Dec 18, 2012 · fbb97d8 · fbb97d8
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@@ -1503,9 +1503,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 	mem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
 			Amount of memory to be used when the kernel is not able
 			to see the whole system memory or for test.
-			[X86-32] Use together with memmap= to avoid physical
-			address space collisions. Without memmap= PCI devices
-			could be placed at addresses belonging to unused RAM.
+			[X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
+			with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
+			Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
+			belonging to unused RAM.
 
 	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
 			memory.