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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 8363ad3ba01..9a541486fb7 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -817,6 +817,32 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file js= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick See Documentation/input/joystick.txt. + kernelcore=nn[KMG] [KNL,IA-32,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] This parameter + specifies the amount of memory usable by the kernel + for non-movable allocations. The requested amount is + spread evenly throughout all nodes in the system. The + remaining memory in each node is used for Movable + pages. In the event, a node is too small to have both + kernelcore and Movable pages, kernelcore pages will + take priority and other nodes will have a larger number + of kernelcore pages. The Movable zone is used for the + allocation of pages that may be reclaimed or moved + by the page migration subsystem. This means that + HugeTLB pages may not be allocated from this zone. + Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem still + use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal + zone if it does not. + + movablecore=nn[KMG] [KNL,IA-32,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] This parameter + is similar to kernelcore except it specifies the + amount of memory used for migratable allocations. + If both kernelcore and movablecore is specified, + then kernelcore will be at *least* the specified + value but may be more. If movablecore on its own + is specified, the administrator must be careful + that the amount of memory usable for all allocations + is not too small. + keepinitrd [HW,ARM] kstack=N [IA-32,X86-64] Print N words from the kernel stack |