From 1c0f65806e38df68b969d445229791fa68e6e99e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Ahmed S. Darwish" Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 20:08:35 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] --- yaml --- r: 233516 b: refs/heads/master c: 7a19a237d54e3f209d543b69b27f24a23b335c40 h: refs/heads/master v: v3 --- [refs] | 2 +- trunk/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs] index c05150b7ef5f..c7d01f0a0e85 100644 --- a/[refs] +++ b/[refs] @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ --- -refs/heads/master: 6f21e64630d8378b64f2ad25c0b291725a00a40c +refs/heads/master: 7a19a237d54e3f209d543b69b27f24a23b335c40 diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/trunk/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 050b0e564315..66771a34f185 100644 --- a/trunk/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/trunk/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ a fixed number of characters. This limit depends on the architecture and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file ./include/asm/setup.h as COMMAND_LINE_SIZE. +Finally, the [KMG] suffix is commonly described after a number of kernel +parameter values. These 'K', 'M', and 'G' letters represent the _binary_ +multipliers 'Kilo', 'Mega', and 'Giga', equalling 2^10, 2^20, and 2^30 +bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. + acpi= [HW,ACPI,X86] Advanced Configuration and Power Interface