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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst | 2 |
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt index ef41f77cb979..9c2be821c225 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ 1 char Memory devices 1 = /dev/mem Physical memory access - 2 = /dev/kmem Kernel virtual memory access + 2 = /dev/kmem OBSOLETE - replaced by /proc/kcore 3 = /dev/null Null device 4 = /dev/port I/O port access 5 = /dev/zero Null byte source diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 5bcc229d31e2..a816935d23d4 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1835,6 +1835,18 @@ initcall functions. Useful for debugging built-in modules and initcalls. + initramfs_async= [KNL] + Format: <bool> + Default: 1 + This parameter controls whether the initramfs + image is unpacked asynchronously, concurrently + with devices being probed and + initialized. This should normally just work, + but as a debugging aid, one can get the + historical behaviour of the initramfs + unpacking being completed before device_ and + late_ initcalls. + initrd= [BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk initrdmem= [KNL] Specify a physical address and size from which to diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst index 4756f6b3a04e..8e0f1fe8d17a 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Examples of using the Linux-provided gdb helpers [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x000000000009fc00-0x000000000009ffff] reserved .... -- Examine fields of the current task struct:: +- Examine fields of the current task struct(supported by x86 and arm64 only):: (gdb) p $lx_current().pid $1 = 4998 |