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vmalloc=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,EARLY] Forces the vmalloc area to have an
exact size of <nn>. This can be used to increase
- the minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be
- used to decrease the size and leave more room
- for directly mapped kernel RAM.
+ the minimum size (128MB on x86, arm32 platforms).
+ It can also be used to decrease the size and leave more room
+ for directly mapped kernel RAM. Note that this parameter does
+ not exist on many other platforms (including arm64, alpha,
+ loongarch, arc, csky, hexagon, microblaze, mips, nios2, openrisc,
+ parisc, m64k, powerpc, riscv, sh, um, xtensa, s390, sparc).
vmcp_cma=nn[MG] [KNL,S390,EARLY]
Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory