Re: [PATCH] Documentation: admin-guide: kernel-parameters: reformat "lapic=" boot option

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Thu Sep 24 2020 - 12:47:59 EST


On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 22:47:39 -0700
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Reformat "lapic=" to try to make it more understandable and similar
> to the style that is mostly used in this file.
>
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- linux-next-20200917.orig/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ linux-next-20200917/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -2384,9 +2384,10 @@
> lapic [X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
> disabled it.
>
> - lapic= [X86,APIC] "notscdeadline" Do not use TSC deadline
> + lapic= [X86,APIC] Do not use TSC deadline
> value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
> back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
> + Format: notscdeadline

Applied, thanks.

jon