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Commit 7a19a237 authored by Ahmed S. Darwish's avatar Ahmed S. Darwish Committed by Linus Torvalds
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Documentation: explain [KMG] parameter suffix 



The '[KMG]' suffix is commonly described after a number of kernel
parameter values documentation.  Explicitly state its semantics.

Signed-off-by: default avatarAhmed S. Darwish <darwish.07@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarRandy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent 6f21e646

Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

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@@ -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

and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file

./include/asm/setup.h as COMMAND_LINE_SIZE.

./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]

	acpi=		[HW,ACPI,X86]

			Advanced Configuration and Power Interface

			Advanced Configuration and Power Interface