Re: [PATCH] Document x86-64 iommu kernel parameters

2007-10-04 Thread Chuck Ebbert
On 10/04/2007 05:01 AM, Andi Kleen wrote: > > Well the x86-64 option was there first; you have to ask whoever > added the i386 option why they used a different name > > But I normally added aliases as people reported them. Nobody did in > this case. > > One reason is probably that noapictimer i

Re: [PATCH] Document x86-64 iommu kernel parameters

2007-10-04 Thread Andi Kleen
On Wednesday 03 October 2007 18:58, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > On 10/03/2007 12:10 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > Randy Dunlap wrote: > >> Maybe we can/should merge the doc files along with the x86 arch merge. > > > > Well, the x86 merge is pretty much mechanical. It should be followed up > > with a lot

Re: [PATCH] Document x86-64 iommu kernel parameters

2007-10-03 Thread Chuck Ebbert
On 10/03/2007 12:10 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Randy Dunlap wrote: >> >> Maybe we can/should merge the doc files along with the x86 arch merge. >> > > Well, the x86 merge is pretty much mechanical. It should be followed up > with a lot of manual merging. > It would be really nice if identical

Re: [PATCH] Document x86-64 iommu kernel parameters

2007-10-02 Thread Randy Dunlap
Jeff Garzik wrote: Randy Dunlap wrote: On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 21:34:13 -0400 Jeff Garzik wrote: Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- After having to go figure out what some of these means, I figured I would save others the trouble. Some of these are "best guess" based on a quick sca

Re: [PATCH] Document x86-64 iommu kernel parameters

2007-10-02 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Randy Dunlap wrote: Maybe we can/should merge the doc files along with the x86 arch merge. Well, the x86 merge is pretty much mechanical. It should be followed up with a lot of manual merging. -hpa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the bo

Re: [PATCH] Document x86-64 iommu kernel parameters

2007-10-02 Thread Randy Dunlap
On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:30:31 -0400 Jeff Garzik wrote: > Randy Dunlap wrote: > > On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 21:34:13 -0400 Jeff Garzik wrote: > > > >> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> --- > >> After having to go figure out what some of these means, I figured I > >> would save others the

Re: [PATCH] Document x86-64 iommu kernel parameters

2007-10-02 Thread Jeff Garzik
Randy Dunlap wrote: On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 21:34:13 -0400 Jeff Garzik wrote: Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- After having to go figure out what some of these means, I figured I would save others the trouble. Some of these are "best guess" based on a quick scan of the code, so it

Re: [PATCH] Document x86-64 iommu kernel parameters

2007-10-02 Thread Randy Dunlap
On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 21:34:13 -0400 Jeff Garzik wrote: > > Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --- > After having to go figure out what some of these means, I figured I > would save others the trouble. > > Some of these are "best guess" based on a quick scan of the code, so it > certa

[PATCH] Document x86-64 iommu kernel parameters

2007-10-02 Thread Jeff Garzik
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- After having to go figure out what some of these means, I figured I would save others the trouble. Some of these are "best guess" based on a quick scan of the code, so it certainly needs a sanity review before going upstream. diff --git a/Docume