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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst | 34 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sphinx/parallel-wrapper.sh | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 33 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86/index.rst | 1 |
5 files changed, 51 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst index b342a6796392..cf2edcd09183 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst @@ -62,6 +62,30 @@ Or more shorter, written as following:: In both styles, same key words are automatically merged when parsing it at boot time. So you can append similar trees or key-values. +Same-key Values +--------------- + +It is prohibited that two or more values or arrays share a same-key. +For example,:: + + foo = bar, baz + foo = qux # !ERROR! we can not re-define same key + +If you want to append the value to existing key as an array member, +you can use ``+=`` operator. For example:: + + foo = bar, baz + foo += qux + +In this case, the key ``foo`` has ``bar``, ``baz`` and ``qux``. + +However, a sub-key and a value can not co-exist under a parent key. +For example, following config is NOT allowed.:: + + foo = value1 + foo.bar = value2 # !ERROR! subkey "bar" and value "value1" can NOT co-exist + + Comments -------- @@ -102,9 +126,13 @@ Boot Kernel With a Boot Config ============================== Since the boot configuration file is loaded with initrd, it will be added -to the end of the initrd (initramfs) image file. The Linux kernel decodes -the last part of the initrd image in memory to get the boot configuration -data. +to the end of the initrd (initramfs) image file with size, checksum and +12-byte magic word as below. + +[initrd][bootconfig][size(u32)][checksum(u32)][#BOOTCONFIG\n] + +The Linux kernel decodes the last part of the initrd image in memory to +get the boot configuration data. Because of this "piggyback" method, there is no need to change or update the boot loader and the kernel image itself. diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst index 7cd56a1993b1..607758a66a99 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst @@ -551,6 +551,7 @@ options to your ``.config``: Once the kernel is built and installed, a simple .. code-block:: bash + modprobe example-test ...will run the tests. diff --git a/Documentation/sphinx/parallel-wrapper.sh b/Documentation/sphinx/parallel-wrapper.sh index 7daf5133bdd3..e54c44ce117d 100644 --- a/Documentation/sphinx/parallel-wrapper.sh +++ b/Documentation/sphinx/parallel-wrapper.sh @@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ if [ -n "$parallel" ] ; then parallel="-j$parallel" fi -exec "$sphinx" "$parallel" "$@" +exec "$sphinx" $parallel "$@" diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst index 97a72a53fa4b..ebd383fba939 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst @@ -4611,35 +4611,38 @@ unpins the VPA pages and releases all the device pages that are used to track the secure pages by hypervisor. 4.122 KVM_S390_NORMAL_RESET +--------------------------- -Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_VCPU_RESETS -Architectures: s390 -Type: vcpu ioctl -Parameters: none -Returns: 0 +:Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_VCPU_RESETS +:Architectures: s390 +:Type: vcpu ioctl +:Parameters: none +:Returns: 0 This ioctl resets VCPU registers and control structures according to the cpu reset definition in the POP (Principles Of Operation). 4.123 KVM_S390_INITIAL_RESET +---------------------------- -Capability: none -Architectures: s390 -Type: vcpu ioctl -Parameters: none -Returns: 0 +:Capability: none +:Architectures: s390 +:Type: vcpu ioctl +:Parameters: none +:Returns: 0 This ioctl resets VCPU registers and control structures according to the initial cpu reset definition in the POP. However, the cpu is not put into ESA mode. This reset is a superset of the normal reset. 4.124 KVM_S390_CLEAR_RESET +-------------------------- -Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_VCPU_RESETS -Architectures: s390 -Type: vcpu ioctl -Parameters: none -Returns: 0 +:Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_VCPU_RESETS +:Architectures: s390 +:Type: vcpu ioctl +:Parameters: none +:Returns: 0 This ioctl resets VCPU registers and control structures according to the clear cpu reset definition in the POP. However, the cpu is not put diff --git a/Documentation/x86/index.rst b/Documentation/x86/index.rst index a8de2fbc1caa..265d9e9a093b 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/x86/index.rst @@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ x86-specific Documentation tlb mtrr pat - intel_mpx intel-iommu intel_txt amd-memory-encryption |