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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2018-06-04 22:34:27 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2018-06-04 22:34:27 +0300
commiteeee3149aaa022145b2659e3b0601dc705d69402 (patch)
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parenta49d9c0ae46e149a22aefa8251d07dddd5611851 (diff)
downloadlinux-eeee3149aaa022145b2659e3b0601dc705d69402.tar.xz
Merge tag 'docs-4.18' of git://git.lwn.net/linux
Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet: "There's been a fair amount of work in the docs tree this time around, including: - Extensive RST conversions and organizational work in the memory-management docs thanks to Mike Rapoport. - An update of Documentation/features from Andrea Parri and a script to keep it updated. - Various LICENSES updates from Thomas, along with a script to check SPDX tags. - Work to fix dangling references to documentation files; this involved a fair number of one-liner comment changes outside of Documentation/ ... and the usual list of documentation improvements, typo fixes, etc" * tag 'docs-4.18' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (103 commits) Documentation: document hung_task_panic kernel parameter docs/admin-guide/mm: add high level concepts overview docs/vm: move ksm and transhuge from "user" to "internals" section. docs: Use the kerneldoc comments for memalloc_no*() doc: document scope NOFS, NOIO APIs docs: update kernel versions and dates in tables docs/vm: transhuge: split userspace bits to admin-guide/mm/transhuge docs/vm: transhuge: minor updates docs/vm: transhuge: change sections order Documentation: arm: clean up Marvell Berlin family info Documentation: gpio: driver: Fix a typo and some odd grammar docs: ranoops.rst: fix location of ramoops.txt scripts/documentation-file-ref-check: rewrite it in perl with auto-fix mode docs: uio-howto.rst: use a code block to solve a warning mm, THP, doc: Add document for thp_swpout/thp_swpout_fallback w1: w1_io.c: fix a kernel-doc warning Documentation/process/posting: wrap text at 80 cols docs: admin-guide: add cgroup-v2 documentation Revert "Documentation/features/vm: Remove arch support status file for 'pte_special'" Documentation: refcount-vs-atomic: Update reference to LKMM doc. ...
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt21
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt b/Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt
index 525b9f6d7fb4..760a3f7c3ed4 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt
+++ b/Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
Embedded device command line partition parsing
=====================================================================
-Support for reading the block device partition table from the command line.
+The "blkdevparts" command line option adds support for reading the
+block device partition table from the kernel command line.
+
It is typically used for fixed block (eMMC) embedded devices.
It has no MBR, so saves storage space. Bootloader can be easily accessed
by absolute address of data on the block device.
@@ -14,22 +16,27 @@ blkdevparts=<blkdev-def>[;<blkdev-def>]
<partdef> := <size>[@<offset>](part-name)
<blkdev-id>
- block device disk name, embedded device used fixed block device,
- it's disk name also fixed. such as: mmcblk0, mmcblk1, mmcblk0boot0.
+ block device disk name. Embedded device uses fixed block device.
+ Its disk name is also fixed, such as: mmcblk0, mmcblk1, mmcblk0boot0.
<size>
partition size, in bytes, such as: 512, 1m, 1G.
+ size may contain an optional suffix of (upper or lower case):
+ K, M, G, T, P, E.
+ "-" is used to denote all remaining space.
<offset>
partition start address, in bytes.
+ offset may contain an optional suffix of (upper or lower case):
+ K, M, G, T, P, E.
(part-name)
- partition name, kernel send uevent with "PARTNAME". application can create
- a link to block device partition with the name "PARTNAME".
- user space application can access partition by partition name.
+ partition name. Kernel sends uevent with "PARTNAME". Application can
+ create a link to block device partition with the name "PARTNAME".
+ User space application can access partition by partition name.
Example:
- eMMC disk name is "mmcblk0" and "mmcblk0boot0"
+ eMMC disk names are "mmcblk0" and "mmcblk0boot0".
bootargs:
'blkdevparts=mmcblk0:1G(data0),1G(data1),-;mmcblk0boot0:1m(boot),-(kernel)'