Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt: fix memmap= language

Clean up descriptions of memmap= boot options.

Add periods (full stops), drop commas, change "used" to "reserved" or
"marked".

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
Cc: Andiry Xu <[email protected]>
Acked-by: David Rientjes <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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Randy Dunlap 2014-02-06 12:04:19 -08:00 • committed by Linus Torvalds
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@ -1726,16 +1726,16 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
option description.
memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
[KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory
Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
[KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
memmap=64K$0x18690000
or