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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2026-08-20 10:31:50 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2026-08-20 10:31:50 -0700
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Merge tag 'docs-7.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/docs/linux
Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet: "It has been a not-too-busy cycle for docs; here's the highlights: - A (hopefully) consensus change to our LLM-attribution requirements, removing the specific model name from the Assisted-by tag - A couple of new realtime documents - Various docs-build-system fixes - Ongoing work with the Chinese, Portuguese, and Japanese translations ...and lots of typo fixes, grammar tweaks, etc" * tag 'docs-7.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/docs/linux: (85 commits) Doc: admin-guide: pm: Remove unnecessary backticks and fix a spell Documentation: Extend the real-time hardware bits with some firmware bits docs: pt_BR: Reorganize process/index.rst to follow english structure docs: conf.py: fix the 'utf-8' typo doc tools: fix 'path' typos Documentation: real-time: Add kernel configuration guide docs: python: abi_regex: convert adjacent index placeholders docs: python: abi_regex: catch the right exception for a bad regex docs: sphinx-build-wrapper: include localversion in kernel version string Documentation: html: adjust sidebar section titles styling Documentation: html: show sections in the sidebar checkpatch.pl: adapt to new Assisted-by: format MAINTAINERS: update Traditional Chinese documentation maintainers docs: pt_BR: process: Translate CVE documentation docs: pt_BR: translate the management-style.rst to Brazilian Portuguese docs: xforms_lists: support DEFINE_IDTENTRY_IRQ() coding-assistants: simplify attribution docs: translations: pt_BR: translate email-clients.rst docs: pt_BR: process: Translate the security-bugs.rst doc:it_IT: align doc-guide translation ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt34
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/media/bttv.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/mm/pagemap.rst8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst2
4 files changed, 21 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index e4643634a9b1..9b923a14ee9c 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1618,10 +1618,17 @@ Kernel parameters
on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub
efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI,X86,EARLY]
- Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
- your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
- you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
- fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
+ The kernel reserves 5KB of EFI variable storage for
+ safety, because some UEFI implementation may fail to
+ boot if there's insufficient space in the EFI variable
+ storage.
+
+ Using this parameter, you can use the 5KB reservation
+ in the EFI variable storage.
+
+ However, Use this parameter only if you are really
+ sure that your UEFI does sane gc and fulfills the spec
+ otherwise your board may brick.
efivar_ssdt= [EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
@@ -6446,9 +6453,9 @@ Kernel parameters
reboot= [KNL]
Format (x86 or x86_64):
[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] | d[efault] \
- [[,]s[mp]#### \
+ [[,]s[mp]####] \
[[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
- [[,]f[orce]
+ [[,]f[orce]]
Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio
(prefix with 'panic_' to set mode for panic
reboot only),
@@ -6908,7 +6915,7 @@ Kernel parameters
xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
Format: { "0" | "1" }
- 0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
+ 0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1")
1 -- enable.
Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
@@ -6949,7 +6956,7 @@ Kernel parameters
apic=verbose is specified.
Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
- slab_debug[=options[,slabs][;[options[,slabs]]...] [MM]
+ slab_debug[=options[,slabs][;[options[,slabs]]...]] [MM]
Enabling slab_debug allows one to determine the
culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
slab_debug can create guard zones around objects and
@@ -7039,17 +7046,6 @@ Kernel parameters
take as long as they take. Specifying 300,000
for this value provides a 5-minute timeout.
- smsc-ircc2.nopnp [HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
- smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg= [HW] Device configuration I/O port
- smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir= [HW] SIR base I/O port
- smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir= [HW] FIR base I/O port
- smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq= [HW] IRQ line
- smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma= [HW] DMA channel
- smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
- 0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
- 1: Fast pin select (default)
- 2: ATC IRMode
-
smt= [KNL,MIPS,S390,EARLY] Set the maximum number of threads
(logical CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems
capable of symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/media/bttv.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/bttv.rst
index 58cbaf6df694..78c3e560b806 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/media/bttv.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/bttv.rst
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ Models:
- Galaxis DVB Card C CI
- Galaxis DVB Card S
- Galaxis DVB Card C
-- Galaxis plug.in S [neuer Name: Galaxis DVB Card S CI
+- Galaxis plug.in S [new Name: Galaxis DVB Card S CI]
Hauppauge
~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/pagemap.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/pagemap.rst
index c57e61b5d8aa..20e3fe76f099 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/pagemap.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/pagemap.rst
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ number of times a page is mapped.
* ``/proc/kpageflags``. This file contains a 64-bit set of flags for each
page, indexed by PFN.
- The flags are (from ``fs/proc/page.c``, above kpageflags_read):
+ The flags are (from ``include/uapi/linux/kernel-page-flags.h``):
0. LOCKED
1. ERROR
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ The ``struct pm_scan_arg`` is used as the argument of the IOCTL.
provided or not.
3. The range is specified through ``start`` and ``end``.
4. The walk can abort before visiting the complete range such as the user buffer
- can get full etc. The walk ending address is specified in``end_walk``.
+ can get full etc. The walk ending address is specified in ``walk_end``.
5. The output buffer of ``struct page_region`` array and size is specified in
``vec`` and ``vec_len``.
6. The optional maximum requested pages are specified in the ``max_pages``.
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ Find pages which have been written and WP them as well::
struct pm_scan_arg arg = {
.size = sizeof(arg),
- .flags = PM_SCAN_CHECK_WPASYNC | PM_SCAN_CHECK_WPASYNC,
+ .flags = PM_SCAN_WP_MATCHING | PM_SCAN_CHECK_WPASYNC,
..
.category_mask = PAGE_IS_WRITTEN,
.return_mask = PAGE_IS_WRITTEN,
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ present or huge::
.size = sizeof(arg),
.flags = 0,
..
- .category_mask = PAGE_IS_WRITTEN | PAGE_IS_SWAPPED,
+ .category_mask = PAGE_IS_WRITTEN | PAGE_IS_FILE,
.category_inverted = PAGE_IS_SWAPPED,
.category_anyof_mask = PAGE_IS_PRESENT | PAGE_IS_HUGE,
.return_mask = PAGE_IS_WRITTEN | PAGE_IS_SWAPPED |
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst
index c7bf7cc2db87..6fd72ba52df2 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ update the core ranking and set the cpu's priority.
Kernel Parameters
-----------------
-``amd-pstate`` peferred core`` has two states: enable and disable.
+``amd-pstate`` preferred core has two states: enable and disable.
Enable/disable states can be chosen by different kernel parameters.
Default enable ``amd-pstate`` preferred core.