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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-08-19 10:47:07 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-08-19 10:47:07 -0700 |
| commit | 5ccc38740a283aba81a00e92941310d0c1aeb2ee (patch) | |
| tree | ba7d725947975a9391e085bd1d5958b004bfdc3e /Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |
| parent | 0c3bef612881ee6216a36952ffaabfc35b83545c (diff) | |
| parent | b53d1ed734a2b9af8da115b836b658daa7d47a48 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (23 commits)
Revert "cfq: Remove special treatment for metadata rqs."
block: fix flush machinery for stacking drivers with differring flush flags
block: improve rq_affinity placement
blktrace: add FLUSH/FUA support
Move some REQ flags to the common bio/request area
allow blk_flush_policy to return REQ_FSEQ_DATA independent of *FLUSH
xen/blkback: Make description more obvious.
cfq-iosched: Add documentation about idling
block: Make rq_affinity = 1 work as expected
block: swim3: fix unterminated of_device_id table
block/genhd.c: remove useless cast in diskstats_show()
drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c: relax check on dvd manufacturer value
drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c: use bitmap_parse instead of __bitmap_parse
bsg-lib: add module.h include
cfq-iosched: Reduce linked group count upon group destruction
blk-throttle: correctly determine sync bio
loop: fix deadlock when sysfs and LOOP_CLR_FD race against each other
loop: add BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT=%i to allow distros 0 pre-allocated loop devices
loop: add management interface for on-demand device allocation
loop: replace linked list of allocated devices with an idr index
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 6ca1f5cb71e0..614d0382e2cb 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1350,9 +1350,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. it is equivalent to "nosmp", which also disables the IO APIC. - max_loop= [LOOP] Maximum number of loopback devices that can - be mounted - Format: <1-256> + max_loop= [LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get + (loop.max_loop) unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default + number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead + of statically allocating a predefined number, loop + devices can be requested on-demand with the + /dev/loop-control interface. mcatest= [IA-64] |