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@@ -1766,6 +1766,17 @@
nohz
Disable the tick when a single task runs.
+
+ A residual 1Hz tick is offloaded to workqueues, which you
+ need to affine to housekeeping through the global
+ workqueue's affinity configured via the
+ /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask sysfs file, or
+ by using the 'domain' flag described below.
+
+ NOTE: by default the global workqueue runs on all CPUs,
+ so to protect individual CPUs the 'cpumask' file has to
+ be configured manually after bootup.
+
domain
Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
@@ -2237,6 +2248,15 @@
The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
+ memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype>
+ [KNL,ACPI] Convert memory within the specified region
+ from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left
+ out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>,
+ even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left
+ out, matching memory will be removed. Types are
+ specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved,
+ 3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM.
+
memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86]
Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
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