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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst index 3996b54158bf..01ba293a2d70 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst @@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ to change, such as less cores in the CPU list, then N and any ranges using N will also change. Use the same on a small 4 core system, and "16-N" becomes "16-3" and now the same boot input will be flagged as invalid (start > end). +The special case-tolerant group name "all" has a meaning of selecting all CPUs, +so that "nohz_full=all" is the equivalent of "nohz_full=0-N". + +The semantics of "N" and "all" is supported on a level of bitmaps and holds for +all users of bitmap_parse(). This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command "modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable |