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-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt4
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
index e015a83c399..e9e8ddbbf37 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
@@ -91,20 +91,6 @@ APICs
apicmaintimer. Useful when your PIT timer is totally
broken.
-Early Console
-
- syntax: earlyprintk=vga
- earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
-
- The early console is useful when the kernel crashes before the
- normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
- default because it has some cosmetic problems.
- Append ,keep to not disable it when the real console takes over.
- Only vga or serial at a time, not both.
- Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 are supported.
- Interaction with the standard serial driver is not very good.
- The VGA output is eventually overwritten by the real console.
-
Timing
notsc
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
index d6498e3cd71..881582f75c9 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ ffffe90000000000 - ffffe9ffffffffff (=40 bits) hole
ffffea0000000000 - ffffeaffffffffff (=40 bits) virtual memory map (1TB)
... unused hole ...
ffffffff80000000 - ffffffffa0000000 (=512 MB) kernel text mapping, from phys 0
-ffffffffa0000000 - fffffffffff00000 (=1536 MB) module mapping space
+ffffffffa0000000 - ffffffffff5fffff (=1525 MB) module mapping space
+ffffffffff600000 - ffffffffffdfffff (=8 MB) vsyscalls
+ffffffffffe00000 - ffffffffffffffff (=2 MB) unused hole
The direct mapping covers all memory in the system up to the highest
memory address (this means in some cases it can also include PCI memory