Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)
[linux-2.6-block.git] / Documentation / admin-guide / kernel-parameters.txt
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                        enables the feature at boot time. By default, it is
                        disabled and the system will work mostly the same as a
                        kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
+                       Note: to get most of debug_pagealloc error reports, it's
+                       useful to also enable the page_owner functionality.
                        on: enable the feature
 
        debugpat        [X86] Enable PAT debugging
                                specify the device is described above.
                                If <order of align> is not specified,
                                PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
-                               PCI-PCI bridge can be specified, if resource
+                               A PCI-PCI bridge can be specified if resource
                                windows need to be expanded.
                                To specify the alignment for several
                                instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
                                device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
-                               specified, e.g., 4096@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
+                               specified, e.g., 12@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
+                               for 4096-byte alignment.
                ecrc=           Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
                                end-to-end CRC checking).
                                bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the