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-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/x86_64/uefi.txt4
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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index da13d6d1b2b0..795c487af8e4 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2150,6 +2150,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
usbhid.mousepoll=
[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
+ add_efi_memmap [EFI; x86-32,X86-64] Include EFI memory map in
+ kernel's map of available physical RAM.
+
vdso= [X86-32,SH,x86-64]
vdso=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO)
vdso=1: enable VDSO (default)
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/uefi.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/uefi.txt
index 7d77120a5184..a5e2b4fdb170 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/uefi.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/uefi.txt
@@ -36,3 +36,7 @@ Mechanics:
services.
noefi turn off all EFI runtime services
reboot_type=k turn off EFI reboot runtime service
+- If the EFI memory map has additional entries not in the E820 map,
+ you can include those entries in the kernels memory map of available
+ physical RAM by using the following kernel command line parameter.
+ add_efi_memmap include EFI memory map of available physical RAM