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authorStephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org>2019-06-27 15:59:38 +0200
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2019-06-28 09:06:14 -0600
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docs: format kernel-parameters -- as code
The current ReStructuredText formatting results in "--", used to indicate the end of the kernel command-line parameters, appearing as an en-dash instead of two hyphens; this patch formats them as code, "``--``", as done elsewhere in the documentation. Signed-off-by: Stephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
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@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ and sorted into English Dictionary order (defined as ignoring all
punctuation and sorting digits before letters in a case insensitive
manner), and with descriptions where known.
-The kernel parses parameters from the kernel command line up to "--";
+The kernel parses parameters from the kernel command line up to "``--``";
if it doesn't recognize a parameter and it doesn't contain a '.', the
parameter gets passed to init: parameters with '=' go into init's
environment, others are passed as command line arguments to init.
-Everything after "--" is passed as an argument to init.
+Everything after "``--``" is passed as an argument to init.
Module parameters can be specified in two ways: via the kernel command
line with a module name prefix, or via modprobe, e.g.::