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authorStephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org>2019-06-27 09:59:38 -0400
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2019-06-28 11:06:14 -0400
commit62ee81b5681daa781f5e800346ae8654b3e5a864 (patch)
tree1f2be89c85274925d1f99f0c2dbc0c43dfd6cd34
parent9159ba14285c5432063a0ad83e50afb95674d9b1 (diff)
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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--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ and sorted into English Dictionary order (defined as ignoring all
9punctuation and sorting digits before letters in a case insensitive 9punctuation and sorting digits before letters in a case insensitive
10manner), and with descriptions where known. 10manner), and with descriptions where known.
11 11
12The kernel parses parameters from the kernel command line up to "--"; 12The kernel parses parameters from the kernel command line up to "``--``";
13if it doesn't recognize a parameter and it doesn't contain a '.', the 13if it doesn't recognize a parameter and it doesn't contain a '.', the
14parameter gets passed to init: parameters with '=' go into init's 14parameter gets passed to init: parameters with '=' go into init's
15environment, others are passed as command line arguments to init. 15environment, others are passed as command line arguments to init.
16Everything after "--" is passed as an argument to init. 16Everything after "``--``" is passed as an argument to init.
17 17
18Module parameters can be specified in two ways: via the kernel command 18Module parameters can be specified in two ways: via the kernel command
19line with a module name prefix, or via modprobe, e.g.:: 19line with a module name prefix, or via modprobe, e.g.::