drivers: add Contiguous Memory Allocator

[can-eth-gw-linux.git] / Documentation / kernel-parameters.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
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--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -508,6 +508,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                        Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
                        some critical bits.
 
+       cma=nn[MG]      [ARM,KNL]
+                       Sets the size of kernel global memory area for contiguous
+                       memory allocations. For more information, see
+                       include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
+
        cmo_free_hint=  [PPC] Format: { yes | no }
                        Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
                        when they are freed.  This is used in CMO environments