From 9e5f6cf5f755ca5c52071c317421fae19966a658 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:30:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] x86: update description for memtest boot parameter

Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
---
 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index f6d5d5b9b2b..10c4b8b75c9 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1308,8 +1308,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
 	memtest=	[KNL,X86] Enable memtest
 			Format: <integer>
-			range: 0,4 : pattern number
 			default : 0 <disable>
+			Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
+			performed. Each pass selects another test
+			pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
+			fills the memory with this pattern, validates
+			memory contents and reserves bad memory
+			regions that are detected.
 
 	meye.*=		[HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters
 			See Documentation/video4linux/meye.txt.
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