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| author | Karel Zak | 2017-10-18 13:16:09 +0200 |
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| committer | Karel Zak | 2017-10-20 12:37:04 +0200 |
| commit | 87a24d85f5fcd7c48137d67067a3ea8c997833de (patch) | |
| tree | ff4e0a5af0f5d849c5e81b59c6540608850b897d | |
| parent | lsmem: improve path_read_xxx() usage (diff) | |
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lsmem: add hint about block merges to the man page
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | sys-utils/chmem.8 | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | sys-utils/lsmem.1 | 5 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sys-utils/chmem.8 b/sys-utils/chmem.8 index dae7413d4..b37ee8382 100644 --- a/sys-utils/chmem.8 +++ b/sys-utils/chmem.8 @@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ in GiB (1024 x 1024 x 1024 bytes). The default unit is MiB. .IP "\(hy" 2 Specify \fIRANGE\fP in the form 0x<start>-0x<end> as shown in the output of the \fBlsmem\fP command. <start> is the hexadecimal address of the first byte and <end> -is the hexadecimal address of the last byte in the memory range. +is the hexadecimal address of the last byte in the memory range. Note that the range +as shown by \fBlsmem\fP command maybe be influenced by zones (\fBlsmem -o +ZONES\fP). . .IP "\(hy" 2 Specify \fIBLOCKRANGE\fP in the form <first>-<last> or <block> as shown in the diff --git a/sys-utils/lsmem.1 b/sys-utils/lsmem.1 index e7df50a4e..c664273f0 100644 --- a/sys-utils/lsmem.1 +++ b/sys-utils/lsmem.1 @@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ together with a columns list in environments where a stable output is required. Not all columns are supported on all systems. If an unsupported column is specified, \fBlsmem\fP prints the column but does not provide any data for it. +The number of output entries (memory ranges) maybe be influenced by specified +columns. The lsmem command shows larger memory ranges if the blocks in the +range do not distinguish in output columns. For example RANGE maybe be +different if the command output contains column ZONES (lsmem -o +ZONES). + Use the \fB\-\-help\fR option to see the columns description. .SH OPTIONS |