[PATCH 2/9] docs: kernel-parameters: Drop the bau= entry

[Steve Wahl]

On Sat, Sep 05, 2026 at 09:03:40AM +0200, Karl Mehltretter wrote:
> bau= went away with commit 39297dde7390 ("x86/platform/uv: Remove UV
> BAU TLB Shootdown Handler"); nothing parses it any more.
> 
> Drop the entry.
> 
> Found by cross-checking every documented name against the __setup(),
> early_param() and core_param() registrations in the tree.
> 
> Fixes: 39297dde7390 ("x86/platform/uv: Remove UV BAU TLB Shootdown Handler")
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter at gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Steve Wahl <steve.wahl at hpe.com>

> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 -------
>  1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index c8d96de4c00d..99d5bb68968a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -624,13 +624,6 @@ Kernel parameters
>  			Format: <int> (must be >=0)
>  			Default: 64
>  
> -	bau=		[X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV.  The default
> -			behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0).
> -			Format: { "0" | "1" }
> -			0 - Disable the BAU.
> -			1 - Enable the BAU.
> -			unset - Disable the BAU.
> -
>  	bdev_allow_write_mounted=
>  			Format: <bool>
>  			Control the ability to open a mounted block device
> -- 
> 2.53.0
> 

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Steve Wahl, Hewlett Packard Enterprise