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-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt3
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
index 5a39acf824835..25a04cda4c2c0 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
@@ -669,10 +669,6 @@ kernel command line.
needed.
off
Disable the mitigation.
- auto
- Enable the HW mitigation if needed, but
- *don't* enable the SW mitigation except for KVM.
- The system may be vulnerable.
For spectre_v2_user see Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index a3874cc97892d..902ecd92a29fb 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -6072,9 +6072,6 @@
on - (default) Enable the HW or SW mitigation
as needed.
off - Disable the mitigation.
- auto - Enable the HW mitigation if needed, but
- *don't* enable the SW mitigation except
- for KVM. The system may be vulnerable.
spectre_v2= [X86,EARLY] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.