[PATCH 2/7] Documentation/devices.txt: Remove /dev/oldmem description
Andrew Morton
akpm at linux-foundation.org
Wed May 29 18:20:07 EDT 2013
On Mon, 27 May 2013 09:27:42 +0800 Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei at cn.fujitsu.com> wrote:
> ___ 2013___05___27___ 09:27, HATAYAMA Daisuke ______:
> > (2013/05/26 9:58), Zhang Yanfei wrote:
> >> ___ 2013___05___26___ 07:20, Eric W. Biederman ______:
> >>> Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei.yes at gmail.com> writes:
> >>>
> >>>> From: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei at cn.fujitsu.com>
> >>>
> >>> Won't we want to keep this reservation around to so that this number
> >>> doesn't get reused, and cause people confusion when
> >>> upgrading/downgrading kernels?
> >>
> >> Ah, yes. I will just keep this and add a note to make people know that
> >> it is removed in the next version.
> >>
> >
> > It looks enough writing "obsolete" according to the other parts of the same file.
> >
>
> I've sent the v2 version and actually did what you said.
I can't find any v2 version of this patchset.
I did this:
--- a/Documentation/devices.txt~dev-oldmem-remove-the-interface-fix
+++ a/Documentation/devices.txt
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
export the buffered printk records.
12 = /dev/oldmem Used by crashdump kernels to access
the memory of the kernel that crashed.
+ (obsolete)
1 block RAM disk
0 = /dev/ram0 First RAM disk
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