[PATCH v2 0/9] docs: kernel-parameters: Remove ten entries for parameters that no longer exist
Randy Dunlap
rdunlap at infradead.org
Sat Sep 5 20:58:42 PDT 2026
Hi,
On 9/5/26 2:46 AM, Karl Mehltretter wrote:
> kernel-parameters.txt still documents ten boot parameters whose parsing
> code was removed with the drivers or platforms that used them, one of
> them (atarimouse=) since before the git history. One patch per
> parameter, each with a Fixes: tag for the commit that removed the
> parser, so the maintainers of that area are on their own patch only;
> the two pata_legacy module parameters share the last one. Each entry
> was checked with git grep for its __setup(), early_param() and
> module_param() handler and with git log -S for the removing commit.
>
> Changes in v2:
> - patch 9: drop the Fixes: tag for 0dcd0a76370a, which removed the
> separate pata_qdi driver and not the pata_legacy parameter; both
> parameters went away in 3c4d783f6922 alone
> - collect the Reviewed-by and Acked-by tags from v1
>
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260905070347.25902-1-kmehltretter@gmail.com/
>
> Karl Mehltretter (9):
> docs: kernel-parameters: Drop the atarimouse= entry
> docs: kernel-parameters: Drop the bau= entry
> docs: kernel-parameters: Drop the edac_report= entry
> docs: kernel-parameters: Drop the enable_timer_pin_1 entry
> docs: kernel-parameters: Drop the mini2440= entry
> docs: kernel-parameters: Drop the nomfgpt entry
> docs: kernel-parameters: Drop the omap_mux= entry
> docs: kernel-parameters: Drop the pcmv= entry
> docs: kernel-parameters: Drop the pata_legacy.qdi and
> pata_legacy.winbond entries
>
> .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 67 -------------------
> 1 file changed, 67 deletions(-)
For patches 1/9, 2/9, 4/9, 5/9, 6/9, 7/9, and 8/9:
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap at infradead.org>
thanks.
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~Randy
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