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From: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
To: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Add /dev/oldmem to devices.txt documenation.
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:51:09 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070927155109.GA21668@redhat.com> (raw)

Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt
index 8de132a..6c46730 100644
--- a/Documentation/devices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devices.txt
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
 		  9 = /dev/urandom	Faster, less secure random number gen.
 		 10 = /dev/aio		Asynchronous I/O notification interface
 		 11 = /dev/kmsg		Writes to this come out as printk's
+		 12 = /dev/oldmem	Used by crashdump kernels to access
+					the memory of the kernel that crashed.
 
   1 block	RAM disk
 		  0 = /dev/ram0		First RAM disk
-- 
http://www.codemonkey.org.uk

             reply	other threads:[~2007-09-27 15:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-09-27 15:51 Dave Jones [this message]
2007-09-27 17:38 ` Add /dev/oldmem to devices.txt documenation H. Peter Anvin

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