From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from fgwmail5.fujitsu.co.jp ([192.51.44.35]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1Ugmzt-0005Do-Iv for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 27 May 2013 02:17:18 +0000 Received: from m2.gw.fujitsu.co.jp (unknown [10.0.50.72]) by fgwmail5.fujitsu.co.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id B20103EE0C1 for ; Mon, 27 May 2013 11:16:55 +0900 (JST) Received: from smail (m2 [127.0.0.1]) by outgoing.m2.gw.fujitsu.co.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id A37C745DE4D for ; Mon, 27 May 2013 11:16:55 +0900 (JST) Received: from s2.gw.fujitsu.co.jp (s2.gw.fujitsu.co.jp [10.0.50.92]) by m2.gw.fujitsu.co.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7696245DE52 for ; Mon, 27 May 2013 11:16:55 +0900 (JST) Received: from s2.gw.fujitsu.co.jp (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by s2.gw.fujitsu.co.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6559C1DB8043 for ; Mon, 27 May 2013 11:16:55 +0900 (JST) Received: from ml14.s.css.fujitsu.com (ml14.s.css.fujitsu.com [10.240.81.134]) by s2.gw.fujitsu.co.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E47E1DB803A for ; Mon, 27 May 2013 11:16:55 +0900 (JST) Message-ID: <51A2C1EB.6050207@jp.fujitsu.com> Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 11:16:11 +0900 From: HATAYAMA Daisuke MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] Documentation/devices.txt: Mark /dev/oldmem obsolete References: <51A1AC4A.60506@gmail.com> <51A1AD67.4030800@gmail.com> <51A2BAE9.40307@jp.fujitsu.com> <51A2BCCB.2090900@cn.fujitsu.com> In-Reply-To: <51A2BCCB.2090900@cn.fujitsu.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" Sender: "kexec" Errors-To: kexec-bounces+dwmw2=twosheds.infradead.org@lists.infradead.org To: Zhang Yanfei Cc: "kexec@lists.infradead.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Simon Horman , "Eric W. 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Biederman" , Vivek Goyal , Andrew Morton , "H. Peter Anvin" , Simon Horman , "kexec@lists.infradead.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] Documentation/devices.txt: Mark /dev/oldmem obsolete References: <51A1AC4A.60506@gmail.com> <51A1AD67.4030800@gmail.com> <51A2BAE9.40307@jp.fujitsu.com> <51A2BCCB.2090900@cn.fujitsu.com> In-Reply-To: <51A2BCCB.2090900@cn.fujitsu.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (2013/05/27 10:54), Zhang Yanfei wrote: > 于 2013年05月27日 09:46, HATAYAMA Daisuke 写道: >> (2013/05/26 15:36), Zhang Yanfei wrote: >>> From: Zhang Yanfei >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanfei >>> Cc: Dave Jones >>> --- >>> Documentation/devices.txt | 3 +-- >>> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >>> >>> diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt >>> index 08f01e7..c8e4002 100644 >>> --- a/Documentation/devices.txt >>> +++ b/Documentation/devices.txt >>> @@ -100,8 +100,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. >>> 10 = /dev/aio Asynchronous I/O notification interface >>> 11 = /dev/kmsg Writes to this come out as printk's, reads >>> export the buffered printk records. >>> - 12 = /dev/oldmem Used by crashdump kernels to access >>> - the memory of the kernel that crashed. >>> + 12 = /dev/oldmem OBSOLETE >>> >>> 1 block RAM disk >>> 0 = /dev/ram0 First RAM disk >>> >> >> This is the new patch. Looking at other parts of devices.txt, obsolete is >> sometimes used together with unused. I guess obsolete means this is old interface so >> don't use it as much as possible and unused means this is not used at all now. >> You remove old memory interface completely in this patch set, so is it better to add >> unused, too? >> > > Does obsolete also mean "not used anymore"? I don't know. I think we can wait for some native > English speakers to comment on this. > Yes. To be honest, I'm still suspecting "unused" doesn't include meaning of "removed"... -- Thanks. HATAYAMA, Daisuke