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From: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@cn.fujitsu.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: "kexec@lists.infradead.org" <kexec@lists.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	HATAYAMA Daisuke <d.hatayama@jp.fujitsu.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	davej@redhat.com, Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>,
	Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei.yes@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] Documentation/devices.txt: Remove /dev/oldmem description
Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 13:49:19 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <51A6E85F.5000300@cn.fujitsu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130529152007.893940a04d95fa1e38e851d4@linux-foundation.org>

On 05/30/2013 06:20 AM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Mon, 27 May 2013 09:27:42 +0800 Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@cn.fujitsu.com> wrote:
> 

snip

>>
>> 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
> _
> 
> 

v1 is the same with v2 except this patch. I attach it below:

-----------------------------------
From d2f7baf2aba86069f941f32669a22dbd99082614 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@cn.fujitsu.com>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 15:44:09 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/devices.txt: Mark /dev/oldmem obsolete

Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@cn.fujitsu.com>
---
 Documentation/devices.txt |    3 +--
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt
index 08f01e7..315455a 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 - replaced by /proc/vmcore
 
   1 block	RAM disk
 		  0 = /dev/ram0		First RAM disk
-- 
1.7.1

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From: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@cn.fujitsu.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: HATAYAMA Daisuke <d.hatayama@jp.fujitsu.com>,
	Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei.yes@gmail.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>,
	"kexec@lists.infradead.org" <kexec@lists.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	davej@redhat.com, Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] Documentation/devices.txt: Remove /dev/oldmem description
Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 13:49:19 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <51A6E85F.5000300@cn.fujitsu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130529152007.893940a04d95fa1e38e851d4@linux-foundation.org>

On 05/30/2013 06:20 AM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Mon, 27 May 2013 09:27:42 +0800 Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@cn.fujitsu.com> wrote:
> 

snip

>>
>> 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
> _
> 
> 

v1 is the same with v2 except this patch. I attach it below:

-----------------------------------
>From d2f7baf2aba86069f941f32669a22dbd99082614 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@cn.fujitsu.com>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 15:44:09 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/devices.txt: Mark /dev/oldmem obsolete

Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@cn.fujitsu.com>
---
 Documentation/devices.txt |    3 +--
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt
index 08f01e7..315455a 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 - replaced by /proc/vmcore
 
   1 block	RAM disk
 		  0 = /dev/ram0		First RAM disk
-- 
1.7.1

  reply	other threads:[~2013-05-30  5:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-05-25  3:21 [PATCH 0/7] Remove unused /dev/oldmem interface Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25  3:21 ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25  3:24 ` [PATCH 1/7] /dev/oldmem: Remove the interface Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25  3:24   ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25  3:26 ` [PATCH 2/7] Documentation/devices.txt: Remove /dev/oldmem description Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25  3:26   ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25 23:20   ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-05-25 23:20     ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-05-26  0:58     ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-26  0:58       ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-27  1:27       ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-05-27  1:27         ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-05-27  1:27         ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-27  1:27           ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-29 22:20           ` Andrew Morton
2013-05-29 22:20             ` Andrew Morton
2013-05-30  5:49             ` Zhang Yanfei [this message]
2013-05-30  5:49               ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25  3:27 ` [PATCH 3/7] Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt: " Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25  3:27   ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25  3:29 ` [PATCH 4/7] mips: Remove savemaxmem parameter setup Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25  3:29   ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25  3:31 ` [PATCH 5/7] powerpc: " Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25  3:31   ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25  3:33 ` [PATCH 6/7] ia64: Remove setting for saved_max_pfn Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25  3:33   ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25  3:36 ` [PATCH 7/7] s390: " Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25  3:36   ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-05-25  7:11 ` [PATCH 0/7] Remove unused /dev/oldmem interface H. Peter Anvin
2013-05-25  7:11   ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-05-25 23:25 ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-05-25 23:25   ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-05-28 14:37   ` Vivek Goyal
2013-05-28 14:37     ` Vivek Goyal
2013-05-28 15:11     ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-05-28 15:11       ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-05-29 22:11       ` Andrew Morton
2013-05-29 22:11         ` Andrew Morton
2013-05-28 19:00     ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-05-28 19:00       ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-05-29 16:10       ` Vivek Goyal
2013-05-29 16:10         ` Vivek Goyal

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