From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1UhojN-0001LB-HQ for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 29 May 2013 22:20:30 +0000 Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 15:20:07 -0700 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] Documentation/devices.txt: Remove /dev/oldmem description Message-Id: <20130529152007.893940a04d95fa1e38e851d4@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <51A2B68E.4060605@cn.fujitsu.com> References: <51A02E50.5020507@gmail.com> <51A02F59.8000103@gmail.com> <87vc668x4w.fsf@xmission.com> <51A15E2F.7010308@gmail.com> <51A2B693.7000701@jp.fujitsu.com> <51A2B68E.4060605@cn.fujitsu.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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" , HATAYAMA Daisuke , Simon Horman , "Eric W. Biederman" , "H. Peter Anvin" , davej@redhat.com, Vivek Goyal , Zhang Yanfei On Mon, 27 May 2013 09:27:42 +0800 Zhang Yanfei 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 writes: > >>> > >>>> From: Zhang Yanfei > >>> > >>> 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 _ _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec