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From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
To: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@gmail.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
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	Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
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	Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>,
	Niklas Cassel <cassel@kernel.org>,
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	Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>,
	Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com>,
	Andreas Kemnade <andreas@kemnade.info>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/9] docs: kernel-parameters: Remove ten entries for parameters that no longer exist
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2026 20:58:42 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <f241beab-4c83-4f18-bb02-9d6e3fd5ecc3@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260905094649.41996-1-kmehltretter@gmail.com>

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@infradead.org>

thanks.
-- 
~Randy

      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-06  3:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-05  9:46 [PATCH v2 0/9] docs: kernel-parameters: Remove ten entries for parameters that no longer exist Karl Mehltretter
2026-09-05  9:46 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] docs: kernel-parameters: Drop the atarimouse= entry Karl Mehltretter
2026-09-05  9:46 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] docs: kernel-parameters: Drop the bau= entry Karl Mehltretter
2026-09-05  9:46 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] docs: kernel-parameters: Drop the edac_report= entry Karl Mehltretter
2026-09-05 15:13   ` Borislav Petkov
2026-09-05 15:22     ` Karl Mehltretter
2026-09-05 15:33       ` Borislav Petkov
2026-09-05 16:20         ` Jonathan Corbet
2026-09-05 16:27           ` Borislav Petkov
2026-09-05 16:45             ` Karl Mehltretter
2026-09-05 17:47               ` Andreas Kemnade
2026-09-05 18:50                 ` Borislav Petkov
2026-09-06  8:19                   ` Andreas Kemnade
2026-09-05  9:46 ` [PATCH v2 4/9] docs: kernel-parameters: Drop the enable_timer_pin_1 entry Karl Mehltretter
2026-09-05  9:46 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] docs: kernel-parameters: Drop the mini2440= entry Karl Mehltretter
2026-09-05  9:46 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] docs: kernel-parameters: Drop the nomfgpt entry Karl Mehltretter
2026-09-05  9:46 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] docs: kernel-parameters: Drop the omap_mux= entry Karl Mehltretter
2026-09-05  9:46 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] docs: kernel-parameters: Drop the pcmv= entry Karl Mehltretter
2026-09-05  9:46 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] docs: kernel-parameters: Drop the pata_legacy.qdi and pata_legacy.winbond entries Karl Mehltretter
2026-09-05 12:29   ` Karl Mehltretter
2026-09-05 10:12 ` [PATCH v2 0/9] docs: kernel-parameters: Remove ten entries for parameters that no longer exist Arnd Bergmann
2026-09-05 12:25   ` Karl Mehltretter
2026-09-06  3:58 ` Randy Dunlap [this message]

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