Re: [PATCH 1/9] docs: kernel-parameters: Drop the atarimouse= entry

[Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com>]

Hi Karl,

Am 05.09.2026 um 19:03 schrieb Karl Mehltretter:
> Nothing in the tree parses atarimouse=. drivers/input/mouse/atarimouse.c
> only takes a module parameter, and git log -S finds no __setup() for the
> boot parameter anywhere in the git history, so the entry has been stale
> since before it.
>
> Drop the entry.
>
> Found by cross-checking every documented name against the __setup(),
> early_param() and core_param() registrations in the tree.
>
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index 68647ff4bdd2..c8d96de4c00d 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -591,8 +591,6 @@ Kernel parameters
>
>  	ataflop=	[HW,M68k]
>
> -	atarimouse=	[HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
> -
>  	atkbd.extra=	[HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
>  			EzKey and similar keyboards
>
>

The code parsing this boot parameter disappeared in the conversion to 
input drivers sometime between 2.4.33 and 2.6.18 (my fault entirely).

No one appears to have missed it all these years... thanks for taking 
care of this!

Reviewed-by: Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com>