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* Add /dev/oldmem to devices.txt documenation.
@ 2007-09-27 15:51 Dave Jones
  2007-09-27 17:38 ` H. Peter Anvin
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Dave Jones @ 2007-09-27 15:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Linux Kernel

Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt
index 8de132a..6c46730 100644
--- a/Documentation/devices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devices.txt
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
 		  9 = /dev/urandom	Faster, less secure random number gen.
 		 10 = /dev/aio		Asynchronous I/O notification interface
 		 11 = /dev/kmsg		Writes to this come out as printk's
+		 12 = /dev/oldmem	Used by crashdump kernels to access
+					the memory of the kernel that crashed.
 
   1 block	RAM disk
 		  0 = /dev/ram0		First RAM disk
-- 
http://www.codemonkey.org.uk

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* Re: Add /dev/oldmem to devices.txt documenation.
  2007-09-27 15:51 Add /dev/oldmem to devices.txt documenation Dave Jones
@ 2007-09-27 17:38 ` H. Peter Anvin
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: H. Peter Anvin @ 2007-09-27 17:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Dave Jones, Linux Kernel; +Cc: device

Dave Jones wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt
> index 8de132a..6c46730 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devices.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devices.txt
> @@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
>  		  9 = /dev/urandom	Faster, less secure random number gen.
>  		 10 = /dev/aio		Asynchronous I/O notification interface
>  		 11 = /dev/kmsg		Writes to this come out as printk's
> +		 12 = /dev/oldmem	Used by crashdump kernels to access
> +					the memory of the kernel that crashed.
>  
>    1 block	RAM disk
>  		  0 = /dev/ram0		First RAM disk

This should have been sent to device@lanana.org as well.

	-hpa

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