Re: [PATCH 1/1] ramdisk: documentation update

[Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>]

On 12/06/13 15:52, Fabian Frederick wrote:
> -ramdisk_blocksize doesn't exist anymore.
> -Module parameters added to documentation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@skynet.be>
> ---
>  Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt | 23 ++++++++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt
> index fa72e97..5dca7b1 100644
> --- a/Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt
> @@ -36,21 +36,30 @@ allowing one to squeeze more programs onto an average installation or
>  rescue floppy disk.
>  
>  
> -2) Kernel Command Line Parameters
> +2) Parameters
>  ---------------------------------
>  
> +2a) Kernel Command Line Parameters
> +
>  	ramdisk_size=N
>  	==============
>  
>  This parameter tells the RAM disk driver to set up RAM disks of N k size.  The
>  default is 4096 (4 MB) (8192 (8 MB) on S390).

I don't find any place that S390 changes CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE from its default
of 4096 to 8192.  Did you?  If so, where please?


>  
> -	ramdisk_blocksize=N
> -	===================
> +2b) Module parameters
> +
> +	rd_nr
> +	=====
> +	/dev/ramX devices created.
>  
> -This parameter tells the RAM disk driver how many bytes to use per block.  The
> -default is 1024 (BLOCK_SIZE).
> +	max_part
> +	========
> +	Maximum partition number.
>  
> +	rd_size
> +	=======
> +	cf ramdisk_size.

Compare to ramdisk_size?  how about

	See ramdisk_size.
or
	Same as ramdisk_size.

>  
>  3) Using "rdev -r"
>  ------------------


As for the Changelog, it would be better just to delete all of it.
That's what git is for (and good at).


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~Randy