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From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
To: Fabian Frederick <fabf@skynet.be>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: axboe@kernel.dk, akpm@linux-foundation.org, npiggin@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] ramdisk: documentation update
Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2013 19:59:13 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <52A54011.909@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131208192831.6b1ef921e4c2774cc4af5504@skynet.be>

On 12/08/13 03:28, Fabian Frederick wrote:
> -ramdisk_blocksize doesn't exist anymore
> -Module parameters added to documentation
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@skynet.be>

Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>

Thanks.


> ---
>  Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt | 21 +++++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt
> index fa72e97..fe2ef97 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).
> +default is 4096 (4 MB).
> +
> +2b) Module parameters
>  
> -	ramdisk_blocksize=N
> -	===================
> +	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
> +	=======
> +	See ramdisk_size.
>  
>  3) Using "rdev -r"
>  ------------------
> 


-- 
~Randy

  reply	other threads:[~2013-12-09  3:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-12-08 11:28 [PATCH 1/1] ramdisk: documentation update Fabian Frederick
2013-12-09  3:59 ` Randy Dunlap [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2013-12-06 23:52 Fabian Frederick
2013-12-08  3:19 ` Randy Dunlap
2013-12-08  8:35   ` Fabian Frederick
2013-12-08 17:21     ` Randy Dunlap

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