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author | Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> | 2007-10-17 02:29:30 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-10-17 11:42:56 -0400 |
commit | fac8b209b1084bc85748bd54e13d00c1262b220f (patch) | |
tree | eae5cd70819f8f3c9b44cfa636051f0f1497266a | |
parent | 1810732e94576ae0d04e953ecaba8c7151c9a287 (diff) |
Remove final traces of long-deprecated "ramdisk" kernel parm
Since the "ramdisk" kernel parameter has been officially deprecated
since at least 2.6.18, might as well finally get rid of it.
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com>
Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ramdisk.txt | 7 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/block/rd.c | 7 |
4 files changed, 3 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index eb247997f679..a0ed205e5351 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |||
@@ -1473,14 +1473,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
1473 | raid= [HW,RAID] | 1473 | raid= [HW,RAID] |
1474 | See Documentation/md.txt. | 1474 | See Documentation/md.txt. |
1475 | 1475 | ||
1476 | ramdisk= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes [deprecated] | ||
1477 | See Documentation/ramdisk.txt. | ||
1478 | |||
1479 | ramdisk_blocksize= [RAM] | 1476 | ramdisk_blocksize= [RAM] |
1480 | See Documentation/ramdisk.txt. | 1477 | See Documentation/ramdisk.txt. |
1481 | 1478 | ||
1482 | ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes | 1479 | ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes |
1483 | New name for the ramdisk parameter. | ||
1484 | See Documentation/ramdisk.txt. | 1480 | See Documentation/ramdisk.txt. |
1485 | 1481 | ||
1486 | rcu.blimit= [KNL,BOOT] Set maximum number of finished | 1482 | rcu.blimit= [KNL,BOOT] Set maximum number of finished |
diff --git a/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt b/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt index 59108cebe163..8a523f6af48a 100644 --- a/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt | |||
@@ -192,10 +192,10 @@ Devices possible for Atari: | |||
192 | seconds. | 192 | seconds. |
193 | 193 | ||
194 | 194 | ||
195 | 2.6) ramdisk= | 195 | 2.6) ramdisk_size= |
196 | ------------- | 196 | ------------- |
197 | 197 | ||
198 | Syntax: ramdisk=<size> | 198 | Syntax: ramdisk_size=<size> |
199 | 199 | ||
200 | This option instructs the kernel to set up a ramdisk of the given | 200 | This option instructs the kernel to set up a ramdisk of the given |
201 | size in KBytes. Do not use this option if the ramdisk contents are | 201 | size in KBytes. Do not use this option if the ramdisk contents are |
diff --git a/Documentation/ramdisk.txt b/Documentation/ramdisk.txt index 33e987df071e..6c820baa19a6 100644 --- a/Documentation/ramdisk.txt +++ b/Documentation/ramdisk.txt | |||
@@ -31,13 +31,6 @@ To use RAM disk support with your system, run './MAKEDEV ram' from the /dev | |||
31 | directory. RAM disks are all major number 1, and start with minor number 0 | 31 | directory. RAM disks are all major number 1, and start with minor number 0 |
32 | for /dev/ram0, etc. If used, modern kernels use /dev/ram0 for an initrd. | 32 | for /dev/ram0, etc. If used, modern kernels use /dev/ram0 for an initrd. |
33 | 33 | ||
34 | The old "ramdisk=<ram_size>" has been changed to "ramdisk_size=<ram_size>" to | ||
35 | make it clearer. The original "ramdisk=<ram_size>" has been kept around for | ||
36 | compatibility reasons, but it may be removed in the future. | ||
37 | There are also config symbols (in the Block drivers config menu) for these | ||
38 | variables: BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE defaults to 4096 and BLK_DEV_RAM_BLOCKSIZE | ||
39 | defaults to 1024. | ||
40 | |||
41 | The new RAM disk also has the ability to load compressed RAM disk images, | 34 | The new RAM disk also has the ability to load compressed RAM disk images, |
42 | allowing one to squeeze more programs onto an average installation or | 35 | allowing one to squeeze more programs onto an average installation or |
43 | rescue floppy disk. | 36 | rescue floppy disk. |
diff --git a/drivers/block/rd.c b/drivers/block/rd.c index 80e1585b741e..08176d23a46c 100644 --- a/drivers/block/rd.c +++ b/drivers/block/rd.c | |||
@@ -504,17 +504,12 @@ static int __init ramdisk_size(char *str) | |||
504 | rd_size = simple_strtol(str,NULL,0); | 504 | rd_size = simple_strtol(str,NULL,0); |
505 | return 1; | 505 | return 1; |
506 | } | 506 | } |
507 | static int __init ramdisk_size2(char *str) /* kludge */ | ||
508 | { | ||
509 | return ramdisk_size(str); | ||
510 | } | ||
511 | static int __init ramdisk_blocksize(char *str) | 507 | static int __init ramdisk_blocksize(char *str) |
512 | { | 508 | { |
513 | rd_blocksize = simple_strtol(str,NULL,0); | 509 | rd_blocksize = simple_strtol(str,NULL,0); |
514 | return 1; | 510 | return 1; |
515 | } | 511 | } |
516 | __setup("ramdisk=", ramdisk_size); | 512 | __setup("ramdisk_size=", ramdisk_size); |
517 | __setup("ramdisk_size=", ramdisk_size2); | ||
518 | __setup("ramdisk_blocksize=", ramdisk_blocksize); | 513 | __setup("ramdisk_blocksize=", ramdisk_blocksize); |
519 | #endif | 514 | #endif |
520 | 515 | ||