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authorRobert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com>2007-10-17 02:29:30 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-10-17 11:42:56 -0400
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treeeae5cd70819f8f3c9b44cfa636051f0f1497266a /Documentation/ramdisk.txt
parent1810732e94576ae0d04e953ecaba8c7151c9a287 (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>
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@@ -31,13 +31,6 @@ To use RAM disk support with your system, run './MAKEDEV ram' from the /dev
31directory. RAM disks are all major number 1, and start with minor number 0 31directory. RAM disks are all major number 1, and start with minor number 0
32for /dev/ram0, etc. If used, modern kernels use /dev/ram0 for an initrd. 32for /dev/ram0, etc. If used, modern kernels use /dev/ram0 for an initrd.
33 33
34The old "ramdisk=<ram_size>" has been changed to "ramdisk_size=<ram_size>" to
35make it clearer. The original "ramdisk=<ram_size>" has been kept around for
36compatibility reasons, but it may be removed in the future.
37There are also config symbols (in the Block drivers config menu) for these
38variables: BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE defaults to 4096 and BLK_DEV_RAM_BLOCKSIZE
39defaults to 1024.
40
41The new RAM disk also has the ability to load compressed RAM disk images, 34The new RAM disk also has the ability to load compressed RAM disk images,
42allowing one to squeeze more programs onto an average installation or 35allowing one to squeeze more programs onto an average installation or
43rescue floppy disk. 36rescue floppy disk.