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authorRobert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com>2007-10-16 23:29:30 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-10-17 08:42:56 -0700
commitfac8b209b1084bc85748bd54e13d00c1262b220f (patch)
treeeae5cd70819f8f3c9b44cfa636051f0f1497266a /Documentation
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ramdisk.txt7
3 files changed, 2 insertions, 13 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
raid= [HW,RAID]
See Documentation/md.txt.
- ramdisk= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes [deprecated]
- See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
-
ramdisk_blocksize= [RAM]
See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
- New name for the ramdisk parameter.
See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
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:
seconds.
-2.6) ramdisk=
+2.6) ramdisk_size=
-------------
-Syntax: ramdisk=<size>
+Syntax: ramdisk_size=<size>
This option instructs the kernel to set up a ramdisk of the given
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
directory. RAM disks are all major number 1, and start with minor number 0
for /dev/ram0, etc. If used, modern kernels use /dev/ram0 for an initrd.
-The old "ramdisk=<ram_size>" has been changed to "ramdisk_size=<ram_size>" to
-make it clearer. The original "ramdisk=<ram_size>" has been kept around for
-compatibility reasons, but it may be removed in the future.
-There are also config symbols (in the Block drivers config menu) for these
-variables: BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE defaults to 4096 and BLK_DEV_RAM_BLOCKSIZE
-defaults to 1024.
-
The new RAM disk also has the ability to load compressed RAM disk images,
allowing one to squeeze more programs onto an average installation or
rescue floppy disk.