The ramdisk kernel parameter was finally removed in commit
1adbee50fd6fce5af4feb34d2db93cfe4d2066a4 ("ramdisk: remove
long-deprecated "ramdisk=" boot-time parameter"). It had been marked as
deprecated since v1.3.96! Remove this note from its Kconfig entry.Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <[email protected]> --- 0) The ramdisk kernel parameter was rather stubborn. It had to be removed from the tree three times: - in release v1.3.48 - re-added in v1.3.96; - in v2.6.24, with commit fac8b209b1084bc85748bd54e13d00c1262b220f ("Remove final traces of long-deprecated "ramdisk" kernel parm") - re-added in v2.6.25, with commit 9db5579be4bb5320c3248f6acf807aedf05ae143 ("rewrite rd); - in v2.6.31, with commit 1adbee50fd6fce5af4feb34d2db93cfe4d2066a4 (see above). 1) But references to it still get added to command lines in defconfig files and device tree sources, all in arch/arm. As recently as v3.6-rc1! I guess it is now (silently?) ignored if used in one of those command lines. Or does arm use some obscure trick to still handle this kernel parameter? drivers/block/Kconfig | 3 --- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig index a796407..2fd52ef 100644 --- a/drivers/block/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig @@ -375,9 +375,6 @@ config BLK_DEV_RAM store a copy of a minimal root file system off of a floppy into RAM during the initial install of Linux. - Note that the kernel command line option "ramdisk=XX" is now obsolete. - For details, read <file:Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt>. - To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called rd. -- 1.7.7.6 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
