linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: ramdisk/initrd/initramfs corrections

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Message-ID: <46D750E3.2060605@zytor.com>
Date:	Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:21:07 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
CC:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	akpm <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, bos@...pentine.com,
	werner@...esberger.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: ramdisk/initrd/initramfs corrections

Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:41:27 -0700 H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 
>> Rob Landley wrote:
>>> On Thursday 30 August 2007 1:28:17 pm Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>>>
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> i just the other day submitted a patch to remove that backward
>>>> compatibility, and the m68k portion of it has already been acked by
>>>> geert uytterhoeven.
> 
> I couldn't find it.  Can you provide a pointer to it?
> 
>>> Could you mention it in feature-removal-schedule.txt?  (People check that for 
>>> warning of upcoming changes that impact existing code.  They may not notice 
>>> something elsewhere after they've got it working...)
>>>
>> The same objection applies to this as to the previous one.  In that 
>> respect, an Ack from a maintainer of an almost unused architecture is 
>> meaningless (sorry, Geert.)
> 
> Peter, what are you objecting to, Rob's comment, Robert's comment,
> Robert's patch, or my patch?
> 

Robert's patch.

	-hpa

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