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

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Date:	Sun, 2 Sep 2007 10:26:41 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.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

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, 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.
> > 
> > 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.)

Of course I ack'ed the m68k part, iff the non-arch-specific part was accepted.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org

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