linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/7] x86/boot: Removed unused debug flag and set code

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Date:	Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:04:40 -0700
From:	Joe Millenbach <jmillenbach@...il.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	Gokul Caushik <caushik1@...il.com>,
	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	Joe Millenbach <jmillenbach@...il.com>,
	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	team-fjord@...glegroups.com
Subject: [PATCH 5/7] x86/boot: Removed unused debug flag and set code

As we're no longer using the flag we don't need to extract the value from the
command line and store it. This is a step towards removing command line
parameter code.

Signed-off-by: Joe Millenbach <jmillenbach@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Gokul Caushik <caushik1@...il.com>
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
---
 arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c |    4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
index 8c29f82..88f7ff6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ static void error(char *m);
  * This is set up by the setup-routine at boot-time
  */
 struct boot_params *real_mode;		/* Pointer to real-mode data */
-static int debug;
 
 void *memset(void *s, int c, size_t n);
 void *memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, size_t n);
@@ -326,9 +325,6 @@ asmlinkage void decompress_kernel(void *rmode, memptr heap,
 {
 	real_mode = rmode;
 
-	if (cmdline_find_option_bool("debug"))
-		debug = 1;
-
 	if (real_mode->screen_info.orig_video_mode == 7) {
 		vidmem = (char *) 0xb0000;
 		vidport = 0x3b4;
-- 
1.7.9.5

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