linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/7] Documentation/devices.txt: Remove /dev/oldmem description

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Message-Id: <20130529152007.893940a04d95fa1e38e851d4@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Wed, 29 May 2013 15:20:07 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	HATAYAMA Daisuke <d.hatayama@...fujitsu.com>,
	Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei.yes@...il.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	"kexec@...ts.infradead.org" <kexec@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, davej@...hat.com,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] Documentation/devices.txt: Remove /dev/oldmem
 description

On Mon, 27 May 2013 09:27:42 +0800 Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@...fujitsu.com> wrote:

> ___ 2013___05___27___ 09:27, HATAYAMA Daisuke ______:
> > (2013/05/26 9:58), Zhang Yanfei wrote:
> >> ___ 2013___05___26___ 07:20, Eric W. Biederman ______:
> >>> Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei.yes@...il.com> writes:
> >>>
> >>>> From: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@...fujitsu.com>
> >>>
> >>> Won't we want to keep this reservation around to so that this number
> >>> doesn't get reused, and cause people confusion when
> >>> upgrading/downgrading kernels?
> >>
> >> Ah, yes. I will just keep this and add a note to make people know that
> >> it is removed in the next version.
> >>
> > 
> > It looks enough writing "obsolete" according to the other parts of the same file.
> > 
> 
> I've sent the v2 version and actually did what you said.

I can't find any v2 version of this patchset.

I did this:

--- a/Documentation/devices.txt~dev-oldmem-remove-the-interface-fix
+++ a/Documentation/devices.txt
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
 					export the buffered printk records.
 		 12 = /dev/oldmem	Used by crashdump kernels to access
 					the memory of the kernel that crashed.
+					(obsolete)
 
   1 block	RAM disk
 		  0 = /dev/ram0		First RAM disk
_

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