linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] m68k: Enable memtest functionality

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdUFZkFkDaxHx-hbXhZAk2B-J_sprtEz=S8AYf9wJgH1pg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 29 Nov 2021 11:07:19 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Finn Thain <fthain@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>, Sam Creasey <sammy@...my.net>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        "open list:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-m68k <linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] m68k: Enable memtest functionality

On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 11:32 PM Finn Thain <fthain@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> Enable the memtest functionality and rearrange some code to prevent it
> from clobbering the initrd.
>
> The code to implement CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD was conditional on
> !defined(CONFIG_SUN3). For simplicity, remove that test on the basis
> that m68k_ramdisk.size == 0 on Sun 3. The SLIME source code at
> http://sammy.net/sun3/ftp/pub/m68k/sun3/slime/slime-2.0.tar.gz
> indicates that no BI_RAMDISK entry is ever passed to the kernel due
> to #ifdef 0 around the relevant code.
>
> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
> Cc: Sam Creasey <sammy@...my.net>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
> Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@...ux-m68k.org>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
i.e. will queue in the m68k for-v5.17 branch.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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