linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Remove "mfgpt_irq=" from the kernel-parameters.txt file

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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 16:23:43 -0600
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: Thomas Huth <thuth@...hat.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, Thomas
 Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Dave Hansen
 <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Arnd
 Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Remove "mfgpt_irq=" from the
 kernel-parameters.txt file

Thomas Huth <thuth@...hat.com> writes:

> The kernel parameter mfgpt_irq has been removed in 2009 already in the
> commit c95d1e53ed89 ("cs5535: drop the Geode-specific MFGPT/GPIO code").
> Time to remove it from the documentation now, too.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@...hat.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 ----
>  1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index a9b905bbc8ca..756ac1e22813 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -3426,10 +3426,6 @@
>  			deep    - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported)
>  			See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst.
>  
> -	mfgpt_irq=	[IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the
> -			Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode
> -			platforms.
> -
>  	mfgptfix	[X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
>  			the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
>  			version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the

So I am unable to get this one to apply; which kernel version did you
base it on?

Thanks,

jon