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Remove final traces of long-deprecated "ramdisk" kernel parm

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Since the "ramdisk" kernel parameter has been officially deprecated
since at least 2.6.18, might as well finally get rid of it.

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com>
Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Robert P. J. Day 2007-10-16 23:29:30 -07:00 • committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 1810732e94
commit fac8b209b1
4 changed files with 3 additions and 19 deletions
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Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
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@ -1473,14 +1473,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
raid= [HW,RAID] raid= [HW,RAID]
See Documentation/md.txt. See Documentation/md.txt.
ramdisk= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes [deprecated]
See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
ramdisk_blocksize= [RAM] ramdisk_blocksize= [RAM]
See Documentation/ramdisk.txt. See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
New name for the ramdisk parameter.
See Documentation/ramdisk.txt. See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
rcu.blimit= [KNL,BOOT] Set maximum number of finished rcu.blimit= [KNL,BOOT] Set maximum number of finished

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Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt
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@ -192,10 +192,10 @@ Devices possible for Atari:
seconds. seconds.
2.6) ramdisk= 2.6) ramdisk_size=
------------- -------------
Syntax: ramdisk=<size> Syntax: ramdisk_size=<size>
This option instructs the kernel to set up a ramdisk of the given This option instructs the kernel to set up a ramdisk of the given
size in KBytes. Do not use this option if the ramdisk contents are size in KBytes. Do not use this option if the ramdisk contents are

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Documentation/ramdisk.txt
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@ -31,13 +31,6 @@ To use RAM disk support with your system, run './MAKEDEV ram' from the /dev
directory. RAM disks are all major number 1, and start with minor number 0 directory. RAM disks are all major number 1, and start with minor number 0
for /dev/ram0, etc. If used, modern kernels use /dev/ram0 for an initrd. for /dev/ram0, etc. If used, modern kernels use /dev/ram0 for an initrd.
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.
There are also config symbols (in the Block drivers config menu) for these
variables: BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE defaults to 4096 and BLK_DEV_RAM_BLOCKSIZE
defaults to 1024.
The new RAM disk also has the ability to load compressed RAM disk images, The new RAM disk also has the ability to load compressed RAM disk images,
allowing one to squeeze more programs onto an average installation or allowing one to squeeze more programs onto an average installation or
rescue floppy disk. rescue floppy disk.

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drivers/block/rd.c
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@ -504,17 +504,12 @@ static int __init ramdisk_size(char *str)
rd_size = simple_strtol(str,NULL,0); rd_size = simple_strtol(str,NULL,0);
return 1; return 1;
} }
static int __init ramdisk_size2(char *str) /* kludge */
{
return ramdisk_size(str);
}
static int __init ramdisk_blocksize(char *str) static int __init ramdisk_blocksize(char *str)
{ {
rd_blocksize = simple_strtol(str,NULL,0); rd_blocksize = simple_strtol(str,NULL,0);
return 1; return 1;
} }
__setup("ramdisk=", ramdisk_size); __setup("ramdisk_size=", ramdisk_size);
__setup("ramdisk_size=", ramdisk_size2);
__setup("ramdisk_blocksize=", ramdisk_blocksize); __setup("ramdisk_blocksize=", ramdisk_blocksize);
#endif #endif