Subject: + documentation-blockdev-ramdisktxt-updates.patch added to -mm tree
To: fabf@xxxxxxxxx,rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 16:19:29 -0800
The patch titled
Subject: Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt: updates
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
documentation-blockdev-ramdisktxt-updates.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/documentation-blockdev-ramdisktxt-updates.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/documentation-blockdev-ramdisktxt-updates.patch
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From: Fabian Frederick <fabf@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt: updates
-ramdisk_blocksize doesn't exist anymore
-Module parameters added to documentation
Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt | 21 +++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff -puN Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt~documentation-blockdev-ramdisktxt-updates Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt
--- a/Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt~documentation-blockdev-ramdisktxt-updates
+++ a/Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt
@@ -36,21 +36,30 @@ allowing one to squeeze more programs on
rescue floppy disk.
-2) Kernel Command Line Parameters
+2) Parameters
---------------------------------
+2a) Kernel Command Line Parameters
+
ramdisk_size=N
==============
This parameter tells the RAM disk driver to set up RAM disks of N k size. The
-default is 4096 (4 MB) (8192 (8 MB) on S390).
+default is 4096 (4 MB).
+
+2b) Module parameters
- ramdisk_blocksize=N
- ===================
+ rd_nr
+ =====
+ /dev/ramX devices created.
-This parameter tells the RAM disk driver how many bytes to use per block. The
-default is 1024 (BLOCK_SIZE).
+ max_part
+ ========
+ Maximum partition number.
+ rd_size
+ =======
+ See ramdisk_size.
3) Using "rdev -r"
------------------
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from fabf@xxxxxxxxx are
drivers-block-kconfig-update-ram-block-device-module-name.patch
documentation-blockdev-ramdisktxt-updates.patch
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