This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled Documentation, arch: Remove leftovers from raw device to the 5.16-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: documentation-arch-remove-leftovers-from-raw-device.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.16 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 473dcf0ffc31ce1135cd10578e7e06698cf51f4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexandre Ghiti <alexandre.ghiti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 10:44:22 +0100 Subject: Documentation, arch: Remove leftovers from raw device From: Alexandre Ghiti <alexandre.ghiti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 473dcf0ffc31ce1135cd10578e7e06698cf51f4a upstream. Raw device interface was removed so remove all references to configs related to it. Fixes: 603e4922f1c8 ("remove the raw driver") Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexandre.ghiti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> [arch/arm/configs] Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt | 8 +------- arch/arm/configs/spear13xx_defconfig | 1 - arch/arm/configs/spear3xx_defconfig | 1 - arch/arm/configs/spear6xx_defconfig | 1 - arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig | 1 - 5 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-) --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt @@ -2339,13 +2339,7 @@ disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on partitions is 31. - 162 char Raw block device interface - 0 = /dev/rawctl Raw I/O control device - 1 = /dev/raw/raw1 First raw I/O device - 2 = /dev/raw/raw2 Second raw I/O device - ... - max minor number of raw device is set by kernel config - MAX_RAW_DEVS or raw module parameter 'max_raw_devs' + 162 char Used for (now removed) raw block device interface 163 char --- a/arch/arm/configs/spear13xx_defconfig +++ b/arch/arm/configs/spear13xx_defconfig @@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ CONFIG_SERIAL_AMBA_PL011=y CONFIG_SERIAL_AMBA_PL011_CONSOLE=y # CONFIG_HW_RANDOM is not set CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER=y -CONFIG_MAX_RAW_DEVS=8192 CONFIG_I2C=y CONFIG_I2C_DESIGNWARE_PLATFORM=y CONFIG_SPI=y --- a/arch/arm/configs/spear3xx_defconfig +++ b/arch/arm/configs/spear3xx_defconfig @@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ CONFIG_SERIAL_AMBA_PL011=y CONFIG_SERIAL_AMBA_PL011_CONSOLE=y # CONFIG_HW_RANDOM is not set CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER=y -CONFIG_MAX_RAW_DEVS=8192 CONFIG_I2C=y CONFIG_I2C_DESIGNWARE_PLATFORM=y CONFIG_SPI=y --- a/arch/arm/configs/spear6xx_defconfig +++ b/arch/arm/configs/spear6xx_defconfig @@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ CONFIG_INPUT_FF_MEMLESS=y CONFIG_SERIAL_AMBA_PL011=y CONFIG_SERIAL_AMBA_PL011_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER=y -CONFIG_MAX_RAW_DEVS=8192 CONFIG_I2C=y CONFIG_I2C_DESIGNWARE_PLATFORM=y CONFIG_SPI=y --- a/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig +++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig @@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ CONFIG_HVCS=m CONFIG_VIRTIO_CONSOLE=m CONFIG_IBM_BSR=m CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER=y -CONFIG_MAX_RAW_DEVS=1024 CONFIG_I2C_CHARDEV=y CONFIG_FB=y CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID=y Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from alexandre.ghiti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-5.16/documentation-arch-remove-leftovers-from-raw-device.patch queue-5.16/riscv-get-rid-of-maxphysmem-configs.patch queue-5.16/documentation-arch-remove-leftovers-from-cifs_weak_pw_hash.patch