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 5.15-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-5.15 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
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@ 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-5.15/documentation-arch-remove-leftovers-from-raw-device.patch
queue-5.15/riscv-get-rid-of-maxphysmem-configs.patch
queue-5.15/documentation-arch-remove-leftovers-from-cifs_weak_pw_hash.patch
