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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/7] Documentation/devices.txt: Remove /dev/oldmem description
Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei.yes@gmail.com> writes:

> From: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@cn.fujitsu.com>

Won't we want to keep this reservation around to so that this number
doesn't get reused, and cause people confusion when
upgrading/downgrading kernels?

> Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@cn.fujitsu.com>
> Cc: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
> ---
> Documentation/devices.txt | 2 --
> 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt
> index 08f01e7..4f85739 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devices.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devices.txt
> @@ -100,8 +100,6 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
> 10 = /dev/aio Asynchronous I/O notification interface
> 11 = /dev/kmsg Writes to this come out as printk's, reads
> export the buffered printk records.
> - 12 = /dev/oldmem Used by crashdump kernels to access
> - the memory of the kernel that crashed.
>
> 1 block RAM disk
> 0 = /dev/ram0 First RAM disk


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