Remove final traces of long-deprecated "ramdisk" kernel parm
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>
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index eb24799..a0ed205 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1473,14 +1473,10 @@
raid= [HW,RAID]
See Documentation/md.txt.
- ramdisk= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes [deprecated]
- See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
-
ramdisk_blocksize= [RAM]
See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
- New name for the ramdisk parameter.
See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
rcu.blimit= [KNL,BOOT] Set maximum number of finished
diff --git a/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt b/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt
index 59108ce..8a523f6 100644
--- a/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt
@@ -192,10 +192,10 @@
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
size in KBytes. Do not use this option if the ramdisk contents are
diff --git a/Documentation/ramdisk.txt b/Documentation/ramdisk.txt
index 33e987d..6c820ba 100644
--- a/Documentation/ramdisk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/ramdisk.txt
@@ -31,13 +31,6 @@
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.
-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,
allowing one to squeeze more programs onto an average installation or
rescue floppy disk.
diff --git a/drivers/block/rd.c b/drivers/block/rd.c
index 80e1585..08176d2 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rd.c
@@ -504,17 +504,12 @@
rd_size = simple_strtol(str,NULL,0);
return 1;
}
-static int __init ramdisk_size2(char *str) /* kludge */
-{
- return ramdisk_size(str);
-}
static int __init ramdisk_blocksize(char *str)
{
rd_blocksize = simple_strtol(str,NULL,0);
return 1;
}
-__setup("ramdisk=", ramdisk_size);
-__setup("ramdisk_size=", ramdisk_size2);
+__setup("ramdisk_size=", ramdisk_size);
__setup("ramdisk_blocksize=", ramdisk_blocksize);
#endif