Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756698AbXHaHmJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Aug 2007 03:42:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752796AbXHaHl5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Aug 2007 03:41:57 -0400 Received: from nic.NetDirect.CA ([216.16.235.2]:58075 "EHLO rubicon.netdirect.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752019AbXHaHl5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Aug 2007 03:41:57 -0400 X-Originating-Ip: 72.143.66.27 Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 03:29:55 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Rob Landley cc: Randy Dunlap , lkml , akpm , bos@serpentine.com, werner@almesberger.net, hpa@zytor.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: ramdisk/initrd/initramfs corrections In-Reply-To: <200708301836.48707.rob@landley.net> Message-ID: References: <20070830112055.2b2c8985.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <200708301836.48707.rob@landley.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-16.8, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, BAYES_00 -15.00, INIT_RECVD_OUR_AUTH -20.00, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL 20.00) X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-From: rpjday@mindspring.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1563 Lines: 42 On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Rob Landley wrote: > On Thursday 30 August 2007 1:28:17 pm Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > > > ... > > > > > The old "ramdisk=" has been changed to > > > "ramdisk_size=" to make it clearer. The original > > > "ramdisk=" has been kept around for compatibility reasons, > > > but it may be removed in the future. > > > > ... > > > > i just the other day submitted a patch to remove that backward > > compatibility, and the m68k portion of it has already been acked > > by geert uytterhoeven. > > Could you mention it in feature-removal-schedule.txt? (People check > that for warning of upcoming changes that impact existing code. > They may not notice something elsewhere after they've got it > working...) you know, if it makes everyone happier, why don't i just leave that as it is and move on? apparently, i have a different understanding of the word "deprecated" from a number of others here, and it's really not worth arguing about anymore. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ======================================================================== - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/