On 05/29/2013 06:29 AM, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei....@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> From: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyan...@cn.fujitsu.com>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyan...@cn.fujitsu.com>
>> Cc: Dave Jones <da...@redhat.com>
>> ---
>> Documentation/devices.txt | 3 +--
>> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt
>> index 08f01e7..c8e4002 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devices.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/devices.txt
>> @@ -100,8 +100,7 @@ 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.
>> + 12 = /dev/oldmem OBSOLETE
>
> Let me suggest the slightly better.
>
> + 12 = /dev/oldmem OBSOLETE - replaced by /proc/vmcore
>
> Pointing to people to /proc/vmcore should help anyone who is trying to
> understand what is going on.
Makes sense to me. Updated patch below:
-----------------------------------
>From d2f7baf2aba86069f941f32669a22dbd99082614 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyan...@cn.fujitsu.com>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 15:44:09 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/devices.txt: Mark /dev/oldmem obsolete
Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyan...@cn.fujitsu.com>
---
Documentation/devices.txt | 3 +--
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt
index 08f01e7..315455a 100644
--- a/Documentation/devices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devices.txt
@@ -100,8 +100,7 @@ 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.
+ 12 = /dev/oldmem OBSOLETE - replaced by /proc/vmcore
1 block RAM disk
0 = /dev/ram0 First RAM disk
--
1.7.1
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