Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] Documentation/devices.txt: Mark /dev/oldmem obsolete

[Zhang Yanfei]

On 05/29/2013 06:29 AM, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei.yes@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
>> From: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  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:

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