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| author | Fabian Frederick <fabf@skynet.be> | 2014-01-23 15:55:27 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-01-23 16:37:01 -0800 |
| commit | f5abc8e75815fc6e8f4635d2c011315d132a32cf (patch) | |
| tree | caf1a4a179d440e187eac41f5a1db3d048a2e25a /Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt | |
| parent | c1083732908f233c5234a5c8765347602e83630c (diff) | |
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Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt: updates
- ramdisk_blocksize doesn't exist anymore
- Module parameters added to documentation
Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@skynet.be>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt | 21 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt index fa72e97dd669..fe2ef978d85a 100644 --- a/Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt +++ b/Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt @@ -36,21 +36,30 @@ allowing one to squeeze more programs onto an average installation or rescue floppy disk. -2) Kernel Command Line Parameters +2) Parameters --------------------------------- +2a) Kernel Command Line Parameters + ramdisk_size=N ============== This parameter tells the RAM disk driver to set up RAM disks of N k size. The -default is 4096 (4 MB) (8192 (8 MB) on S390). +default is 4096 (4 MB). + +2b) Module parameters - ramdisk_blocksize=N - =================== + rd_nr + ===== + /dev/ramX devices created. -This parameter tells the RAM disk driver how many bytes to use per block. The -default is 1024 (BLOCK_SIZE). + max_part + ======== + Maximum partition number. + rd_size + ======= + See ramdisk_size. 3) Using "rdev -r" ------------------ |
