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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>
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rescue floppy disk.
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2) Kernel Command Line Parameters
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2) Parameters
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2a) Kernel Command Line Parameters
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ramdisk_size=N
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This parameter tells the RAM disk driver to set up RAM disks of N k size. The
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default is 4096 (4 MB) (8192 (8 MB) on S390).
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default is 4096 (4 MB).
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ramdisk_blocksize=N
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2b) Module parameters
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This parameter tells the RAM disk driver how many bytes to use per block. The
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default is 1024 (BLOCK_SIZE).
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rd_nr
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/dev/ramX devices created.
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max_part
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Maximum partition number.
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rd_size
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See ramdisk_size.
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3) Using "rdev -r"
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