[PATCH RESEND 30/62] doc: remove documentation for block device 4 0
From: Askar Safin <hidden>
Date: 2025-09-13 01:12:51
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It doesn't work. I tested this both in system booted using initramfs and in system booted from real root device directly Signed-off-by: Askar Safin <redacted> --- Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
index 27835389ca49..6ce0940233a8 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt@@ -138,12 +138,6 @@ number for BSD PTY devices. As of Linux 2.1.115, this is no longer supported. Use major numbers 2 and 3. - 4 block Aliases for dynamically allocated major devices to be used - when its not possible to create the real device nodes - because the root filesystem is mounted read-only. - - 0 = /dev/root - 5 char Alternate TTY devices 0 = /dev/tty Current TTY device 1 = /dev/console System console
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