Hi Karl,
Am 05.09.2026 um 19:03 schrieb Karl Mehltretter:
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Nothing in the tree parses atarimouse=. drivers/input/mouse/atarimouse.c
only takes a module parameter, and git log -S finds no __setup() for the
boot parameter anywhere in the git history, so the entry has been stale
since before it.
Drop the entry.
Found by cross-checking every documented name against the __setup(),
early_param() and core_param() registrations in the tree.
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter <redacted>
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Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 68647ff4bdd2..c8d96de4c00d 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -591,8 +591,6 @@ Kernel parameters
ataflop= [HW,M68k]
- atarimouse= [HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
-
atkbd.extra= [HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
EzKey and similar keyboards
The code parsing this boot parameter disappeared in the conversion to input drivers sometime between 2.4.33 and 2.6.18 (my fault entirely).
No one appears to have missed it all these years... thanks for taking care of this!
Reviewed-by: Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com>