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Subject: Re: I request inclusion of reiser4 in the mainline kernel
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Nikita Danilov wrote:

>Lorenzo Allegrucci <l.allegrucci@gmail.com> writes:
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>>Why not just rename the kernel option "elevator" to "iosched" ?
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>At least update Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt to be consistent,
>but I think kernel boot options are considered to be a part of the "user
>space API" and, as such, cannot be changed that easily.
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>Nikita.
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You could make both names work, and then deprecate "elevator".....