Thread (8 messages) 8 messages, 5 authors, 2025-10-06

Re: [PATCH 00/62] initrd: remove classic initrd support

From: Dave Young <hidden>
Date: 2025-09-16 01:48:53
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Hi,

On Sat, 13 Sept 2025 at 06:42, Askar Safin [off-list ref] wrote:
Intro
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This patchset removes classic initrd (initial RAM disk) support,
which was deprecated in 2020.
Initramfs still stays, and RAM disk itself (brd) still stays, too.
There is one initrd use case in my mind, it can be extended to co-work
with overlayfs as a kernel built-in solution for initrd(compressed fs
image)+overlayfs.   Currently we can use compressed fs images
(squashfs or erofs) within initramfs,  and kernel loop mount together
with overlayfs, this works fine but extra pre-mount phase is needed.

Thanks
Dave
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