Re: [PATCH RESEND 05/62] init: remove "ramdisk_start" command line parameter, which controls starting block number of initrd
From: Christophe Leroy <hidden>
Date: 2025-09-15 12:21:08
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Have a simpler subject, Le 13/09/2025 à 02:37, Askar Safin a écrit :
[Vous ne recevez pas souvent de courriers de safinaskar@gmail.com. Découvrez pourquoi ceci est important à https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] This is preparation for initrd removal
and make a more interesting message. For me it would make more sense to remove ramdisk_start and ramdisk_size at the same time. Christophe
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Signed-off-by: Askar Safin <redacted> --- Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst | 3 +-- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 -- init/do_mounts_rd.c | 7 ------- 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-)diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst index 9ce6101e8dd9..e57c61108dbc 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst@@ -74,12 +74,11 @@ arch/x86/boot/Makefile. Some of the kernel command line boot options that may apply here are:: - ramdisk_start=N ramdisk_size=M If you make a boot disk that has LILO, then for the above, you would use:: - append = "ramdisk_start=N ramdisk_size=M" + append = "ramdisk_size=M" 4) An Example of Creating a Compressed RAM Disk -----------------------------------------------diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index f940c1184912..07e8878f1e13 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt@@ -5285,8 +5285,6 @@ ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst. - ramdisk_start= [RAM] RAM disk image start address - random.trust_cpu=off [KNL,EARLY] Disable trusting the use of the CPU's random number generator (if available) todiff --git a/init/do_mounts_rd.c b/init/do_mounts_rd.c index 8e0a774a9c6f..864fa88d9f89 100644 --- a/init/do_mounts_rd.c +++ b/init/do_mounts_rd.c@@ -17,13 +17,6 @@ static struct file *in_file, *out_file; static loff_t in_pos, out_pos; -static int __init ramdisk_start_setup(char *str) -{ - /* will be removed in next commit */ - return 1; -} -__setup("ramdisk_start=", ramdisk_start_setup); - static int __init crd_load(decompress_fn deco); /* --2.47.2