diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/efika.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/efika.c
index 4263158..0b1e60a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/efika.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/efika.c
@@ -197,15 +197,6 @@ static void __init efika_setup_arch(void)
{
rtas_initialize();
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
- initrd_below_start_ok = 1;
-
- if (initrd_start)
- ROOT_DEV = Root_RAM0;
- else
-#endif
- ROOT_DEV = Root_SDA2; /* sda2 (sda1 is for the kernel) */
-
efika_pcisetup();
#ifdef CONFIG_PMdiff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/lite5200.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/lite5200.c
index e11d27f..48fc662 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/lite5200.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/lite5200.c
@@ -136,18 +136,6 @@ static void __init lite5200_setup_arch(void)
of_node_put(np);
}
#endif
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
- if (initrd_start)
- ROOT_DEV = Root_RAM0;
- else
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_ROOT_NFS
- ROOT_DEV = Root_NFS;
-#else
- ROOT_DEV = Root_HDA1;
-#endif
-
}
static void lite5200_show_cpuinfo(struct seq_file *m)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/8xx/mpc86xads_setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/8xx/mpc86xads_setup.c
index 8f64f48..c712ce0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/8xx/mpc86xads_setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/8xx/mpc86xads_setup.c
@@ -256,8 +256,6 @@ static void __init mpc86xads_setup_arch(void)
cpm_reset();
mpc86xads_board_setup();
-
- ROOT_DEV = Root_NFS;
}
static int __init mpc86xads_probe(void)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/setup.c
index db66542..3d679b1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/setup.c
@@ -161,11 +161,6 @@ static void __init cell_setup_arch(void)
/* init to some ~sane value until calibrate_delay() runs */
loops_per_jiffy = 50000000;
- if (ROOT_DEV == 0) {
- printk("No ramdisk, default root is /dev/hda2\n");
- ROOT_DEV = Root_HDA2;
- }
-
/* Find and initialize PCI host bridges */
init_pci_config_tokens();
find_and_init_phbs();diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/celleb/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/celleb/setup.c
index 0f1dddb..1769d75 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/celleb/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/celleb/setup.c
@@ -101,11 +101,6 @@ static void __init celleb_setup_arch(void)
/* init to some ~sane value until calibrate_delay() runs */
loops_per_jiffy = 50000000;
- if (ROOT_DEV == 0) {
- printk("No ramdisk, default root is /dev/hda2\n");
- ROOT_DEV = Root_HDA2;
- }
-
#ifdef CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE
conswitchp = &dummy_con;
#endifdiff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/setup.c
index 96498ad..5930626 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/setup.c
@@ -290,16 +290,6 @@ void __init chrp_setup_arch(void)
ppc_md.set_rtc_time = rtas_set_rtc_time;
}
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
- /* this is fine for chrp */
- initrd_below_start_ok = 1;
-
- if (initrd_start)
- ROOT_DEV = Root_RAM0;
- else
-#endif
- ROOT_DEV = Root_SDA2; /* sda2 (sda1 is for the kernel) */
-
/* On pegasos, enable the L2 cache if not already done by OF */
pegasos_set_l2cr();
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
index f0b7146..fdb9b1c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
@@ -257,11 +257,6 @@ static void __init pSeries_setup_arch(void)
/* init to some ~sane value until calibrate_delay() runs */
loops_per_jiffy = 50000000;
- if (ROOT_DEV == 0) {
- printk("No ramdisk, default root is /dev/sda2\n");
- ROOT_DEV = Root_SDA2;
- }
-
fwnmi_init();
/* Find and initialize PCI host bridges */