[PATCH RESEND 11/62] init, efi: remove "noinitrd" command line parameter
From: Askar Safin <hidden>
Date: 2025-09-13 00:52:04
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It was inconsistent before initrd removal: it mostly controlled initrd only, but in EFI stub boot mode it controlled both initrd and initramfs Signed-off-by: Askar Safin <redacted> --- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 --- arch/arm/configs/collie_defconfig | 2 +- arch/arm/configs/imx_v6_v7_defconfig | 2 +- arch/arm/configs/neponset_defconfig | 2 +- arch/arm/configs/spitz_defconfig | 2 +- drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c | 5 +---- init/do_mounts_initrd.c | 9 --------- 7 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 07e8878f1e13..ad52e3d26014 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt@@ -4271,9 +4271,6 @@ Note that this argument takes precedence over the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option. - noinitrd [RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured - initial RAM disk. - nointremap [X86-64,Intel-IOMMU,EARLY] Do not enable interrupt remapping. [Deprecated - use intremap=off]
diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/collie_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/collie_defconfig
index 578c6a4af620..00dc8ae22824 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/collie_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/collie_defconfig@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_MULTI_V4=y # CONFIG_ARCH_MULTI_V7 is not set CONFIG_ARCH_SA1100=y CONFIG_SA1100_COLLIE=y -CONFIG_CMDLINE="noinitrd root=/dev/mtdblock2 rootfstype=jffs2 fbcon=rotate:1" +CONFIG_CMDLINE="root=/dev/mtdblock2 rootfstype=jffs2 fbcon=rotate:1" CONFIG_FPE_NWFPE=y CONFIG_PM=y # CONFIG_SWAP is not set
diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/imx_v6_v7_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/imx_v6_v7_defconfig
index 9a57763a8d38..b53ae2c052fc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/imx_v6_v7_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/imx_v6_v7_defconfig@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ CONFIG_SMP=y CONFIG_ARM_PSCI=y CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y CONFIG_ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER=13 -CONFIG_CMDLINE="noinitrd console=ttymxc0,115200" +CONFIG_CMDLINE="console=ttymxc0,115200" CONFIG_CPU_FREQ=y CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT=y CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_ONDEMAND=y
diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/neponset_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/neponset_defconfig
index 4d720001c12e..a61eb27373a8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/neponset_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/neponset_defconfig@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ CONFIG_ASSABET_NEPONSET=y CONFIG_ZBOOT_ROM_TEXT=0x80000 CONFIG_ZBOOT_ROM_BSS=0xc1000000 CONFIG_ZBOOT_ROM=y -CONFIG_CMDLINE="console=ttySA0,38400n8 cpufreq=221200 rw root=/dev/mtdblock2 mtdparts=sa1100:512K(boot),1M(kernel),2560K(initrd),4M(root) mem=32M noinitrd initrd=0xc0800000,3M" +CONFIG_CMDLINE="console=ttySA0,38400n8 cpufreq=221200 rw root=/dev/mtdblock2 mtdparts=sa1100:512K(boot),1M(kernel),2560K(initrd),4M(root) mem=32M initrd=0xc0800000,3M" CONFIG_FPE_NWFPE=y CONFIG_PM=y CONFIG_MODULES=y
diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/spitz_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/spitz_defconfig
index ac2a0f998c73..8582b6f2cf9d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/spitz_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/spitz_defconfig@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_PXA=y CONFIG_PXA_SHARPSL=y CONFIG_MACH_AKITA=y CONFIG_MACH_BORZOI=y -CONFIG_CMDLINE="console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty1 noinitrd root=/dev/mtdblock2 rootfstype=jffs2 debug" +CONFIG_CMDLINE="console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty1 root=/dev/mtdblock2 rootfstype=jffs2 debug" CONFIG_FPE_NWFPE=y CONFIG_MODULES=y CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c
index 7aa2f9ad2935..6d89bf941d57 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ bool efi_nochunk; bool efi_nokaslr = !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE); bool efi_novamap; -static bool efi_noinitrd; static bool efi_nosoftreserve; static bool efi_disable_pci_dma = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EFI_DISABLE_PCI_DMA);
@@ -75,8 +74,6 @@ efi_status_t efi_parse_options(char const *cmdline) efi_nokaslr = true; } else if (!strcmp(param, "quiet")) { efi_loglevel = CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_QUIET; - } else if (!strcmp(param, "noinitrd")) { - efi_noinitrd = true; } else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_64) && !strcmp(param, "no5lvl")) { efi_no5lvl = true; } else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_MEM_ENCRYPT) &&
@@ -614,7 +611,7 @@ efi_status_t efi_load_initrd(efi_loaded_image_t *image, efi_status_t status = EFI_SUCCESS; struct linux_efi_initrd initrd, *tbl; - if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD) || efi_noinitrd) + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD)) return EFI_SUCCESS; status = efi_load_initrd_dev_path(&initrd, hard_limit);
diff --git a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
index 308744254c08..bec1c5d684a3 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ unsigned long initrd_start, initrd_end; int initrd_below_start_ok; static unsigned int real_root_dev; /* do_proc_dointvec cannot handle kdev_t */ -static int __initdata mount_initrd = 1; phys_addr_t phys_initrd_start __initdata; unsigned long phys_initrd_size __initdata;
@@ -39,14 +38,6 @@ static __init int kernel_do_mounts_initrd_sysctls_init(void) late_initcall(kernel_do_mounts_initrd_sysctls_init); #endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */ -static int __init no_initrd(char *str) -{ - mount_initrd = 0; - return 1; -} - -__setup("noinitrd", no_initrd); - static int __init early_initrdmem(char *p) { phys_addr_t start;
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