Re: [PATCH-RFC] init: simplify initrd code (was Re: [PATCH RESEND 00/62] initrd: remove classic initrd support).
From: Askar Safin <hidden>
Date: 2025-10-10 04:57:58
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On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM [off-list ref] wrote:
- drop prompt_ramdisk and ramdisk_start kernel parameters - drop compression support - drop image autodetection, the whole /initrd.image content is now copied into /dev/ram0 - remove rd_load_disk() which doesn't seem to be used anywhere.
I welcome any initrd simplification!
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