linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 14/23] initrd: mark initrd support as deprecated

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Message-ID: <70ab2c0f-ca6b-441a-8d28-8597724e4013@t-8ch.de>
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2024 20:49:01 +0200
From: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, 
	Song Liu <song@...nel.org>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, 
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/23] initrd: mark initrd support as deprecated

Hi,

On 2020-07-14 21:04:18+0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> The classic initial ramdisk has been replaced by the much more
> flexible and efficient initramfs a long time.  Warn about it being
> removed soon.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> ---
>  init/do_mounts_initrd.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
> index 57ad5b2da8f5f5..e08669187d63be 100644
> --- a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
> +++ b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
> @@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ static void __init handle_initrd(void)
>  	extern char *envp_init[];
>  	int error;
>  
> +	pr_warn("using deprecated initrd support, will be removed in 2021.\n");
> +

I stumbled upon this today.
Apparently the "soon" never happened in 2021.

If this is still meant to happen I can send a series to remove it.

>  	real_root_dev = new_encode_dev(ROOT_DEV);
>  	create_dev("/dev/root.old", Root_RAM0);
>  	/* mount initrd on rootfs' /root */
> -- 
> 2.27.0