linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] initrd: remove deprecated code path (linuxrc)

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Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 12:59:21 +0300
From: Askar Safin <safinaskar@...il.com>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] initrd: remove deprecated code path (linuxrc)

On Fri, Oct 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@...il.com> wrote:
> > -       noinitrd        [RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
> > +       noinitrd        [Deprecated,RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
> >                         initial RAM disk.
>
> How one is supposed to run this when just having a kernel is enough?
> At least (ex)colleague of mine was a heavy user of this option for
> testing kernel builds on the real HW.

This option applies to initrd only, not to initramfs.
Except for EFI mode, when it applies to both.

I will remove this option when I remove initrd.

In EFI mode it is easy just not to pass initramfs, so all is okay.

Also I will clarify docs in v3.

Also, please, answer here:
https://lore.kernel.org/regressions/20250918183336.5633-1-safinaskar@gmail.com/

-- 
Askar Safin