Hello, > > When booting with root=/dev/ram0 in the kernel commandline, > > handle_initrd() where the deprecation message resides is never called, > > which is rather unfortunate (init/do_mounts_initrd.c):
> Yes, this is unfortunate. > > I personally still think that initrd should be removed. Considering that the deprecation message didn't get displayed in some configurations, maybe it's a bit early at the very least. > I suggest using workaround I described in cover letter. I'm not too keen on having an initramfs just to loop-mount /sys/firmware/initrd, after all current kernels are able to handle the use case just fine. It looks like there is a lot of code calling into specific filesystems so that the initrd code can guess the size of the file system before copying into /dev/ram0, and I believe this is what causes the main gripe against initrd today. What is wrong with just copying /initrd.image using its actual size into /dev/ram0 instead of guessing it with the help of filesystem specific code ? > Also, for unknown reasons I didn't get your letter in my inbox. > (Not even in spam folder.) I ocasionally found it on lore.kernel.org . Sorry about that, When I used git-send-email yesterday to reply, the SMTP server I used wasn't authenticated to google, so all gmail recipients were dropped. Hopefully this work better today. Regards, -- Nicolas Schichan
