On Wed, Mar 03, 2021 at 05:18:05PM +0800, Art Nikpal wrote: > hello Christoph > i have see your patch https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/7/14/1508 > /* using deprecated initrd support, will be removed in 2021*/ > > How can I clarify the situation ?! > > im using squashfs as ramdisk / all system works as all in ram kernel + > initrd (squashfs) > and i think it's very useful - how can we replace it ?
With a simple initramfs, you should be able to chose the same compression algorithms as you do for squashfs right now and generate a better image. > and another question: why need to remove it - if it works fine ? It causes a fair amount of maintainance burden in the kernel, and also is less efficient for the user.
