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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-02-09 11:03:25 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-02-09 11:03:25 -0800 |
| commit | 996812c453cafa042f2e674738dbf8fa495661f3 (patch) | |
| tree | 1270405d45f82943fbe40a3710af12425c52960d /Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl | |
| parent | 4b6c6bc6fab51684cc129f91211734f87db6b065 (diff) | |
| parent | ef12d0573a7f5e7a495e81d773ae5f3e98230cd4 (diff) | |
Merge tag 'vfs-7.0-rc1.initrd' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs
Pull vfs initrd removal from Christian Brauner:
"Remove the deprecated linuxrc-based initrd code path and related dead
code. The linuxrc initrd path was deprecated in 2020 and this series
completes its removal. If we see real-life regressions we'll revert.
The core change removes handle_initrd() and init_linuxrc() — the
entire flow that ran /linuxrc from an initrd, pivoted roots, and
handed off to the real root filesystem. With that gone, initrd_load()
becomes void (no longer short-circuits prepare_namespace()),
rd_load_image() is simplified to always load /initrd.image instead of
taking a path, and rd_load_disk() is deleted.
The /proc/sys/kernel/real-root-dev sysctl and its backing variable are
removed since they only existed for linuxrc to communicate the real
root device back to the kernel.
The no-op load_ramdisk= and prompt_ramdisk= parameters are dropped,
and noinitrd and ramdisk_start= gain deprecation warnings.
Initramfs is entirely unaffected. The non-linuxrc initrd path
(root=/dev/ram0) is preserved but now carries a deprecation warning
targeting January 2027 removal"
* tag 'vfs-7.0-rc1.initrd' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs:
init: remove /proc/sys/kernel/real-root-dev
initrd: remove deprecated code path (linuxrc)
init: remove deprecated "load_ramdisk" and "prompt_ramdisk" command line parameters
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 6 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst index 239da22c4e28..bb577fac76a0 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst @@ -1235,12 +1235,6 @@ that support this feature. == =========================================================================== -real-root-dev -============= - -See Documentation/admin-guide/initrd.rst. - - reboot-cmd (SPARC only) ======================= |