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charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Oct 10, 2025 at 12:42=E2=80=AFPM Askar Safin = wrote: > > Remove linuxrc initrd code path, which was deprecated in 2020. > > Initramfs and (non-initial) RAM disks (i. e. brd) still work. > > Both built-in and bootloader-supplied initramfs still work. > > Non-linuxrc initrd code path (i. e. using /dev/ram as final root > filesystem) still works, but I put deprecation message into it ... > - 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. --=20 With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko