Re: [PATCH RESEND 01/62] init: remove deprecated "load_ramdisk" command line parameter, which does nothing

Christophe Leroy
2025-09-15T11:50:50Z

Le 13/09/2025 à 02:37, Askar Safin a écrit :
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> This is preparation for initrd removal

Squash patch 1 and patch 2 together and say this is cleanup of two
options deprecated by commit c8376994c86c ("initrd: remove support for
multiple floppies") with the documentation by commit 6b99e6e6aa62
("Documentation/admin-guide: blockdev/ramdisk: remove use of "rdev"")

Christophe

>
> Signed-off-by: Askar Safin <safinaskar@gmail.com>
> ---
> Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 --
> arch/arm/configs/neponset_defconfig | 2 +-
> init/do_mounts.c | 7 -------
> 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index 747a55abf494..d3b05ce249ff 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -3275,8 +3275,6 @@
> If there are multiple matching configurations changing
> the same attribute, the last one is used.
>
> - load_ramdisk= [RAM] [Deprecated]
> -
> lockd.nlm_grace_period=P [NFS] Assign grace period.
> Format: <integer>
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/neponset_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/neponset_defconfig
> index 2227f86100ad..16f7300239da 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/configs/neponset_defconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/configs/neponset_defconfig
> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ CONFIG_ASSABET_NEPONSET=y
> CONFIG_ZBOOT_ROM_TEXT=0x80000
> CONFIG_ZBOOT_ROM_BSS=0xc1000000
> CONFIG_ZBOOT_ROM=y
> -CONFIG_CMDLINE="console=ttySA0,38400n8 cpufreq=221200 rw root=/dev/mtdblock2 mtdparts=sa1100:512K(boot),1M(kernel),2560K(initrd),4M(root) load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 mem=32M noinitrd initrd=0xc0800000,3M"
> +CONFIG_CMDLINE="console=ttySA0,38400n8 cpufreq=221200 rw root=/dev/mtdblock2 mtdparts=sa1100:512K(boot),1M(kernel),2560K(initrd),4M(root) prompt_ramdisk=0 mem=32M noinitrd initrd=0xc0800000,3M"
> CONFIG_FPE_NWFPE=y
> CONFIG_PM=y
> CONFIG_MODULES=y
> diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
> index 6af29da8889e..0f2f44e6250c 100644
> --- a/init/do_mounts.c
> +++ b/init/do_mounts.c
> @@ -34,13 +34,6 @@ static int root_wait;
>
> dev_t ROOT_DEV;
>
> -static int __init load_ramdisk(char *str)
> -{
> - pr_warn("ignoring the deprecated load_ramdisk= option\n");
> - return 1;
> -}
> -__setup("load_ramdisk=", load_ramdisk);
> -
> static int __init readonly(char *str)
> {
> if (*str)
> --
> 2.47.2
>
>