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Ts'o" , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, Michal Simek , devicetree@vger.kernel.org, Luis Chamberlain , Kees Cook , Thorsten Blum , Heiko Carstens , patches@lists.linux.dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hi, On Sat, 13 Sept 2025 at 06:42, Askar Safin wrote: > > Intro > ==== > This patchset removes classic initrd (initial RAM disk) support, > which was deprecated in 2020. > Initramfs still stays, and RAM disk itself (brd) still stays, too. There is one initrd use case in my mind, it can be extended to co-work with overlayfs as a kernel built-in solution for initrd(compressed fs image)+overlayfs. Currently we can use compressed fs images (squashfs or erofs) within initramfs, and kernel loop mount together with overlayfs, this works fine but extra pre-mount phase is needed. Thanks Dave