From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Art Nikpal <email2tema@gmail.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: using deprecated initrd support, will be removed in 2021
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021 09:13:29 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210304081329.GA12996@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKaHn9KMef4ahpEFEYiS+V2CnJSDK_w+MWLfPkgUb_+vJEGH4Q@mail.gmail.com>
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.
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