[PATCH RESEND 14/62] init: m68k, mips, powerpc, s390, sh: remove Root_RAM0

Askar Safin safinaskar at gmail.com
Sat Sep 13 10:37:53 AEST 2025


Root_RAM0 used to specify ramdisk as root device.
It means nothing now, so let's remove it

Signed-off-by: Askar Safin <safinaskar at gmail.com>
---
 arch/m68k/kernel/uboot.c                |  1 -
 arch/mips/kernel/setup.c                |  1 -
 arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c      | 11 ++++-------
 arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/setup.c |  4 +---
 arch/s390/kernel/setup.c                |  2 --
 arch/sh/kernel/setup.c                  |  4 +---
 include/linux/root_dev.h                |  1 -
 init/do_mounts.c                        |  2 --
 8 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/uboot.c b/arch/m68k/kernel/uboot.c
index fa7c279ead5d..d278060a250c 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/uboot.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/uboot.c
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ static void __init parse_uboot_commandline(char *commandp, int size)
 	    (uboot_initrd_end > uboot_initrd_start)) {
 		initrd_start = uboot_initrd_start;
 		initrd_end = uboot_initrd_end;
-		ROOT_DEV = Root_RAM0;
 		pr_info("initrd at 0x%lx:0x%lx\n", initrd_start, initrd_end);
 	}
 #endif /* if defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD) */
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
index 11b9b6b63e19..a78e24873231 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ static unsigned long __init init_initrd(void)
 		goto disable;
 	}
 
-	ROOT_DEV = Root_RAM0;
 	return PFN_UP(end);
 disable:
 	initrd_start = 0;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
index 68d47c53876c..97d330f3b8f1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
@@ -363,17 +363,14 @@ void __init check_for_initrd(void)
 	DBG(" -> check_for_initrd()  initrd_start=0x%lx  initrd_end=0x%lx\n",
 	    initrd_start, initrd_end);
 
-	/* If we were passed an initrd, set the ROOT_DEV properly if the values
-	 * look sensible. If not, clear initrd reference.
+	/* If we were not passed an sensible initramfs, clear initramfs reference.
 	 */
-	if (is_kernel_addr(initrd_start) && is_kernel_addr(initrd_end) &&
-	    initrd_end > initrd_start)
-		ROOT_DEV = Root_RAM0;
-	else
+	if (!(is_kernel_addr(initrd_start) && is_kernel_addr(initrd_end) &&
+	    initrd_end > initrd_start))
 		initrd_start = initrd_end = 0;
 
 	if (initrd_start)
-		pr_info("Found initrd at 0x%lx:0x%lx\n", initrd_start, initrd_end);
+		pr_info("Found initramfs at 0x%lx:0x%lx\n", initrd_start, initrd_end);
 
 	DBG(" <- check_for_initrd()\n");
 #endif /* CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/setup.c
index eb092f293113..237d8386a3f4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/setup.c
@@ -296,9 +296,7 @@ static void __init pmac_setup_arch(void)
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
-	if (initrd_start)
-		ROOT_DEV = Root_RAM0;
-	else
+	if (!initrd_start)
 #endif
 		ROOT_DEV = DEFAULT_ROOT_DEVICE;
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
index 7b529868789f..a4ce721b7fe8 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
@@ -923,8 +923,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	/* boot_command_line has been already set up in early.c */
 	*cmdline_p = boot_command_line;
 
-        ROOT_DEV = Root_RAM0;
-
 	setup_initial_init_mm(_text, _etext, _edata, _end);
 
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EXPOLINE_AUTO))
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/setup.c b/arch/sh/kernel/setup.c
index 50f1d39fe34f..c4312ee13db9 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/setup.c
@@ -147,10 +147,8 @@ void __init check_for_initrd(void)
 
 	/*
 	 * If we got this far in spite of the boot loader's best efforts
-	 * to the contrary, assume we actually have a valid initrd and
-	 * fix up the root dev.
+	 * to the contrary, assume we actually have a valid initramfs.
 	 */
-	ROOT_DEV = Root_RAM0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Address sanitization
diff --git a/include/linux/root_dev.h b/include/linux/root_dev.h
index 847c9a06101b..e411533b90b7 100644
--- a/include/linux/root_dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/root_dev.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ enum {
 	Root_NFS = MKDEV(UNNAMED_MAJOR, 255),
 	Root_CIFS = MKDEV(UNNAMED_MAJOR, 254),
 	Root_Generic = MKDEV(UNNAMED_MAJOR, 253),
-	Root_RAM0 = MKDEV(RAMDISK_MAJOR, 0),
 };
 
 extern dev_t ROOT_DEV;
diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index f0b1a83dbda4..5c407ca54063 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -437,8 +437,6 @@ static dev_t __init parse_root_device(char *root_device_name)
 		return Root_NFS;
 	if (strcmp(root_device_name, "/dev/cifs") == 0)
 		return Root_CIFS;
-	if (strcmp(root_device_name, "/dev/ram") == 0)
-		return Root_RAM0;
 
 	error = early_lookup_bdev(root_device_name, &dev);
 	if (error) {
-- 
2.47.2



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