[PATCH 02/62] init: remove deprecated "prompt_ramdisk" command line parameter, which does nothing

Askar Safin safinaskar at zohomail.com
Sat Sep 13 08:38:37 AEST 2025


This is preparation for initrd removal

Signed-off-by: Askar Safin <safinaskar at zohomail.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 --
 arch/arm/configs/neponset_defconfig             | 2 +-
 init/do_mounts_rd.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 d3b05ce249ff..f940c1184912 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -5229,8 +5229,6 @@
 			Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
 				statistical time based profiling.
 
-	prompt_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
-
 	prot_virt=	[S390] enable hosting protected virtual machines
 			isolated from the hypervisor (if hardware supports
 			that). If enabled, the default kernel base address
diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/neponset_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/neponset_defconfig
index 16f7300239da..4d720001c12e 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) 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) mem=32M noinitrd initrd=0xc0800000,3M"
 CONFIG_FPE_NWFPE=y
 CONFIG_PM=y
 CONFIG_MODULES=y
diff --git a/init/do_mounts_rd.c b/init/do_mounts_rd.c
index ac021ae6e6fa..f7d53bc21e41 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts_rd.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts_rd.c
@@ -17,13 +17,6 @@
 static struct file *in_file, *out_file;
 static loff_t in_pos, out_pos;
 
-static int __init prompt_ramdisk(char *str)
-{
-	pr_warn("ignoring the deprecated prompt_ramdisk= option\n");
-	return 1;
-}
-__setup("prompt_ramdisk=", prompt_ramdisk);
-
 int __initdata rd_image_start;		/* starting block # of image */
 
 static int __init ramdisk_start_setup(char *str)
-- 
2.47.2



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