On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 9:58 AM, Neil Horman <nhorman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I was usually under the impression that it was at this point just a nomenclature > thing. Initrds used to be fs image files that were mounted via loopback block > devices while initramfs files are cpio files that are copied into a tmpfs file > system. I thought both dracut and kernel install targets used initramfs at this > point, but the latter just kept the naming for convienience. > > Note, I've always just assumed this, not directly checked, so I may be wrong. > > Neil AFAIK this is correct. I don't think anything actually uses initrd anymore but the name has stuck around - to refer to either initrd or initramfs. Even the plymouth initrd image is actually an initramfs (I believe). Some reading for the interested: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt https://www.linux.com/learn/linux-training/92607-the-kernel-newbie-corner-qinitrdq-and-qinitramfsq-whats-up-with-that - Donavan _______________________________________________ kernel mailing list kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kernel
