[PATCH 12/17] initrd: mark initrd support as deprecated

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The classic initial ramdisk has been replaced by the much more
flexible and efficient initramfs a long time.  Warn about it being
removed soon.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
---
 init/do_mounts_initrd.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
index 57ad5b2da8f5f5..e08669187d63be 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ static void __init handle_initrd(void)
 	extern char *envp_init[];
 	int error;
 
+	pr_warn("using deprecated initrd support, will be removed in 2021.\n");
+
 	real_root_dev = new_encode_dev(ROOT_DEV);
 	create_dev("/dev/root.old", Root_RAM0);
 	/* mount initrd on rootfs' /root */
-- 
2.26.2




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