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| author | Nadav Tasher <tashernadav@gmail.com> | 2025-10-25 20:16:25 +0300 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2025-10-29 16:19:26 -0600 |
| commit | 9de608a26f02b97396335bee01492f83b832dbc8 (patch) | |
| tree | abc871bc5617fa991a4b8b9d56fb025950b4dd85 /Documentation/filesystems | |
| parent | 1f6e3f2139823a76dd0e45581ac777c8285227bb (diff) | |
| download | tip-9de608a26f02b97396335bee01492f83b832dbc8.tar.gz | |
docs: replace broken links in ramfs-rootfs-initramfs docs
http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/ doesn't seem to exist anymore.
I managed to find backups on archive.org, which helped me find
the right links on https://lore.kernel.org/.
http://freecode.com/projects/afio was also down, so I figured
it could be replaced with https://linux.die.net/man/1/afio.
Replace broken links to mailing list and aifo tool.
Signed-off-by: Nadav Tasher <tashernadav@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Message-ID: <20251025171625.33197-1-tashernadav@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.rst | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.rst index fa4f81099cb448..a9d271e171c39e 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.rst @@ -290,11 +290,11 @@ Why cpio rather than tar? This decision was made back in December, 2001. The discussion started here: - http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0112.2/1538.html +- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/a03cke$640$1@cesium.transmeta.com/ And spawned a second thread (specifically on tar vs cpio), starting here: - http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0112.2/1587.html +- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/3C25A06D.7030408@zytor.com/ The quick and dirty summary version (which is no substitute for reading the above threads) is: @@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ the above threads) is: either way about the archive format, and there are alternative tools, such as: - http://freecode.com/projects/afio + https://linux.die.net/man/1/afio 2) The cpio archive format chosen by the kernel is simpler and cleaner (and thus easier to create and parse) than any of the (literally dozens of) @@ -331,12 +331,12 @@ the above threads) is: 5) Al Viro made the decision (quote: "tar is ugly as hell and not going to be supported on the kernel side"): - http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0112.2/1540.html + - https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Pine.GSO.4.21.0112222109050.21702-100000@weyl.math.psu.edu/ explained his reasoning: - - http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0112.2/1550.html - - http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0112.2/1638.html + - https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Pine.GSO.4.21.0112222240530.21702-100000@weyl.math.psu.edu/ + - https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Pine.GSO.4.21.0112230849550.23300-100000@weyl.math.psu.edu/ and, most importantly, designed and implemented the initramfs code. |