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[85.64.200.239]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-475dd477c92sm42510045e9.2.2025.10.25.10.16.40 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sat, 25 Oct 2025 10:16:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Nadav Tasher To: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: corbet@lwn.net, Nadav Tasher Subject: [PATCH] docs: replace broken links in ramfs-rootfs-initramfs docs Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2025 20:16:25 +0300 Message-ID: <20251025171625.33197-1-tashernadav@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.43.0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" 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 Acked-by: Randy Dunlap Tested-by: Randy Dunlap --- Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.rst | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.rst b/Documen= tation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.rst index fa4f81099cb4..a9d271e171c3 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.rst @@ -290,11 +290,11 @@ Why cpio rather than tar? =20 This decision was made back in December, 2001. The discussion started her= e: =20 - http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0112.2/1538.html +- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/a03cke$640$1@cesium.transmeta.com/ =20 And spawned a second thread (specifically on tar vs cpio), starting here: =20 - http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0112.2/1587.html +- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/3C25A06D.7030408@zytor.com/ =20 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: =20 - http://freecode.com/projects/afio + https://linux.die.net/man/1/afio =20 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"): =20 - http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0112.2/1540.html + - https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Pine.GSO.4.21.0112222109050.21702-10000= 0@weyl.math.psu.edu/ =20 explained his reasoning: =20 - - 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.4.21.0112222240530.21702-10000= 0@weyl.math.psu.edu/ + - https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Pine.GSO.4.21.0112230849550.23300-10000= 0@weyl.math.psu.edu/ =20 and, most importantly, designed and implemented the initramfs code. =20 --=20 2.43.0