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See commit messages for motivation and details. Askar Safin (2): init: ensure that /dev/console is (nearly) always available in initramfs init: ensure that /dev/null is (nearly) always available in initramfs .../filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.rst | 4 +-- init/do_mounts.c | 11 ++++++++ init/do_mounts.h | 2 ++ init/initramfs.c | 2 ++ init/main.c | 6 +++- init/noinitramfs.c | 28 +++---------------- usr/Makefile | 2 +- usr/default_cpio_list | 6 +--- 8 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-) base-commit: 2961f841b025fb234860bac26dfb7fa7cb0fb122 (mainline) -- 2.47.3