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-rw-r--r--init/initramfs.c2
-rw-r--r--usr/Kconfig10
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c
index 8daf7ac..9d18027 100644
--- a/init/initramfs.c
+++ b/init/initramfs.c
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ static int __init populate_rootfs(void)
if (err)
panic("%s", err); /* Failed to decompress INTERNAL initramfs */
/* If available load the bootloader supplied initrd */
- if (initrd_start) {
+ if (initrd_start && !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_FORCE)) {
#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM
int fd;
printk(KERN_INFO "Trying to unpack rootfs image as initramfs...\n");
diff --git a/usr/Kconfig b/usr/Kconfig
index 6278f13..c0c4850 100644
--- a/usr/Kconfig
+++ b/usr/Kconfig
@@ -21,6 +21,16 @@ config INITRAMFS_SOURCE
If you are not sure, leave it blank.
+config INITRAMFS_FORCE
+ bool "Ignore the initramfs passed by the bootloader"
+ depends on CMDLINE_EXTEND || CMDLINE_FORCE
+ help
+ This option causes the kernel to ignore the initramfs image
+ (or initrd image) passed to it by the bootloader. This is
+ analogous to CMDLINE_FORCE, which is found on some architectures,
+ and is useful if you cannot or don't want to change the image
+ your bootloader passes to the kernel.
+
config INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID
int "User ID to map to 0 (user root)"
depends on INITRAMFS_SOURCE!=""
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