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docs: replace broken links in ramfs-rootfs-initramfs docs

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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>
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Nadav Tasher
2025-10-25 20:16:25 +03:00
committed by Jonathan Corbet
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Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.rst
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@@ -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.