On 01/02/2016 11:28 AM, Mitt Green <mitt_green@???> wrote:
>> I think that there is no real alternative to initrd/initramfs for a
>> >general-purpose kernel, as those included in the install image of a
>> >distro. At the same time, nothing prevents a user from compiling and
>> >installing her own preferred kernel, with or without initramfs.
> What prevents devs (kernels packages' maintainers)
> from compiling a kernel without initramfs support? (:
>
> Peace,
> Mitt

Without the initramfs support the distro would not run in live mode.

    Aitor.