efi_load_initrd(9)

💫 efi_load_initrd(9) 💫

okay so bestie, welcome to efi_load_initrd — it's a kernel API manual page, and yes it's from the Kernel API Manual section 9, and yes we're gonna get through it together 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

efi_load_initrd — literally just: Load initial RAM disk. That's the whole vibe. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

efi_status_t efi_load_initrd (efi_loaded_image_t *image , unsigned long
soft_limit , unsigned long hard_limit , const struct linux_efi_initrd
**out );

like, exact characters, no cap — copy that into your editor and it'll eat 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

okay so here's the cast of characters, one bullet each, no skipping:

• image — this one's the EFI loaded image protocol. main character energy fr.
• soft_limit — the preferred address for loading the initrd. like, if it's free, great, that's the dream spot ✨
• hard_limit — the upper limit address for loading the initrd. don't go past this one, bestie 😭
• out — a pointer to store the address of the initrd table. it's where the answer gets dropped off 📦

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

status code. that's it. that's the return value, lowkey iconic in its brevity 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

so many friends in the group chat, let's go:

• Kernel file ./drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c — yeah that's the whole path, don't @ me 🙈
• efi_parse_options(9)
• efi_exit_boot_services(9)
• get_efi_config_table(9)
• efi_load_initrd_dev_path(9)
• efi_wait_for_key(9)
• efi_remap_image(9)

all of them sit at section 9, every single one, iykyk 💜

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ngl bestie, if you're touching this, you're already deep in EFI stub territory — read the whole page before you ship anything 🫶

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and that's the page!! mwah 💋

sign-off time, cutely: this one lives under ./drivers/firmware/efi/libstub, it's dated October 2026, and it's the efi_load_initrd(9) page — that's the version-and-date energy, periodt 🧚‍♀️⭐🍓