remove support for -m to add a startup message

Signed-off-by: Dave Reisner <d@falconindy.com>

4 files changed, 1 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/init b/init
index 6c8f7d7..b9ea04e 100644
--- a/init
+++ b/init
@@ -80,10 +80,6 @@ if [ "${break}" = "y" ]; then
     launch_interactive_shell
 fi
 
-if [ -f "/message" ]; then
-    msg "$(cat /message)"
-fi
-
 # Mount root at /new_root
 mkdir -p /new_root
 ${mount_handler} /new_root
diff --git a/install/base b/install/base
index bd1349b..40f9c25 100644
--- a/install/base
+++ b/install/base
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ build()
     add_file "/lib/initcpio/init_functions" "/init_functions"
     add_file "/lib/initcpio/init" "/init"
     add_file "${CONFIG}" "/config"
-    if [ -n "${MESSAGE}" ]; then
-        echo -e "${MESSAGE}" > ${MESSAGEFILE}
-        add_file "${MESSAGEFILE}" "/message"
-    fi
     add_file "/etc/modprobe.d/usb-load-ehci-first.conf"
     SCRIPT=""
 }
diff --git a/mkinitcpio b/mkinitcpio
index 295d194..3e3b684 100755
--- a/mkinitcpio
+++ b/mkinitcpio
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 shopt -s extglob
 
 # Settings
-MESSAGEFILE=$TMPDIR/message
 KERNELVERSION=$(uname -r)
 FUNCTIONS=functions
 CONFIG=mkinitcpio.conf
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ INSTDIR=install
 PRESETDIR=mkinitcpio.d
 COMPRESSION=gzip
 
-declare TMPDIR BASEDIR MODULE_FILE GENIMG PRESET MESSAGE COMPRESSION_OPTIONS BUILDROOT
+declare TMPDIR BASEDIR MODULE_FILE GENIMG PRESET COMPRESSION_OPTIONS BUILDROOT
 declare NC= BOLD= BLUE= GREEN= RED= YELLOW=
 declare -i QUIET=1 SHOW_AUTOMODS=0 SAVELIST=0 COLOR=1
 declare -a SKIPHOOKS ADDED_MODULES
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ usage: $APPNAME [options]
    -L               List all available hooks.
    -M               Display modules found via autodetection.
    -n               Disable colorized output messages.
-   -m MESSAGE       Print MESSAGE before passing control to init.
    -p PRESET        Build specified preset from /etc/mkinitcpio.d
    -S SKIPHOOKS     Skip SKIPHOOKS (comma-separated) when building the image.
    -s               Save build directory. default: no
@@ -109,7 +107,6 @@ while getopts ':c:k:sb:g:p:m:nvH:LMhS:t:' arg; do
         b) BASEDIR="${OPTARG}" ;;
         g) GENIMG="${OPTARG}" ;;
         p) PRESET="${OPTARG}" ;;
-        m) MESSAGE="${OPTARG}" ;;
         n) COLOR=0 ;;
         v) QUIET=0 ;;
         S) OLDIFS=${IFS}
@@ -177,7 +174,6 @@ if [[ $PRESET ]]; then
         # Use -b, -m and -v options specified earlier
         declare -a preset_mkopts preset_cmd
         [[ $BASEDIR ]] && preset_mkopts+=(-b "$BASEDIR")
-        [[ $MESSAGE ]] && preset_mkopts+=(-m "$MESSAGE")
         (( QUIET )) || preset_mkopts+=(-v)
         # Build all images
         . "$PRESETDIR/$PRESET.preset"
diff --git a/mkinitcpio.5.txt b/mkinitcpio.5.txt
index 66bab68..9871099 100644
--- a/mkinitcpio.5.txt
+++ b/mkinitcpio.5.txt
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ Options
 *-p* 'preset'::
 	Build initial ramdisk according to specified 'preset'. Presets are found in /etc/mkinitcpio.d
 
-*-m* 'message'::
-	Print 'message' before passing control to init.
-
 *-n*::
 	Disable color output.