3 - improved hostonly device recognition
4 - improved hostonly module recognition
5 - add dracut.css for dracut.html
6 - do not install udev rules from /etc in generic mode
7 - fixed LABEL= parsing for swap devices
8 - fixed iBFT network setup
9 - url-lib.sh: handle 0-size files with curl
10 - dracut.asc: document debugging dracut on shutdown
11 - if rd.md=0, use dmraid for imsm and ddf
12 - skip empty dracut modules
13 - removed caching of kernel cmdline
14 - fixed iso-scan, if the loop device driver is a kernel module
15 - bcache: support new blkid
16 - fixed ifup udev rules
17 - ifup with dhcp, if no "ip=" specified for the interface
21 - add parameter --print-cmdline
22 This prints the kernel command line parameters for the current disk
24 $ dracut --print-cmdline
25 rd.luks.uuid=luks-e68c8906-6542-4a26-83c4-91b4dd9f0471
26 rd.lvm.lv=debian/root rd.lvm.lv=debian/usr root=/dev/mapper/debian-root
27 rootflags=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered
29 - dracut.sh: add --persistent-policy option and persistent_policy conf option
30 --persistent-policy <policy>:
31 Use <policy> to address disks and partitions.
32 <policy> can be any directory name found in /dev/disk.
33 E.g. "by-uuid", "by-label"
34 - dracut now creates the initramfs without udevadm
35 that means the udev database does not have to populated
36 and the initramfs can be built in a chroot with
37 /sys /dev /proc mounted
38 - renamed dracut_install() to inst_multiple() for consistent naming
39 - if $libdirs is unset, fall back to ld.so.cache paths
40 - always assemble /usr device in initramfs
41 - bash module added (disable it, if you really want dash)
42 - continue to boot, if the main loop times out, in systemd mode
43 - removed inst*() shell pure versions, dracut-install binary is in charge now
44 - fixed ifcfg file generation for vlan
45 - do not include adjtime and localtime anymore
46 - fixed generation of zfcp.conf of CMS setups
47 - install vt102 terminfo
48 dracut_install() is still there for backwards compat
49 - do not strip files in FIPS mode
50 - fixed iBFT interface configuration
51 - fs-lib: install fsck and fsck.ext*
52 - shutdown: fixed killall_proc_mountpoint()
53 - network: also wait for ethernet interfaces to setup
54 - fixed checking for FIPS mode
68 - do not include the resume dracut module in hostonly mode,
70 - don't warn twice about omitted modules
71 - use systemd-cat for logging on systemd systems, if logfile is unset
72 - fixed PARTUUID parsing
73 - support kernel module signing keys
74 - do not install the usrmount dracut module in hostonly mode,
75 if /sbin/init does not live in /usr
76 - add debian udev rule files
77 - add support for bcache
78 - network: handle bootif style interfaces
79 e.g. ip=77-77-6f-6f-64-73:dhcp
80 - add support for kmod static devnodes
81 - add vlan support for iBFT
94 - support new persistent network interface names
95 - fix findmnt calls, prevents hang on stale NFS mounts
96 - add systemd.slice and slice.target units
98 - support root=PARTLABEL= and root=PARTUUID=
99 - terminfo: only install l/linux v/vt100 and v/vt220
100 - unset all LC_* and LANG, 10% faster
101 - fixed dependency loop for dracut-cmdline.service
102 - do not wait_for_dev for the root devices
103 - do not wait_for_dev for devices, if dracut-initqueue is not needed
104 - support early microcode loading with --early-microcode
105 - dmraid, let dmraid setup its own partitions
106 - sosreport renamed to rdsosreport
110 Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
115 - wait for IPv6 autoconfiguration
116 - i18n: make the default font configurable
117 To set the default font for your distribution, add
118 i18n_default_font="latarcyrheb-sun16"
119 to your /lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d/01-dist.conf distribution config.
120 - proper handle "rd.break" in systemd mode before switch-root
121 - systemd: make unit files symlinks
122 - build without dash requirement
123 - add dracut-shutdown.service.8 manpage
124 - handle MACs for "ip="
125 "ip=77-77-6f-6f-64-73:dhcp"
126 - don't explode when mixing BOOTIF and ip=
127 - 90lvm/module-setup.sh: redirect error message of lvs to /dev/null
136 - full integration of crypto devs in systemd logic
137 - support for bridge over team and vlan tagged team
138 - support multiple bonding interfaces
139 - new kernel command line param "rd.action_on_fail"
140 to control the emergency action
141 - support for bridge over a vlan tagged interface
142 - support for "iso-scan/filename" kernel parameter
143 - lsinitrd got some love and does not use "file" anymore
144 - fixed issue with noexec mounted tmp dirs
146 - dracut_install got some love
147 - fixed some /usr mounting problems
148 - ifcfg dracut module got some love and fixes
149 - default installed font is now latarcyrheb-sun16
150 - new parameters rd.live.dir and rd.live.squashimg
151 - lvm: add tools for thin provisioning
152 - also install non-hwcap libs
153 - setup correct system time and time zone in initrd
154 - s390: fixed cms setup
155 - add systemd-udevd persistent network interface naming
171 - dracut now has bash-completion
172 - require bash version 4
173 - systemd module now requires systemd >= 199
174 - dracut makes use of native systemd initrd units
175 - added hooks for new-kernel-pkg and kernel-install
176 - hostonly is now default for fedora
177 - comply with the BootLoaderSpec paths
178 http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/BootLoaderSpec
179 - added rescue module
180 - host_fs_types is now a hashmap
181 - new dracut argument "--regenerate-all"
182 - new dracut argument "--noimageifnotneeded"
183 - new man page dracut.bootup
184 - install all host filesystem drivers
185 - use -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 to build dracut-install
189 - introduce /usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d/ drop-in directory
191 /usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d/*.conf can be overwritten by the same
192 filenames in /etc/dracut.conf.d.
194 Packages should use /usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d rather than
195 /etc/dracut.conf.d for drop-in configuration files.
197 /etc/dracut.conf and /etc/dracut.conf.d belong to the system administrator.
199 - uses systemd-198 native initrd units
200 - totally rely on the fstab-generator in systemd mode for block devices
201 - dracut systemd now uses dracut.target rather than basic.target
202 - dracut systemd services optimize themselves away
203 - fixed hostonly parameter generation
204 - turn off curl globbing (fixes IPv6)
205 - modify the udev rules on install and not runtime time
206 - enable initramfs building without kernel modules (fixed regression)
207 - in the initqueue/timeout,
208 reset the main loop counter, as we see new udev events or initqueue/work
209 - fixed udev rule installation
213 - do not strip signed kernel modules
214 - add sosreport script and generate /run/initramfs/sosreport.txt
215 - make short uuid specification for allow-discards work
216 - turn off RateLimit for the systemd journal
217 - fixed MAC address assignment
218 - add systemd checkisomd5 service
219 - splitout drm kernel modules from plymouth module
220 - add 'swapoff' to initramfs to fix shutdown/reboot
221 - add team device support
222 - add pre-shutdown hook
223 - kill all processes in shutdown and report remaining ones
224 - "--device" changed to "--add-device" and "add_device=" added for conf files
225 - add memory usage trace to different hook points
226 - cope with optional field #7 in /proc/self/mountinfo
227 - lots of small bugfixes
231 - new dracut option "--device"
232 - new dracut kernel command line options "rd.auto"
233 - new dracut kernel command line options "rd.noverifyssl"
234 - new dracut option "--kernel-cmdline" and "kernel_cmdline" option for default parameters
235 - fixes for systemd and crypto
236 - fix for kexec in shutdown, if not included in initramfs
237 - create the initramfs non-world readable
238 - prelink/preunlink in the initramfs
239 - strip binaries in the initramfs by default now
241 - various dracut-install fixes
245 - resume from hibernate fixes
246 - -N option for --no-hostonly
247 - support for systemd crypto handling
248 - new dracut module "crypt-loop"
249 - deprecate the old kernel command line options
251 - honor CFLAGS for dracut-install build
253 - / is mounted according to rootflags parameter but forced ro at first.
254 Later it is remounted according to /etc/fstab + rootflags parameter
256 - support for xfs / reiserfs separate journal device
257 - new "ro_mnt" option to force ro mount of / and /usr
258 - root on cifs support
259 - dracut-install: fixed issue for /var/tmp containing a symlink
260 - only lazy resolve with ldd, if the /var/tmp partition is not mounted with "noexec"
261 - i18n: fixed inclusion of "include" keymaps
265 - fixed host-only kernel module bug
269 - fixed systemd in the initramfs (requires systemd >= 187)
270 - dracut-install: massive speedup with /var on the same filesystem with COW copy
271 - dracut-install: moved to /usr/lib/dracut until it becomes a general purpose tool
272 - new options: "rd.usrmount.ro" and "rd.skipfsck"
274 - apply "ro" on the kernel command line also to /usr
275 - mount according to fstab, if neither "ro" or "rw" is specified
276 - skip fsck for xfs and btrfs. remount is enough
277 - give emergency_shell if /usr mount failed
278 - dracut now uses getopt:
279 * options can be position independent now!!
280 * we can now use --option=<arg>
281 - added option "--kver=<kernel-version>", and the image location can be omitted
282 # dracut --kver 3.5.0-0.rc7.git1.2.fc18.x86_64
283 - dracut.sh: for --include copy also the symbolic links
284 - man pages: lsinitrd and mkinitrd added
285 - network: We do not support renaming in the kernel namespace anymore (as udev does
286 that not anymore). So, if a user wants to use ifname, he has to rename
287 to a custom namespace. "eth[0-9]+" is not allowed anymore. !!!!!
288 - resume: moved the resume process to the initqueue.
289 This should prevent accidently mounting the root file system.
290 - testsuite: add support for: make V=1 TESTS="01 20 40" check
291 $ sudo make V=1 clean check
292 now runs the testsuite in verbose mode
294 $ sudo make TESTS="01 20 40" clean check
295 now only runs the 01, 20 and 40 tests.
299 - changed rd.dasd kernel parameter
300 - arm kernel modules added to kernel-modules
301 - make udevdir systemdutildir systemdsystemunitdir global vars
302 your distribution should ship those settings in
303 /etc/dracut.conf.d/01-distro.conf
304 see dracut.conf.d/fedora.conf.example
305 - kernel modules are now only handled with /sys/modules and modules.dep
307 - mdraid: wait for md devices to be clean, before shutdown
308 - ifup fixed for ipv6
309 - add PARTUUID as root=PARTUUID=<partition uuid> parameter
310 - fixed instmods() return code and set pipefail globally
311 - add 04watchdog dracut module
312 - dracut-shutdown.service: fixed ordering to be before shutdown.target
313 - make use of "ln -r" instead of shell functions, if new coreutils is installed
314 - network: support vlan tagged bonding
315 - new dracut module qemu and qemu-net to install all kernel driver
316 - fs-lib/fs-lib.sh: removed test mounting of btrfs and xfs
317 - no more "mknod" in the initramfs!!
318 - replaced all "tr" calls with "sed"
319 - speedup with lazy kernel module dependency resolving
320 - lots of speedup optimizations and last but not least
322 - new binary to significanlty speedup the installation process
323 - dracut-functions.sh makes use of it, if installed
328 - initqueue/online hook
329 - fixes for ifcfg write out
330 - rootfs-block: avoid remount when options don't change
331 - Debian multiarch support
332 - virtfs root filesystem support
333 - cope with systemd-udevd
334 - mount tmpfs with strictatime
335 - include all kernel/drivers/net/phy drivers
336 - add debug_on() and debug_off() functions
337 - add arguments for source_hook() and source_all()
339 - plymouth: get consoledev from /sys/class/tty/console/active
340 - experimental systemd dracut module for systemd in the initramfs
341 - install xhci-hcd kernel module
342 - dracut: new "--mount" option
343 - lsinitrd: new option --printsize
344 - ARM storage kernel modules added
345 - s390 cms conf file support
346 - /etc/initrd-release in the initrd
348 - full bonding and bridge support
349 - removed scsi_wait_scan kernel module from standard install
350 - support rd.luks.allow-discards and honor options in crypttab
355 - lvm: ignore lvm mirrors
356 - lsinitrd: handle LZMA images
357 - iscsi: add rd.iscsi.param
358 - iscsi: add iscsi interface binding
359 - new module cms to read and handle z-Series cms config files
360 - fixed fstab.sys handling
361 - new dracut option "--tmpdir"
362 - new dracut option "--no-hostonly"
363 - nbd: name based nbd connects
364 - converted manpage and documentation source to asciidoc
365 - write-ifcfg fixes and cleanups
366 - ifup is now done in the initqueue
368 - initqueue/online is now for hooks, which require network
369 - no more /tmp/root.info
370 - 98pollcdrom: factored out the ugly cdrom polling in the main loop
371 - simplified rd.luks.uuid testing
372 - removed "egrep" and "ls" calls
373 - speedup kernel module installation
374 - make bzip2 optional
379 - a _lot_ faster than dracut-016 in image creation
380 - systemd service dracut-shutdown.service
382 - ssh-client module install fix
383 - root=iscsi:... fixed
384 - lots of restructuring and optimizing in dracut-functions.sh
385 - usrmount: honor fs_passno in /etc/fstab
386 - renamed all shell scripts to .sh
387 - new option "--omit-drivers" and config option "omit_drivers"
388 - hostonly mode fixups
393 - honor binaries in sbin first
394 - fixed usrmount module
395 - added systemd service for shutdown
396 - fixed terminfo on distros with /usr/share/terminfo
397 - reload udev rules after "pre-trigger" hook
398 - improved test suite
399 - new parameter "--omit-drivers" and new conf param omit_drivers
400 - "--offroot" support for mdraid
401 - new libs: net-lib.sh, nfs-lib.sh, url-lib.sh, img-lib.sh
402 full of functions to use in your dracut module
406 - hostonly mode automatically adds command line options for root and /usr
407 - --add-fstab --mount parameters
409 - --ctty option: add job control
410 - cleanup /run/initramfs
412 - /sbin/ifup can be called directly
413 - support kernel modules compressed with xz
414 - s390 iscsi modules added
416 - lsinitrd can handle concatened images
417 - lsinitrd can sort by size
421 - new dracut arguments:
430 - new kernel options:
434 - dracut move from /sbin to /usr/bin
435 - dracut modules dir moved from /usr/share/dracut to /usr/lib/dracut
436 - profiling with "dracut --profile"
437 - new TEST-16-DMSQUASH, test for Fedora LiveCDs
438 - speedup of initramfs creation
439 - ask_for_password fallback to CLI
440 - mdraid completely switched to incremental assembly
441 - no more cdrom polling
442 - "switch_root" breakpoint is now very late
445 - fs-lib dracut module for fscks added
446 - xen dracut module removed
447 - usb mass storage kernel drivers now included
448 - usrmount dracut module added:
449 mount /usr if found in /sysroot/etc/fstab
450 - only include fsck helper needed for hostonly
451 - fcoe: support for bnx2fc
452 - support iSCSI drivers: qla4xxx, cxgb3i, cxgb4i, bnx2i, be2iscsi
453 - fips-aesni dracut module added
454 - add install_items to dracut.conf
455 install_items+=" <file>[ <file> ...] "
456 - speedup internal testsuite
457 - internal testsuite: store temporary data in a temporary dir
461 - speedup of initramfs creation
462 - fixed inst_dir for symbolic links
463 - add unix kernel module
467 - better fsck handling
468 - fixed wait condition for LVM volumes
469 - fix for hardlinks (welcome Debian! :-)
471 - automatic busybox symlink creation
472 - try to mount /usr, if init points to a path in /usr
473 - btrfs with multiple devices
474 - "--force-add" option for dracut, to force-add dracut modules,
475 without hostonly checks
476 - lsinitrd also display the initramfs size in human readable form
477 - livenet module, to mount live-isos over http
478 - masterkey,ecryptfs,integrity security modules
479 - initqueue/timeout queue e.g. for starting degraded raids
480 - "make rpm" creates an rpm with an increasing release number from any
482 - support lvm mirrors
483 - start degraded lvm mirrors after a timeout
484 - start degraded md raids after a timeout
485 - getarg() now returns wildcards without file matching to the current fs
490 - use udev-168 features for shutting down udev
491 - introduce "--prefix" to put all initramfs files in e.g "/run/initramfs"
492 - new shutdown script (called by systemd >= 030) to disassemble the root device
494 - new module for gpg-encrypted keys - 91crypt-gpg
499 - plymouth: use /run/plymouth/pid instead of /run/initramfs/plymouth
500 - add "/lib/firmware/updates" to default firmware path
507 - better argument handling
510 - hooks moved to /lib/dracut/hooks in initramfs
511 - rd.driver.{blacklist|pre|post} accept comma separated driver list
512 - iSCSI: iSCSI Boot Firmware Table (iBFT) support
514 - live image: support for generic rootfs.img (instead of ext3fs.img)
520 - removed --ignore-kernel-modules option (no longer necessary)
521 - renamed kernel command line arguments to follow the rd. naming scheme
522 - merged check, install, installkernel to module-setup.sh
523 - support for bzip2 and xz compressed initramfs images.
524 - source code beautification
525 - lots of documentation
526 - lsinitrd: "catinitrd" functionality
527 - dracut: --list-modules
528 - lvm: support for dynamic LVM SNAPSHOT root volume
529 - 95fstab-sys: mount all /etc/fstab.sys volumes before switch_root
530 - 96insmodpost dracut module
531 - rd.shell=1 per default
532 - rootfs-block:mount-root.sh add fsck
533 - busybox shell replacements module
534 - honor old "real_init="
535 - 97biosdevname dracut module
539 - module i18n is no longer fedora/red hat specific (Amadeusz Żołnowski)
540 - distribution specific conf file
542 - debug module now has fsck
543 - use "hardlink", if available, to save some space
544 - /etc/dracut.conf can be overwritten by settings in /etc/dracut.conf.d/*.conf
545 - gentoo splash module
546 - --ignore-kernel-modules option
547 - crypto keys on external devices support
552 - fixed mdraid with IMSM
553 - fixed dracut manpages
554 - dmraid parse different error messages
555 - add cdrom polling mechanism for slow cdroms
557 - add btrfsctl scan for btrfs multi-devices (raid)
558 - teach dmsquash live-root to use rootflags
559 - trigger udev with action=add
560 - fixed add_drivers handling
562 - use pigz instead of gzip, if available
563 - boot from LVM mirrors and snapshots
564 - iscsi: add support for multiple netroot=iscsi:
565 - Support old version of module-init-tools
566 - got rid of rdnetdebug
568 - dracut.conf: use "+=" as default for config variables
573 - dcb support to dracut's FCoE support
574 - add readonly overlay support for dmsquash
575 - add keyboard kernel modules
576 - dracut.conf: added add_dracutmodules
577 - add /etc/dracut.conf.d
578 - add preliminary IPv6 support
583 - dracut-lib: read multiple lines from $init/etc/cmdline
584 - lsinitrd and mkinitrd
585 - dmsquash: add support for loopmounted *.iso files
586 - lvm: add rd_LVM_LV and "--poll n"
587 - user suspend support
588 - add additional drivers in host-only mode, too
589 - improved emergency shell
590 - support for compressed kernel modules
591 - support for loading Xen modules
592 - rdloaddriver kernel command line parameter
593 - man pages for dracut-catimages and dracut-gencmdline
598 - add debian package modules
599 - add dracut.conf manpage
600 - add module 90multipath
602 - crypt: ignore devices in /etc/crypttab (root is not in there)
603 unless rd_NO_CRYPTTAB is specified
604 - kernel-modules: add scsi_dh scsi_dh_rdac scsi_dh_emc
605 - add multinic support
606 - add s390 zfcp support
607 - add s390 dasd support
608 - add s390 network support
609 - fixed dracut-gencmdline for root=UUID or LABEL
610 - do not destroy assembled raid arrays if mdadm.conf present
612 - let udevd not resolve group and user names
613 - moved network from udev to initqueue
614 - improved debug output: specifying "rdinitdebug" now logs
615 to dmesg, console and /init.log
616 - strip kernel modules which have no x bit set
617 - redirect stdin, stdout, stderr all RW to /dev/console
618 so the user can use "less" to view /init.log and dmesg
619 - add new device mapper udev rules and dmeventd
620 - fixed dracut-gencmdline for root=UUID or LABEL
621 - do not destroy assembled raid arrays if mdadm.conf present
623 - let udevd not resolve group and user names
624 - preserve timestamps of tools on initramfs generation
625 - generate symlinks for binaries correctly
626 - moved network from udev to initqueue
627 - mount nfs3 with nfsvers=3 option and retry with nfsvers=2
628 - fixed nbd initqueue-finished
629 - improved debug output: specifying "rdinitdebug" now logs
630 to dmesg, console and /init.log
631 - strip kernel modules which have no x bit set
632 - redirect stdin, stdout, stderr all RW to /dev/console
633 so the user can use "less" to view /init.log and dmesg
634 - make install of new dm/lvm udev rules optionally
635 - add new device mapper udev rules and dmeventd
636 - Fix LiveCD boot regression
637 - bail out if selinux policy could not be loaded and
638 selinux=0 not specified on kernel command line
639 - do not cleanup dmraids
644 - add ifname= argument for persistent netdev names
645 - new /initqueue-finished to check if the main loop can be left
646 - copy mdadm.conf if --mdadmconf set or mdadmconf in dracut.conf
647 - plymouth: use plymouth-populate-initrd
648 - add add_drivers for dracut and dracut.conf
649 - add modprobe scsi_wait_scan to be sure everything was scanned
650 - fix for several problems with md raid containers
651 - fix for selinux policy loading
652 - fix for mdraid for IMSM
653 - fix for bug, which prevents installing 61-persistent-storage.rules (bug #520109)
654 - fix for missing grep for md
658 - better --hostonly checks
659 - better lvm/mdraid/dmraid handling
660 - fcoe booting support
661 Supported cmdline formats:
662 fcoe=<networkdevice>:<dcb|nodcb>
663 fcoe=<macaddress>:<dcb|nodcb>
665 Note currently only nodcb is supported, the dcb option is reserved for
668 Note letters in the macaddress must be lowercase!
672 fcoe=4A:3F:4C:04:F8:D7:nodcb
674 - Syslog support for dracut
675 This module provides syslog functionality in the initrd.
676 This is especially interesting when complex configuration being
677 used to provide access to the device the rootfs resides on.
682 - let plymouth attach to the terminal (nice text output now)
683 - new kernel command line parameter "rdinfo" show dracut output, even when
685 - rd_LUKS_UUID is now handled correctly
686 - dracut-gencmdline: rd_LUKS_UUID and rd_MD_UUID is now correctly generated
687 - now generates initrd-generic with around 15MB
692 - iSCSI with username and password
693 - support for live images (dmsquashed live images)
694 - iscsi_firmware fixes
700 - dracut: strip binaries in initramfs
703 strip binaries in the initramfs (default)
706 do not strip binaries in the initramfs
709 Usage: ./dracut-catimages [OPTION]... <initramfs> <base image>
711 Creates initial ramdisk image by concatenating several images from the
713 line and /boot/dracut/
715 -f, --force Overwrite existing initramfs file.
716 -i, --imagedir Directory with additional images to add
717 (default: /boot/dracut/)
718 -o, --overlaydir Overlay directory, which contains files that
719 will be used to create an additional image
720 --nooverlay Do not use the overlay directory
721 --noimagedir Do not use the additional image directory
722 -h, --help This message
723 --debug Output debug information of the build process
724 -v, --verbose Verbose output during the build process
730 - dracut: add --kernel-only and --no-kernel arguments
733 only install kernel drivers and firmware files
736 do not install kernel drivers and firmware files
738 All kernel module related install commands moved from "install"
741 For "--kernel-only" all installkernel scripts of the specified
742 modules are used, regardless of any checks, so that all modules
743 which might be needed by any dracut generic image are in.
745 The basic idea is to create two images. One image with the kernel
746 modules and one without. So if the kernel changes, you only have
747 to replace one image.
749 Grub and the kernel can handle multiple images, so grub entry can
752 title Fedora (2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586)
754 kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586 ro rhgb quiet
755 initrd /initrd-20090722.img /initrd-kernel-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586.img /initrd-config.img
758 the image provided by the initrd rpm
759 one old backup version is kept like with the kernel
761 initrd-kernel-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586.img
762 the image provided by the kernel rpm
765 optional image with local configuration files
767 - dracut: add --kmoddir directory, where to look for kernel modules
770 specify the directory, where to look for kernel modules
776 - more generic (all plymouth modules, all keyboards, all console fonts)
777 - more kernel command line parameters (see also man dracut(8))
778 - a helper tool, which generates the kernel command line (dracut-gencmdline)
779 - bridged network boot
780 - a lot of new command line parameter
785 - firmware loading support
786 - new internal queue (initqueue)
787 initqueue now loops until /dev/root exists or root is mounted
789 init now has the following points to inject scripts:
792 scripts for command line parsing
795 scripts to run before udev is started
798 scripts to run before the main udev trigger is pulled
801 runs in parallel to the udev trigger
802 Udev events can add scripts here with /sbin/initqueue.
803 If /sbin/initqueue is called with the "--onetime" option, the script
804 will be removed after it was run.
805 If /initqueue/work is created and udev >= 143 then this loop can
806 process the jobs in parallel to the udevtrigger.
807 If the udev queue is empty and no root device is found or no root
808 filesystem was mounted, the user will be dropped to a shell after
810 Scripts can remove themselves from the initqueue by "rm $job".
813 scripts to run before the root filesystem is mounted
814 NFS is an exception, because it has no device node to be created
815 and mounts in the udev events
818 scripts to mount the root filesystem
819 NFS is an exception, because it has no device node to be created
820 and mounts in the udev events
821 If the udev queue is empty and no root device is found or no root
822 filesystem was mounted, the user will be dropped to a shell after
826 scripts to run before the real init is executed and the initramfs
828 All processes started before should be killed here.
830 The behaviour of the dmraid module demonstrates how to use the new
831 mechanism. If it detects a device which is part of a raidmember from a
832 udev rule, it installs a job to scan for dmraid devices, if the udev
833 queue is empty. After a scan, it removes itsself from the queue.
840 - first public version