NEWS

   1 dracut-017
   2 ==========
   3 - a _lot_ faster than dracut-016 in image creation
   4 - systemd service dracut-shutdown.service
   5 - livenet fixes
   6 - ssh-client module install fix
   7 - root=iscsi:... fixed
   8 - lots of restructuring and optimizing in dracut-functions.sh
   9 - usrmount: honor fs_passno in /etc/fstab
  10 - renamed all shell scripts to .sh
  11 - new option "--omit-drivers" and config option "omit_drivers"
  12 - hostonly mode fixups
  13
  14 dracut-016
  15 ==========
  16 - fixed lsinitrd
  17 - honor binaries in sbin first
  18 - fixed usrmount module
  19 - added systemd service for shutdown
  20 - fixed terminfo on distros with /usr/share/terminfo
  21 - reload udev rules after "pre-trigger" hook
  22 - improved test suite
  23 - new parameter "--omit-drivers" and new conf param omit_drivers
  24 - "--offroot" support for mdraid
  25 - new libs: net-lib.sh, nfs-lib.sh, url-lib.sh, img-lib.sh
  26   full of functions to use in your dracut module
  27
  28 dracut-015
  29 ==========
  30 - hostonly mode automatically adds command line options for root and /usr
  31 - --add-fstab --mount parameters
  32 - ssh-client module
  33 - --ctty option: add job control
  34 - cleanup /run/initramfs
  35 - convertfs module
  36 - /sbin/ifup can be called directly
  37 - support kernel modules compressed with xz
  38 - s390 iscsi modules added
  39 - terminfo module
  40 - lsinitrd can handle concatened images
  41 - lsinitrd can sort by size
  42
  43 dracut-014
  44 ==========
  45 - new dracut arguments:
  46   --lvmconf
  47   --nolvmconf
  48   --fscks [LIST]
  49   --nofscks
  50 - new .conf options:
  51   install_items
  52   fscks
  53   nofscks
  54 - new kernel options:
  55   rd.md.ddf
  56   rd.md.waitclean
  57   plymouth.enable
  58 - dracut move from /sbin to /usr/bin
  59 - dracut modules dir moved from /usr/share/dracut to /usr/lib/dracut
  60 - profiling with "dracut --profile"
  61 - new TEST-16-DMSQUASH, test for Fedora LiveCDs
  62 - speedup of initramfs creation
  63 - ask_for_password fallback to CLI
  64 - mdraid completely switched to incremental assembly
  65 - no more cdrom polling
  66 - "switch_root" breakpoint is now very late
  67 - /dev/live is gone
  68 - /dev/root is gone
  69 - fs-lib dracut module for fscks added
  70 - xen dracut module removed
  71 - usb mass storage kernel drivers now included
  72 - usrmount dracut module added:
  73   mount /usr if found in /sysroot/etc/fstab
  74 - only include fsck helper needed for hostonly
  75 - fcoe: support for bnx2fc
  76 - support iSCSI drivers: qla4xxx, cxgb3i, cxgb4i, bnx2i, be2iscsi
  77 - fips-aesni dracut module added
  78 - add install_items to dracut.conf
  79     install_items+=" <file>[ <file> ...] "
  80 - speedup internal testsuite
  81 - internal testsuite: store temporary data in a temporary dir
  82
  83 dracut-013
  84 ==========
  85 - speedup of initramfs creation
  86 - fixed inst_dir for symbolic links
  87 - add unix kernel module
  88
  89 dracut-012
  90 ==========
  91 - better fsck handling
  92 - fixed wait condition for LVM volumes
  93 - fix for hardlinks (welcome Debian! :-)
  94 - shutdown bugfixes
  95 - automatic busybox symlink creation
  96 - try to mount /usr, if init points to a path in /usr
  97 - btrfs with multiple devices
  98 - "--force-add" option for dracut, to force-add dracut modules,
  99   without hostonly checks
 100 - lsinitrd also display the initramfs size in human readable form
 101 - livenet module, to mount live-isos over http
 102 - masterkey,ecryptfs,integrity security modules
 103 - initqueue/timeout queue e.g. for starting degraded raids
 104 - "make rpm" creates an rpm with an increasing release number from any
 105   git checkout
 106 - support lvm mirrors
 107 - start degraded lvm mirrors after a timeout
 108 - start degraded md raids after a timeout
 109 - getarg() now returns wildcards without file matching to the current fs
 110 - lots of bugfixes
 111
 112 dracut-011
 113 ==========
 114 - use udev-168 features for shutting down udev
 115 - introduce "--prefix" to put all initramfs files in e.g "/run/initramfs"
 116 - new shutdown script (called by systemd >= 030) to disassemble the root device
 117 - lots of bugfixes
 118 - new module for gpg-encrypted keys - 91crypt-gpg
 119
 120 dracut-010
 121 ==========
 122 - lots of bugfixes
 123 - plymouth: use /run/plymouth/pid instead of /run/initramfs/plymouth
 124 - add "/lib/firmware/updates" to default firmware path
 125
 126 dracut-009
 127 ==========
 128 - dracut generator
 129   - dracut-logger
 130   - xz compression
 131   - better argument handling
 132
 133 - initramfs
 134   - hooks moved to /lib/dracut/hooks in initramfs
 135   - rd.driver.{blacklist|pre|post} accept comma separated driver list
 136   - iSCSI: iSCSI Boot Firmware Table (iBFT) support
 137   - support for /run
 138   - live image: support for generic rootfs.img (instead of ext3fs.img)
 139   - caps module
 140   - FCoE: EDD support
 141
 142 dracut-008
 143 ==========
 144 - removed --ignore-kernel-modules option (no longer necessary)
 145 - renamed kernel command line arguments to follow the rd. naming scheme
 146 - merged check, install, installkernel to module-setup.sh
 147 - support for bzip2 and xz compressed initramfs images.
 148 - source code beautification
 149 - lots of documentation
 150 - lsinitrd: "catinitrd" functionality
 151 - dracut: --list-modules
 152 - lvm: support for dynamic LVM SNAPSHOT root volume
 153 - 95fstab-sys: mount all /etc/fstab.sys volumes before switch_root
 154 - 96insmodpost dracut module
 155 - rd.shell=1 per default
 156 - rootfs-block:mount-root.sh add fsck
 157 - busybox shell replacements module
 158 - honor old "real_init="
 159 - 97biosdevname dracut module
 160
 161 dracut-007
 162 ==========
 163 - module i18n is no longer fedora/red hat specific (Amadeusz Żołnowski)
 164 - distribution specific conf file
 165 - bootchartd support
 166 - debug module now has fsck
 167 - use "hardlink", if available, to save some space
 168 - /etc/dracut.conf can be overwritten by settings in /etc/dracut.conf.d/*.conf
 169 - gentoo splash module
 170 - --ignore-kernel-modules option
 171 - crypto keys on external devices support
 172 - bugfixes
 173
 174 dracut-006
 175 ==========
 176 - fixed mdraid with IMSM
 177 - fixed dracut manpages
 178 - dmraid parse different error messages
 179 - add cdrom polling mechanism for slow cdroms
 180 - add module btrfs
 181 - add btrfsctl scan for btrfs multi-devices (raid)
 182 - teach dmsquash live-root to use rootflags
 183 - trigger udev with action=add
 184 - fixed add_drivers handling
 185 - add sr_mod
 186 - use pigz instead of gzip, if available
 187 - boot from LVM mirrors and snapshots
 188 - iscsi: add support for multiple netroot=iscsi:
 189 - Support old version of module-init-tools
 190 - got rid of rdnetdebug
 191 - fixed "ip=auto6"
 192 - dracut.conf: use "+=" as default for config variables
 193 - bugfixes
 194
 195 dracut-005
 196 ==========
 197 - dcb support to dracut's FCoE support
 198 - add readonly overlay support for dmsquash
 199 - add keyboard kernel modules
 200 - dracut.conf: added add_dracutmodules
 201 - add /etc/dracut.conf.d
 202 - add preliminary IPv6 support
 203 - bugfixes
 204
 205 dracut-004
 206 ==========
 207 - dracut-lib: read multiple lines from $init/etc/cmdline
 208 - lsinitrd and mkinitrd
 209 - dmsquash: add support for loopmounted *.iso files
 210 - lvm: add rd_LVM_LV and "--poll n"
 211 - user suspend support
 212 - add additional drivers in host-only mode, too
 213 - improved emergency shell
 214 - support for compressed kernel modules
 215 - support for loading Xen modules
 216 - rdloaddriver kernel command line parameter
 217 - man pages for dracut-catimages and dracut-gencmdline
 218 - bugfixes
 219
 220 dracut-003
 221 ==========
 222 - add debian package modules
 223 - add dracut.conf manpage
 224 - add module 90multipath
 225 - add module 01fips
 226 - crypt: ignore devices in /etc/crypttab (root is not in there)
 227   unless rd_NO_CRYPTTAB is specified
 228 - kernel-modules: add scsi_dh scsi_dh_rdac scsi_dh_emc
 229 - add multinic support
 230 - add s390 zfcp support
 231 - add s390 dasd support
 232 - add s390 network support
 233 - fixed dracut-gencmdline for root=UUID or LABEL
 234 - do not destroy assembled raid arrays if mdadm.conf present
 235 - mount /dev/shm
 236 - let udevd not resolve group and user names
 237 - moved network from udev to initqueue
 238 - improved debug output: specifying "rdinitdebug" now logs
 239   to dmesg, console and /init.log
 240 - strip kernel modules which have no x bit set
 241 - redirect stdin, stdout, stderr all RW to /dev/console
 242   so the user can use "less" to view /init.log and dmesg
 243 - add new device mapper udev rules and dmeventd
 244 - fixed dracut-gencmdline for root=UUID or LABEL
 245 - do not destroy assembled raid arrays if mdadm.conf present
 246 - mount /dev/shm
 247 - let udevd not resolve group and user names
 248 - preserve timestamps of tools on initramfs generation
 249 - generate symlinks for binaries correctly
 250 - moved network from udev to initqueue
 251 - mount nfs3 with nfsvers=3 option and retry with nfsvers=2
 252 - fixed nbd initqueue-finished
 253 - improved debug output: specifying "rdinitdebug" now logs
 254   to dmesg, console and /init.log
 255 - strip kernel modules which have no x bit set
 256 - redirect stdin, stdout, stderr all RW to /dev/console
 257   so the user can use "less" to view /init.log and dmesg
 258 - make install of new dm/lvm udev rules optionally
 259 - add new device mapper udev rules and dmeventd
 260 - Fix LiveCD boot regression
 261 - bail out if selinux policy could not be loaded and
 262   selinux=0 not specified on kernel command line
 263 - do not cleanup dmraids
 264 - copy over lvm.conf
 265
 266 dracut-002
 267 ==========
 268 - add ifname= argument for persistent netdev names
 269 - new /initqueue-finished to check if the main loop can be left
 270 - copy mdadm.conf if --mdadmconf set or mdadmconf in dracut.conf
 271 - plymouth: use plymouth-populate-initrd
 272 - add add_drivers for dracut and dracut.conf
 273 - add modprobe scsi_wait_scan to be sure everything was scanned
 274 - fix for several problems with md raid containers
 275 - fix for selinux policy loading
 276 - fix for mdraid for IMSM
 277 - fix for bug, which prevents installing 61-persistent-storage.rules (bug #520109)
 278 - fix for missing grep for md
 279
 280 dracut-001
 281 ==========
 282 - better --hostonly checks
 283 - better lvm/mdraid/dmraid handling
 284 - fcoe booting support
 285     Supported cmdline formats:
 286     fcoe=<networkdevice>:<dcb|nodcb>
 287     fcoe=<macaddress>:<dcb|nodcb>
 288
 289     Note currently only nodcb is supported, the dcb option is reserved for
 290     future use.
 291
 292     Note letters in the macaddress must be lowercase!
 293
 294     Examples:
 295     fcoe=eth0:nodcb
 296     fcoe=4A:3F:4C:04:F8:D7:nodcb
 297
 298 - Syslog support for dracut
 299     This module provides syslog functionality in the initrd.
 300     This is especially interesting when complex configuration being
 301     used to provide access to the device the rootfs resides on.
 302
 303
 304 dracut-0.9
 305 ==========
 306 - let plymouth attach to the terminal (nice text output now)
 307 - new kernel command line parameter "rdinfo" show dracut output, even when
 308   "quiet" is specified
 309 - rd_LUKS_UUID is now handled correctly
 310 - dracut-gencmdline: rd_LUKS_UUID and rd_MD_UUID is now correctly generated
 311 - now generates initrd-generic with around 15MB
 312 - smaller bugfixes
 313
 314 dracut-0.8
 315 ==========
 316 - iSCSI with username and password
 317 - support for live images (dmsquashed live images)
 318 - iscsi_firmware fixes
 319 - smaller images
 320 - bugfixes
 321
 322 dracut-0.7
 323 ==========
 324 - dracut:     strip binaries in initramfs
 325
 326            --strip
 327                   strip binaries in the initramfs (default)
 328
 329            --nostrip
 330                   do not strip binaries in the initramfs
 331 - dracut-catimages
 332
 333     Usage: ./dracut-catimages [OPTION]... <initramfs> <base image>
 334     [<image>...]
 335     Creates initial ramdisk image by concatenating several images from the
 336     command
 337     line and /boot/dracut/
 338
 339       -f, --force           Overwrite existing initramfs file.
 340       -i, --imagedir        Directory with additional images to add
 341                             (default: /boot/dracut/)
 342       -o, --overlaydir      Overlay directory, which contains files that
 343                             will be used to create an additional image
 344       --nooverlay           Do not use the overlay directory
 345       --noimagedir          Do not use the additional image directory
 346       -h, --help            This message
 347       --debug               Output debug information of the build process
 348       -v, --verbose         Verbose output during the build process
 349
 350 - s390 dasd support
 351
 352 dracut-0.6
 353 ==========
 354 - dracut: add --kernel-only and --no-kernel arguments
 355
 356            --kernel-only
 357                   only install kernel drivers and firmware files
 358
 359            --no-kernel
 360                   do not install kernel drivers and firmware files
 361
 362     All kernel module related install commands moved from "install"
 363     to "installkernel".
 364
 365     For "--kernel-only" all installkernel scripts of the specified
 366     modules are used, regardless of any checks, so that all modules
 367     which might be needed by any dracut generic image are in.
 368
 369     The basic idea is to create two images. One image with the kernel
 370     modules and one without. So if the kernel changes, you only have
 371     to replace one image.
 372
 373     Grub and the kernel can handle multiple images, so grub entry can
 374     look like this:
 375
 376     title Fedora (2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586)
 377             root (hd0,0)
 378             kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586 ro rhgb quiet
 379             initrd /initrd-20090722.img /initrd-kernel-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586.img /initrd-config.img
 380
 381     initrd-20090722.img
 382       the image provided by the initrd rpm
 383       one old backup version is kept like with the kernel
 384
 385     initrd-kernel-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586.img
 386       the image provided by the kernel rpm
 387
 388     initrd-config.img
 389       optional image with local configuration files
 390
 391 - dracut: add --kmoddir directory, where to look for kernel modules
 392
 393            -k, --kmoddir [DIR]
 394                   specify the directory, where to look for kernel modules
 395
 396
 397
 398 dracut-0.5
 399 ==========
 400 - more generic (all plymouth modules, all keyboards, all console fonts)
 401 - more kernel command line parameters (see also man dracut(8))
 402 - a helper tool, which generates the kernel command line (dracut-gencmdline)
 403 - bridged network boot
 404 - a lot of new command line parameter
 405
 406 dracut-0.4
 407 ==========
 408 - bugfixes
 409 - firmware loading support
 410 - new internal queue (initqueue)
 411     initqueue now loops until /dev/root exists or root is mounted
 412
 413     init now has the following points to inject scripts:
 414
 415     /cmdline/*.sh
 416        scripts for command line parsing
 417
 418     /pre-udev/*.sh
 419        scripts to run before udev is started
 420
 421     /pre-trigger/*.sh
 422        scripts to run before the main udev trigger is pulled
 423
 424     /initqueue/*.sh
 425        runs in parallel to the udev trigger
 426        Udev events can add scripts here with /sbin/initqueue.
 427        If /sbin/initqueue is called with the "--onetime" option, the script
 428        will be removed after it was run.
 429        If /initqueue/work is created and udev >= 143 then this loop can
 430        process the jobs in parallel to the udevtrigger.
 431        If the udev queue is empty and no root device is found or no root
 432        filesystem was mounted, the user will be dropped to a shell after
 433        a timeout.
 434        Scripts can remove themselves from the initqueue by "rm $job".
 435
 436     /pre-mount/*.sh
 437        scripts to run before the root filesystem is mounted
 438        NFS is an exception, because it has no device node to be created
 439        and mounts in the udev events
 440
 441     /mount/*.sh
 442        scripts to mount the root filesystem
 443        NFS is an exception, because it has no device node to be created
 444        and mounts in the udev events
 445        If the udev queue is empty and no root device is found or no root
 446        filesystem was mounted, the user will be dropped to a shell after
 447        a timeout.
 448
 449     /pre-pivot/*.sh
 450        scripts to run before the real init is executed and the initramfs
 451        disappears
 452        All processes started before should be killed here.
 453
 454     The behaviour of the dmraid module demonstrates how to use the new
 455     mechanism. If it detects a device which is part of a raidmember from a
 456     udev rule, it installs a job to scan for dmraid devices, if the udev
 457     queue is empty. After a scan, it removes itsself from the queue.
 458
 459
 460
 461 dracut-0.3
 462 ==========
 463
 464 - first public version
 465