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2==========
3
4dracut.sh:
5- fixed finding of btrfs devices
6- harden dracut against BASH_ENV environment variable
7- no more prelinking
8- scan and install "external" kernel modules
9- fixed instmods with zero input
10- rdsosreport: best effort to strip out passwords
11- introduce tri-state hostonly mode
12
13 Add a new option --hostonly-mode which accept an <mode> parameter, so we have a tri-state hostonly mode:
14
15 * generic: by passing "--no-hostonly" or not passing anything.
16 "--hostonly-mode" has no effect in such case.
17 * sloppy: by passing "--hostonly --hostonly-mode sloppy". This
18 is also the default mode when only "--hostonly" is given.
19 * strict: by passing "--hostonly --hostonly-mode strict".
20
21 Sloppy mode is the original hostonly mode, the new introduced strict
22 mode will allow modules to ignore more drivers or do some extra job to
23 save memory and disk space, while making the image less portable.
24
25 Also introduced a helper function "optional_hostonly" to make it
26 easier for modules to leverage new hostonly mode.
27
28 To force install modules only in sloppy hostonly mode, use the form:
29
30 hostonly="$(optional_hostonly)" instmods <modules>
31
32dracut-install:
33- don't error out, if no modules were installed
34- support modules.softdep
35
36lsinitrd.sh:
37- fixed zstd file signature
38
39kernel:
40- include all pci/host modules
41- add mmc/core for arm
42- Include Intel Volume Management Device support
43
44plymouth:
45- fix detection of plymouth directory
46
47drm:
48- make failing installation of drm modules nonfatal
49- include virtio DRM drivers in hostonly initramfs
50
51stratis:
52- initial Stratis support
53
54crypt:
55- correct s390 arch to include arch-specific crypto modules
56- add cmdline rd.luks.partuuid
57- add timeout option rd.luks.timeout
58
59shutdown:
60- sleep a little, if a process was killed
61
62network:
63- introduce ip=either6 option
64
65iscsi:
66- replace iscsistart with iscsid
67
68qeth_rules:
69- new module to copy qeth rules
70
71multipath-hostonly:
72- merged back into multipath
73
74mdraid:
75- fixed case if rd.md.uuid is in ID_FS_UUID format
76
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78==========
79dracut.sh:
80- sync initramfs to filesystem with fsfreeze
81- introduce "--no-hostonly-default-device"
82- disable lsinitrd logging when quiet
83- add support for Zstandard compression
84- fixed relative paths in --kerneldir
85- if /boot/vmlinuz-$version exists use /boot/ as default output dir
86- make qemu and qemu-net a default module in non-hostonly mode
87- fixed relative symlinks
88- support microcode updates for all AMD CPU families
89- install all modules-load.d regardless of hostonly
90- fixed parsing of "-i" and "--include"
91- bump kmod version to >= 23
92- enable 'early_microcode' by default
93- fixed check_block_and_slaves() for nvme
94
95lsinitrd.sh:
96- dismiss "cat" error messages
97
98systemd-bootchart:
99- removed
100
101i18n:
102- install all keymaps for a given locale
103- add correct fontmaps
104
105dmsquash-live:
106- fixed systemd unit escape
107
108systemd:
109- enable core dumps with systemd from initrd
110- fixed setting of timeouts for device units
111- emergency.service: use Type=idle and fixed task limit
112
113multipath:
114- include files from /etc/multipath/conf.d
115- do not fail startup on missing configuration
116- start daemon after udev settle
117- add shutdown script
118- parse kernel commandline option 'multipath=off'
119- start before local-fs-pre.target
120
121dracut-emergency:
122- optionally print filesystem help
123
124network:
125- fixed MTU for bond master
126- fixed race condition when wait for networks
127
128fcoe:
129- handle CNAs with DCB firmware support
130- allow to specify the FCoE mode via the fcoe= parameter
131- always set AUTO_VLAN for fcoemon
132- add shutdown script
133- fixup fcoe-genrules.sh for VN2VN mode
134- switch back to using fipvlan for bnx2fc
135- add timeout mechanism
136
137crypt:
138- add basic LUKS detached header support
139- escape backslashes for systemd unit names correctly
140- put block_uuid.map into initramfs
141
142dmraid:
143- do not delete partitions
144
145dasd_mod:
146- do not set module parameters if dasd_cio_free is not present
147
148nfs:
149- fix mount if IPv4 address is used in /etc/fstab
150- support host being a DNS ALIAS
151
152fips:
153- fixed creating path to .hmac of kernel based on BOOT_IMAGE
154
155lunmask:
156- add module to handle LUN masking
157
158s390:
159- add rd.cio_accept
160
161dcssblk:
162- add new module for DCSS block devices
163
164zipl:
165- add new module to update s390x configuration
166
167iscsi:
168- no more iscsid, either iscsistart or iscsid
169
170integrity:
171- support loading x509 into the trusted/builtin .evm keyring
172- support X.509-only EVM configuration
173
174plymouth:
175- improve distro compatibility
176
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178==========
179
180dracut.sh:
181- bail out if module directory does not exist
182 if people want to build the initramfs without kernel modules,
183 then --no-kernel should be specified
184- add early microcode support for AMD family 16h
185- collect also all modaliases modules from sysfs for hostonly modules
186- sync initramfs after creation
187
188network:
189- wait for IPv6 RA if using none/static IPv6 assignment
190- ipv6 improvements
191- Handle curl using libnssckbi for TLS
192- fix dhcp classless_static_routes
193- dhclient: send client-identifier matching hardware address
194- don't arping for point-to-point connections
195- only bring up wired network interfaces (no wlan and wwan)
196
197mraid:
198- mdraid: wait for rd.md.uuid specified devices to be assembled
199
200crypt:
201- handle rd.luks.name
202
203crypt-gpg:
204- For GnuPG >= 2.1 support OpenPGP smartcards
205
206kernel-install:
207- Skip to create initrd if /etc/machine-id is missing or empty
208
209nfs:
210- handle rpcbind /run/rpcbind directory
211
212s390:
213- various fixes
214
215dmsquash-live:
216- add NTFS support
217
218multipath:
219- split out multipath-hostonly module
220
221lvmmerge:
222- new module, see README.md in the module directory
223
224dracut-systemd:
225- fixed dependencies
226
227
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228dracut-045
229==========
230
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231Important: dracut now requires libkmod for the dracut-install binary helper,
232 which nows handles kernel module installing and filtering.
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233
234dracut.sh:
235- restorecon final image file
236- fail hard, if we find modules and modules.dep is missing
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237- support --tmpdir as a relative path
238- add default path for --uefi
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239
240dracut-functions.sh:
241- fix check_vol_slaves() volume group name stripping
242
243dracut-install:
244- catch ldd message "cannot execute binary file"
245- added kernel module handling with libkmod
246 Added parameters:
247 --module,-m
248 --mod-filter-path, -p
249 --mod-filter-nopath, -P
250 --mod-filter-symbol, -s
251 --mod-filter-nosymbol, -S
252 --mod-filter-noname, -N
253 --silent
254 --kerneldir
255 --firmwaredirs
a9f04fcc 256- fallback to non-hostonly mode if lsmod fails
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258lsinitrd:
259- new option "--unpack"
260- new option "--unpackearly"
261- and "--verbose"
262
263general initramfs fixes:
264- don't remove 99-cmdline-ask on 'hostonly' cleanup
265- call dracut-cmdline-ask.service, if /etc/cmdline.d/*.conf exists
266- break at switch_root only for bare rd.break
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267- add rd.emergency=[reboot|poweroff|halt]
268 specifies what action to execute in case of a critical failure
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269- rd.memdebug=4 gives information, about kernel module memory consumption
270 during loading
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271
272dmsquash-live:
273- fixed livenet-generator execution flag
274 and include only, if systemd is used
275- fixed dmsquash-live-root.sh for cases where the fstype of the liveimage is squashfs
276- fixed typo for rootfs.img
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277- enable the use of the OverlayFS for the LiveOS root filesystem
278 Patch notes:
279 Integrate the option to use an OverlayFS as the root filesystem
280 into the 90dmsquash-live module for testing purposes.
281
282 The rd.live.overlay.overlayfs option allows one to request an
283 OverlayFS overlay. If a persistent overlay is detected at the
284 standard LiveOS path, the overlay & type detected will be used.
285
286 Tested primarily with transient, in-RAM overlay boots on vfat-
287 formatted Live USB devices, with persistent overlay directories
288 on ext4-formatted Live USB devices, and with embedded, persistent
289 overlay directories on vfat-formatted devices. (Persistent overlay
290 directories on a vfat-formatted device must be in an embedded
291 filesystem that supports the creation of trusted.* extended
292 attributes, and must provide valid d_type in readdir responses.)
293
294 The rd.live.overlay.readonly option, which allows a persistent
295 overlayfs to be mounted read only through a higher level transient
296 overlay directory, has been implemented through the multiple lower
297 layers feature of OverlayFS.
298
299 The default transient DM overlay size has been adjusted up to 32 GiB.
300 This change supports comparison of transient Device-mapper vs.
301 transient OverlayFS overlay performance. A transient DM overlay
302 is a sparse file in memory, so this setting does not consume more
303 RAM for legacy applications. It does permit a user to use all of
304 the available root filesystem storage, and fails gently when it is
305 consumed, as the available free root filesystem storage on a typical
306 LiveOS build is only a few GiB. Thus, when booted on other-
307 than-small RAM systems, the transient DM overlay should not overflow.
308
309 OverlayFS offers the potential to use all of the available free RAM
310 or all of the available free disc storage (on non-vfat-devices)
311 in its overlay, even beyond the root filesystem available space,
312 because the OverlayFS root filesystem is a union of directories on
313 two different partitions.
314
315 This patch also cleans up some message spew at shutdown, shortens
316 the execution path in a couple of places, and uses persistent
317 DM targets where required.
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318
319dmraid:
320- added "nowatch" option in udev rule, otherwise udev would reread partitions for raid members
39c9b67f 321- allow booting from degraded MD RAID arrays
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322
323shutdown:
324- handle readonly /run on shutdown
325
326kernel-modules:
327- add all HID drivers, regardless of hostonly mode
328 people swap keyboards sometimes and should be able to enter their disk password
329- add usb-storage
330 To save the rdsosreport.txt to a USB stick, the usb-storage module is needed.
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331- add xennet
332- add nvme
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333
334systemd:
335- add /etc/machine-info
336- fixed systemd-escape call for names beginning with "-"
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337- install missing drop-in configuration files for
338 /etc/systemd/{journal.conf,system.conf}
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9f521f76 340filesystems:
597b1592 341- add support to F2FS filesystem (fsck and modules)
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343network:
344- fix carrier detection
345- correctly set mac address for ip=...:<mtu>:<mac>
346- fixed vlan, bonding, bridging, team logic
347 call ifup for the slaves and assemble afterwards
348- add mtu to list of variables to store in override
349- for rd.neednet=0 a bootdev is not needed anymore
350- dhclient-script.sh: add classless-static-routes support
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351- support for iBFT IPv6
352- support macaddr in brackets [] (commit 740c46c0224a187d6b5a42b4aa56e173238884cc)
353- use arping2, if available
a9f04fcc 354- support multiple default gateways from DHCP server
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355- fixup VLAN handling
356- enhance team support
357- differ between ipv6 local and global tentative
358- ipv6: wait for a router advertised route
359- add 'mtu' parameter for bond options
360- use 'ip' instead of 'brctl'
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361
362nbd:
363- add systemd generator
364- use export names instead of port numbers, because port number based
365 exports are deprecated and were removed.
366
367fcoe:
368- no more /dev/shm state copying
369
370multipath:
371- check all /dev/mapper devices if they are multipath devices, not only mpath*
372
373fips:
374- fixed .hmac installation in FIPS mode
375
376plymouth:
377- also trigger the acpi subsystem
378
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379syslog:
380- add imjournal.so to read systemd journal
381- move start from udev to initqueue/online
382
383caps:
384- make it a non default module
385
386livenet:
387- support nfs:// urls in livenet-generator
388
389nfs:
390- install all nfs modules non-hostonly
391
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392crypt:
393- support keyfiles embedded in the initramfs
394
395testsuite:
396- add TEST-70-BONDBRIDGETEAMVLAN
397- make "-cpu host" the default
398
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399dracut-044
400==========
401creation:
402- better udev & systemd dir detection
403- split dracut-functions.sh in dracut-init.sh and dracut-functions.sh
404 dracut-functions.sh can now be sourced by external tools
405- detect all btrfs devices needed
406- added flag file if initqueue is needed
407- don't overwrite anything, if initramfs image file creation failed
408- if no compressor is specified, try to find a suitable one
409- drop scanning kernel config for CONFIG_MICROCODE_*_EARLY
410- remove "_EARLY" from CONFIG_MICROCODE_* checks
411- dracut.sh: add command line option for install_i18_all
412 --no-hostonly-i18n -> install_i18n_all=yes
413 --hostonly-i18n -> install_i18n_all=no
414- --no-reproducible to turn off reproducible mode
415- dracut-function.sh can now be sourced from outside of dracut
416- dracut-init.sh contains all functions, which only can be used from
417 within the dracut infrastructure
418- support --mount with just mountpoint as a parameter
419- removed action_on_fail support
420- removed host_modalias concept
421- do not create microcode, if no firmware is available
422- skip gpg files in microcode generation
423
424initramfs:
425- ensure pre-mount (and resume) run before root fsck
426- add --online option to initqueue
427
428qemu:
429- fixed virtual machine detection
430
431lvm:
432- remove all quirk arguments for lvm >= 2.2.221
433
434dmsquash:
435- fixup for checkisomd5
436- increase timeout for checkisomd5
437- use non-persistent metadata snapshots for transient overlays.
438- overflow support for persistent snapshot.
439- use non-persistent metadata snapshots.
440- avoid an overlay for persistent, uncompressed, read-write live installations.
441
442multipath:
443- multipath.conf included in hostonly mode
444- install all multipath path selector kernel modules
445
446iSCSI:
447- use the iBFT initiator name, if found and set
448- iscsid now present in the initramfs
449- iscsistart is done with systemd-run asynchrone to do things in
450 paralllel. Also restarted for every new interface which shows up.
451- If rd.iscsi.waitnet (default) is set, iscsistart is done only
452 after all interfaces are up.
453- If not all interfaces are up and rd.iscsi.testroute (default) is set,
454 the route to a iscsi target IP is checked and skipped, if there is none.
455- If all things fail, we issue a "dummy" interface iscsiroot to retry
456 everything in the initqueue/timeout.
457
458network:
459- added DHCP RENEW/REBIND
460- IPv4 DHCP lease time now optional (bootp)
461- IPv6 nfs parsing
462- fixed IPv6 route parsing
463- rd.peerdns=0 parameter to disable DHCP nameserver setting
464- detect duplicate IPv4 addresses for static addresses
465- if interfaces are specified with its enx* name, bind the correspondent MAC to the interface name
466- if multiple "ip=" are present on the kernel command line "rd.neednet=1" is assumed
467- add options to tweak timeouts
468 rd.net.dhcp.retry=<cnt>
469 If this option is set, dracut will try to connect via dhcp
470 <cnt> times before failing. Default is 1.
471
472 rd.net.timeout.dhcp=<arg>
473 If this option is set, dhclient is called with "-timeout <arg>".
474
475 rd.net.timeout.iflink=<seconds>
476 Wait <seconds> until link shows up. Default is 60 seconds.
477
478 rd.net.timeout.ifup=<seconds>
479 Wait <seconds> until link has state "UP". Default is 20 seconds.
480
481 rd.net.timeout.route=<seconds>
482 Wait <seconds> until route shows up. Default is 20 seconds.
483
484 rd.net.timeout.ipv6dad=<seconds>
485 Wait <seconds> until IPv6 DAD is finished. Default is 50 seconds.
486
487 rd.net.timeout.ipv6auto=<seconds>
488 Wait <seconds> until IPv6 automatic addresses are assigned.
489 Default is 40 seconds.
490
491 rd.net.timeout.carrier=<seconds>
492 Wait <seconds> until carrier is recognized. Default is 5 seconds.
493
494IMA:
495- load signed certificates in the IMA keyring, see modules.d/98integrity/README
496- load EVM public key in the kernel _evm keyring
497
498FCoE:
499 fcoe: start with fcoemon instead of fipvlan
500
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501dracut-043
502==========
503- add missing dmsquash-generator
504
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505dracut-042
506==========
507- fixed dmsetup shutdown
508- new kernel command line option "rd.live.overlay.thin"
509 This option changes the underlying mechanism for the overlay in the
510 dmsquash module.
511 Instead of a plain dm snapshot a dm thin snapshot is used. The advantage
512 of the thin snapshot is, that the TRIM command is recognized, which
513 means that at runtime, only the occupied blocks will be claimed from
514 memory, and freed blocks will really be freed in ram.
515- dmsquash: Add squashfs support to rd.live.fsimg
516 Previously rd.live.fsimg only supported filesystems residing in
517 (compressed) archives.
518 Now rd.live.fsimg can also be used when a squashfs image is used.
519 This is achieved by extracting the rootfs image from the squashfs and
520 then continue with the default routines for rd.live.fsimg.
521- lvm: add support for LVM system id
522- split up the systemd dracut module
523 Basic systemd functionality is in 00systemd now.
524 Switching root and the initrd.target is in 00systemd-initrd.
525 Dracut additions to the systemd initrd are in 98dracut-systemd.
526- support for creating a UEFI boot executable via argument "--uefi"
527 With an EFI stub, the kernel, the initramfs and a kernel cmdline can be
528 glued together to a single UEFI executable, which can be booted by a
529 UEFI BIOS.
530- network: split out kernel-network-modules, now in 90kernel-network-modules
531- support for ethernet point-to-point connections configured via DHCP
532- kernel-modules: install all HID drivers
533- dracut.pc pkg-config file
534- mount /dev, /dev/shm and /run noexec
535
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537==========
538- fixed the shutdown loop
539- fixed gzip compression for versions, which do not have --rsyncable
540- fixed ifcfg generation for persistent interface names
541- multipath:
542 * new option to turn off multipath "rd.multipath=0" completly
543 * preload scsi dh modules
544 * start multipathd via systemd service
545- do not fail, if user pressed ESC during media check
546- fixed systemd-journal by symlinking /var/log to /run/initramfs/log
547- initrd-release moved to /usr/lib
548- lots of iSCSI fixes
549- new "rd.timeout" to specify the systemd JobTimeoutSec for devices
550- if $initrd/etc/cmdline.d/* has a "root=" and the kernel cmdline does not,
551 generate a mount unit for it
552- increased the initqueue timeout for non systemd initramfs to 180s
553- $initrd/etc/cmdline.d/ hostonly files are now generated for NFS
554- make use of systemd-hibernate-resume, if available
555- fixed ldconfig parsing for hwcap output
556- network: add support for comma separated autoconf options like ip=eth0:auto6,dhcp
557- new parameter "rd.live.overlay.size" to specify the overlay for live images
558- changed the test suite for the new sfdisk syntax
559- added cache tools for dm-cache setups
560
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561dracut-040
562==========
563- fixed dracut module dependency checks
564- fixed test suite
565
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566dracut-039
567==========
568- DRACUT_PATH can now be used to specify the PATH used by dracut
569 to search for binaries instead of the default
570 /usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin
571 This should be set in the distribution config file
572 /usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d/01-dist.conf
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573- add "--loginstall <DIR>" and loginstall="<DIR>" options
574 to record all files, which are installed from the host fs
575- "rd.writable.fsimg" - support for read/write filesystem images
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576- "rd.route" kernel command line parameter added
577- "--install-optional" and install_optional_items added
578- find plymouth pkglibdir on debian
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579- torrent support for live images
580 root=live:torrent://example.com/liveboot.img.torrent
581 and generally added as a download handler
582- disable microcode, if the kernel does not support it
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583- speed up ldconfig_paths()
584- more ARM modules
585- fixed inst*() functions and "-H" handling
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586- fixed bridge setup
587- added --force-drivers parameter and force_drivers=+ config option
588 to enforce driver loading at early boot time
589- documented "iso-scan/filename" usage in grub
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590- various bugfixes
591
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592dracut-038
593==========
594- "rd.cmdline=ask" will ask the user on the console to enter additional
595 kernel command line parameters
596- "rd.hostonly=0" removes all "hostonly" added custom files,
597 which is useful in combination with "rd.auto" or other specific parameters,
598 if you want to boot on the same hardware, but the compiled in configuration
599 does not match your setup anymore
600- inst* functions and dracut-install now accept the "-H" flag, which logs all
601 installed files to /lib/dracut/hostonly-files. This is used to remove those
602 files, if rd.hostonly is given on the kernel command line
603- strstr now only does literal string match,
604 please use strglob and strglobin for globs
605- fixed unpacking of the microcode image on shutdown
606- added systemd-gpt-auto-generator
607- fcoe: wait for lldpad to be ready
608- network: handle "ip=dhcp6"
609- network: DCHPv6: set valid_lft and preferred_lft
610- dm: support dm-cache
611- fstab: do not mount and fsck from fstab if using systemd
612- break at switch_root only for bare rd.break and not for any rd.break=...
613- nbd: make use of "--systemd-mark", otherwise it gets killed on switch_root
614- fcoe-uefi: fixed cmdline parameter generation
615- iscsi: deprecate "ip=ibft", use "rd.iscsi.ibft[=1]" from now on
616- "lsinitrd -m" now only lists the dracut modules of the image
617- a lot of small bugfixes
618
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620==========
621- dracut: hostonly_cmdline variable and command line switch
622 Toggle hostonly cmdline storing in the initramfs
623 --hostonly-cmdline:
624 Store kernel command line arguments needed in the initramfs
625 --no-hostonly-cmdline:
626 Do not store kernel command line arguments needed in the initramfs
627- dracut: --mount now understands full fstab lines
628- dracut now also includes drivers from the /lib/modules/<version>/updates directory
629- dracut: only set the owner of files to 0:0, if generated as non-root
630- dracut now directly writes to the initramfs file
631- dracut: call lz4 with the legacy flag (linux kernel does not support the new format)
632- systemd: rootfs-generator generates JobTimeout=0 units for the root device
633- systemd: added the systemd-sysctl service
634- systemd: add 80-net-setup-link.rules and .link files for persistent interface renaming
96087189 635- systemd: make dracut-shutdown.service failure non-fatal
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636- network: various IPv6 fixes
637- network: DCHCP for IPv6
638- network: understand ip=.....:<dns1>:<dns2>
639- network: parse ibft nameserver settings
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640- shutdown: if kexec fails, just reboot
641- lvm: handle one LV at a time with lvchange
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642- module-setup.sh:
643 New functions require_binaries() and require_any_binary() to be used
644 in the check() section of module-setup.sh.
645- a lot of small bugfixes
646
647Contributions from:
648Harald Hoyer
649Alexander Tsoy
650Till Maas
651Amadeusz Żołnowski
652Brian C. Lane
653Colin Guthrie
654Dave Young
655WANG Chao
656Shawn W Dunn
657
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658dracut-036
659==========
660- fixed skipcpio signature checking
661
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662dracut-035
663==========
664- changed dracut tarball compression to xz
665- new argument "--rebuild"
666- add lzo, lz4 compression
667- install: install all binaries with <name> found in PATH
668- lsinitrd can now handle initramfs images with an early cpio prepended
669 (microcode, ACPI tables)
670- mkinitrd-suse added as a compat stub for dracut
671- lvm: install thin utils for non-hostonly
672- resume: fix swap detection in hostonly
673- avoid loading unnecessary 32-bit libraries for 64-bit initrds
674- crypt: wait for systemd password agents
675- crypt: skip crypt swaps with password files
676- network: before doing dhcp, dracut now checks, if the link has a carrier
677- network: dhclient-script.sh now sets the lease time
678- network: include usbnet drivers
679- network: include all ethernet drivers
680- network: add rd.bootif=0 to ignore BOOTIF
681- i18n: introduce i18n_install_all, to install everything i18n related
682- support SuSE DASD configurations
683- support SuSE zfcp configurations
684- support SuSE compressed KEYMAP= setting
685- usrmount: always install the module,
686 so always mount /usr from within the initramfs
687- test/TEST-17-LVM-THIN: new test case for lvm thin pools
688- "halt" the machine in systemd mode for die()
689
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691==========
692- do not run dhcp on parts of assembled network interfaces (bond, bridge)
693- add option to turn on/off prelinking
694 --prelink, --noprelink
695 do_prelink=[yes|no]
696- add ACPI table overriding
697- do not log to syslog/kmsg/journal for UID != 0
698- lvm/mdraid: Fix LVM on MD activation
699- bcache module removed (now in bcache-tools upstream)
700- mdadm: also install configs from /etc/mdadm.conf.d
701- fixes for mdadm-3.2.6+
702- mkinitrd: better compat support for SUSE
703- fcoe: add FCoE UEFI boot device support
704- rootfs-block: add support for the rootfallback= kernel cmdline option
705
706Contributions from:
707Thomas Renninger
708Alexander Tsoy
709Peter Rajnoha
710WANG Chao
711Harald Hoyer
712
713
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715==========
716- improved hostonly device recognition
717- improved hostonly module recognition
718- add dracut.css for dracut.html
719- do not install udev rules from /etc in generic mode
720- fixed LABEL= parsing for swap devices
721- fixed iBFT network setup
722- url-lib.sh: handle 0-size files with curl
723- dracut.asc: document debugging dracut on shutdown
724- if rd.md=0, use dmraid for imsm and ddf
725- skip empty dracut modules
726- removed caching of kernel cmdline
727- fixed iso-scan, if the loop device driver is a kernel module
728- bcache: support new blkid
729- fixed ifup udev rules
730- ifup with dhcp, if no "ip=" specified for the interface
731
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732Contributions from:
733WANG Chao
734Colin Walters
735Harald Hoyer
736
737
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739==========
740- add parameter --print-cmdline
741 This prints the kernel command line parameters for the current disk
742 layout.
743 $ dracut --print-cmdline
744 rd.luks.uuid=luks-e68c8906-6542-4a26-83c4-91b4dd9f0471
745 rd.lvm.lv=debian/root rd.lvm.lv=debian/usr root=/dev/mapper/debian-root
746 rootflags=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered
747 rootfstype=ext4
748- dracut.sh: add --persistent-policy option and persistent_policy conf option
749 --persistent-policy <policy>:
750 Use <policy> to address disks and partitions.
751 <policy> can be any directory name found in /dev/disk.
752 E.g. "by-uuid", "by-label"
753- dracut now creates the initramfs without udevadm
754 that means the udev database does not have to populated
755 and the initramfs can be built in a chroot with
756 /sys /dev /proc mounted
757- renamed dracut_install() to inst_multiple() for consistent naming
758- if $libdirs is unset, fall back to ld.so.cache paths
759- always assemble /usr device in initramfs
760- bash module added (disable it, if you really want dash)
761- continue to boot, if the main loop times out, in systemd mode
762- removed inst*() shell pure versions, dracut-install binary is in charge now
763- fixed ifcfg file generation for vlan
764- do not include adjtime and localtime anymore
765- fixed generation of zfcp.conf of CMS setups
766- install vt102 terminfo
767 dracut_install() is still there for backwards compat
768- do not strip files in FIPS mode
769- fixed iBFT interface configuration
770- fs-lib: install fsck and fsck.ext*
771- shutdown: fixed killall_proc_mountpoint()
772- network: also wait for ethernet interfaces to setup
773- fixed checking for FIPS mode
774
775Contributions from:
776Harald Hoyer
777WANG Chao
778Baoquan He
779Daniel Schaal
780Dave Young
781James Lee
782Radek Vykydal
783
784
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786==========
787- do not include the resume dracut module in hostonly mode,
788 if no swap is present
789- don't warn twice about omitted modules
790- use systemd-cat for logging on systemd systems, if logfile is unset
791- fixed PARTUUID parsing
792- support kernel module signing keys
793- do not install the usrmount dracut module in hostonly mode,
794 if /sbin/init does not live in /usr
795- add debian udev rule files
796- add support for bcache
797- network: handle bootif style interfaces
798 e.g. ip=77-77-6f-6f-64-73:dhcp
799- add support for kmod static devnodes
800- add vlan support for iBFT
801
802Contributions from:
803Harald Hoyer
804Amadeusz Żołnowski
805Brandon Philips
806Colin Walters
807James Lee
808Kyle McMartin
809Peter Jones
810
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812==========
813- support new persistent network interface names
814- fix findmnt calls, prevents hang on stale NFS mounts
815- add systemd.slice and slice.target units
816- major shell cleanup
817- support root=PARTLABEL= and root=PARTUUID=
818- terminfo: only install l/linux v/vt100 and v/vt220
819- unset all LC_* and LANG, 10% faster
820- fixed dependency loop for dracut-cmdline.service
821- do not wait_for_dev for the root devices
822- do not wait_for_dev for devices, if dracut-initqueue is not needed
823- support early microcode loading with --early-microcode
824- dmraid, let dmraid setup its own partitions
825- sosreport renamed to rdsosreport
826
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827Contributions from:
828Harald Hoyer
829Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
830WANG Chao
831
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832dracut-029
833==========
834- wait for IPv6 autoconfiguration
835- i18n: make the default font configurable
836 To set the default font for your distribution, add
837 i18n_default_font="latarcyrheb-sun16"
838 to your /lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d/01-dist.conf distribution config.
839- proper handle "rd.break" in systemd mode before switch-root
840- systemd: make unit files symlinks
841- build without dash requirement
842- add dracut-shutdown.service.8 manpage
843- handle MACs for "ip="
844 "ip=77-77-6f-6f-64-73:dhcp"
845- don't explode when mixing BOOTIF and ip=
846- 90lvm/module-setup.sh: redirect error message of lvs to /dev/null
847
848Contributions from:
849Harald Hoyer
850Will Woods
851Baoquan He
852
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853dracut-028
854==========
855- full integration of crypto devs in systemd logic
856- support for bridge over team and vlan tagged team
857- support multiple bonding interfaces
858- new kernel command line param "rd.action_on_fail"
859 to control the emergency action
860- support for bridge over a vlan tagged interface
861- support for "iso-scan/filename" kernel parameter
862- lsinitrd got some love and does not use "file" anymore
863- fixed issue with noexec mounted tmp dirs
864- FIPS mode fixed
865- dracut_install got some love
866- fixed some /usr mounting problems
867- ifcfg dracut module got some love and fixes
868- default installed font is now latarcyrheb-sun16
869- new parameters rd.live.dir and rd.live.squashimg
870- lvm: add tools for thin provisioning
871- also install non-hwcap libs
872- setup correct system time and time zone in initrd
873- s390: fixed cms setup
874- add systemd-udevd persistent network interface naming
875
876Contributions from:
877Harald Hoyer
878Kamil Rytarowski
879WANG Chao
880Baoquan He
881Adam Williamson
882Colin Guthrie
883Dan Horák
884Dave Young
885Dennis Gilmore
886Dennis Schridde
887
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889==========
890- dracut now has bash-completion
891- require bash version 4
892- systemd module now requires systemd >= 199
893- dracut makes use of native systemd initrd units
894- added hooks for new-kernel-pkg and kernel-install
895- hostonly is now default for fedora
896- comply with the BootLoaderSpec paths
897 http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/BootLoaderSpec
898- added rescue module
899- host_fs_types is now a hashmap
900- new dracut argument "--regenerate-all"
901- new dracut argument "--noimageifnotneeded"
902- new man page dracut.bootup
903- install all host filesystem drivers
904- use -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 to build dracut-install
905
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907==========
908- introduce /usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d/ drop-in directory
909
910 /usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d/*.conf can be overwritten by the same
911 filenames in /etc/dracut.conf.d.
912
913 Packages should use /usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d rather than
914 /etc/dracut.conf.d for drop-in configuration files.
915
916 /etc/dracut.conf and /etc/dracut.conf.d belong to the system administrator.
917
918- uses systemd-198 native initrd units
919- totally rely on the fstab-generator in systemd mode for block devices
920- dracut systemd now uses dracut.target rather than basic.target
921- dracut systemd services optimize themselves away
922- fixed hostonly parameter generation
923- turn off curl globbing (fixes IPv6)
924- modify the udev rules on install and not runtime time
925- enable initramfs building without kernel modules (fixed regression)
926- in the initqueue/timeout,
927 reset the main loop counter, as we see new udev events or initqueue/work
928- fixed udev rule installation
929
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931==========
932- do not strip signed kernel modules
933- add sosreport script and generate /run/initramfs/sosreport.txt
934- make short uuid specification for allow-discards work
935- turn off RateLimit for the systemd journal
936- fixed MAC address assignment
937- add systemd checkisomd5 service
938- splitout drm kernel modules from plymouth module
939- add 'swapoff' to initramfs to fix shutdown/reboot
940- add team device support
941- add pre-shutdown hook
942- kill all processes in shutdown and report remaining ones
943- "--device" changed to "--add-device" and "add_device=" added for conf files
944- add memory usage trace to different hook points
945- cope with optional field #7 in /proc/self/mountinfo
946- lots of small bugfixes
947
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949==========
950- new dracut option "--device"
951- new dracut kernel command line options "rd.auto"
952- new dracut kernel command line options "rd.noverifyssl"
953- new dracut option "--kernel-cmdline" and "kernel_cmdline" option for default parameters
954- fixes for systemd and crypto
955- fix for kexec in shutdown, if not included in initramfs
956- create the initramfs non-world readable
957- prelink/preunlink in the initramfs
958- strip binaries in the initramfs by default now
959- various FIPS fixes
960- various dracut-install fixes
961
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963==========
964- resume from hibernate fixes
965- -N option for --no-hostonly
966- support for systemd crypto handling
967- new dracut module "crypt-loop"
968- deprecate the old kernel command line options
969- more documentation
970- honor CFLAGS for dracut-install build
971- multipath fixes
972- / is mounted according to rootflags parameter but forced ro at first.
973 Later it is remounted according to /etc/fstab + rootflags parameter
974 and "ro"/"rw".
975- support for xfs / reiserfs separate journal device
976- new "ro_mnt" option to force ro mount of / and /usr
977- root on cifs support
978- dracut-install: fixed issue for /var/tmp containing a symlink
979- only lazy resolve with ldd, if the /var/tmp partition is not mounted with "noexec"
980- i18n: fixed inclusion of "include" keymaps
981
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983==========
984- fixed host-only kernel module bug
985
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987==========
988- fixed systemd in the initramfs (requires systemd >= 187)
989- dracut-install: massive speedup with /var on the same filesystem with COW copy
990- dracut-install: moved to /usr/lib/dracut until it becomes a general purpose tool
991- new options: "rd.usrmount.ro" and "rd.skipfsck"
992- less mount/umount
993- apply "ro" on the kernel command line also to /usr
994- mount according to fstab, if neither "ro" or "rw" is specified
995- skip fsck for xfs and btrfs. remount is enough
996- give emergency_shell if /usr mount failed
997- dracut now uses getopt:
998 * options can be position independent now!!
999 * we can now use --option=<arg>
1000- added option "--kver=<kernel-version>", and the image location can be omitted
1001 # dracut --kver 3.5.0-0.rc7.git1.2.fc18.x86_64
1002- dracut.sh: for --include copy also the symbolic links
1003- man pages: lsinitrd and mkinitrd added
1004- network: We do not support renaming in the kernel namespace anymore (as udev does
1005 that not anymore). So, if a user wants to use ifname, he has to rename
1006 to a custom namespace. "eth[0-9]+" is not allowed anymore. !!!!!
1007- resume: moved the resume process to the initqueue.
1008 This should prevent accidently mounting the root file system.
1009- testsuite: add support for: make V=1 TESTS="01 20 40" check
1010 $ sudo make V=1 clean check
1011 now runs the testsuite in verbose mode
1012
1013 $ sudo make TESTS="01 20 40" clean check
1014 now only runs the 01, 20 and 40 tests.
1015
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1017==========
1018- changed rd.dasd kernel parameter
1019- arm kernel modules added to kernel-modules
1020- make udevdir systemdutildir systemdsystemunitdir global vars
1021 your distribution should ship those settings in
1022 /etc/dracut.conf.d/01-distro.conf
1023 see dracut.conf.d/fedora.conf.example
1024- kernel modules are now only handled with /sys/modules and modules.dep
1025- systemd fixups
1026- mdraid: wait for md devices to be clean, before shutdown
1027- ifup fixed for ipv6
1028- add PARTUUID as root=PARTUUID=<partition uuid> parameter
1029- fixed instmods() return code and set pipefail globally
1030- add 04watchdog dracut module
1031- dracut-shutdown.service: fixed ordering to be before shutdown.target
1032- make use of "ln -r" instead of shell functions, if new coreutils is installed
1033- network: support vlan tagged bonding
1034- new dracut module qemu and qemu-net to install all kernel driver
1035- fs-lib/fs-lib.sh: removed test mounting of btrfs and xfs
1036- no more "mknod" in the initramfs!!
1037- replaced all "tr" calls with "sed"
1038- speedup with lazy kernel module dependency resolving
1039- lots of speedup optimizations and last but not least
1040- dracut-install:
1041 - new binary to significanlty speedup the installation process
1042 - dracut-functions.sh makes use of it, if installed
1043
1044
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1046==========
1047- initqueue/online hook
1048- fixes for ifcfg write out
1049- rootfs-block: avoid remount when options don't change
1050- Debian multiarch support
1051- virtfs root filesystem support
1052- cope with systemd-udevd
1053- mount tmpfs with strictatime
1054- include all kernel/drivers/net/phy drivers
1055- add debug_on() and debug_off() functions
1056- add arguments for source_hook() and source_all()
1057- cleanup hook
1058- plymouth: get consoledev from /sys/class/tty/console/active
1059- experimental systemd dracut module for systemd in the initramfs
1060- install xhci-hcd kernel module
1061- dracut: new "--mount" option
1062- lsinitrd: new option --printsize
1063- ARM storage kernel modules added
1064- s390 cms conf file support
1065- /etc/initrd-release in the initrd
1066- vlan support
1067- full bonding and bridge support
1068- removed scsi_wait_scan kernel module from standard install
1069- support rd.luks.allow-discards and honor options in crypttab
1070- lots of bugfixes
1071
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1073==========
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1074- lvm: ignore lvm mirrors
1075- lsinitrd: handle LZMA images
1076- iscsi: add rd.iscsi.param
1077- iscsi: add iscsi interface binding
1078- new module cms to read and handle z-Series cms config files
1079- fixed fstab.sys handling
1080- new dracut option "--tmpdir"
1081- new dracut option "--no-hostonly"
1082- nbd: name based nbd connects
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1083- converted manpage and documentation source to asciidoc
1084- write-ifcfg fixes and cleanups
1085- ifup is now done in the initqueue
1086- netroot cleanup
1087- initqueue/online is now for hooks, which require network
1088- no more /tmp/root.info
1089- 98pollcdrom: factored out the ugly cdrom polling in the main loop
1090- simplified rd.luks.uuid testing
1091- removed "egrep" and "ls" calls
1092- speedup kernel module installation
1093- make bzip2 optional
1094- lots of bugfixes
1095
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1096dracut-017
1097==========
1098- a _lot_ faster than dracut-016 in image creation
1099- systemd service dracut-shutdown.service
1100- livenet fixes
1101- ssh-client module install fix
1102- root=iscsi:... fixed
1103- lots of restructuring and optimizing in dracut-functions.sh
1104- usrmount: honor fs_passno in /etc/fstab
1105- renamed all shell scripts to .sh
1106- new option "--omit-drivers" and config option "omit_drivers"
1107- hostonly mode fixups
1108
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1109dracut-016
1110==========
1111- fixed lsinitrd
1112- honor binaries in sbin first
1113- fixed usrmount module
1114- added systemd service for shutdown
1115- fixed terminfo on distros with /usr/share/terminfo
1116- reload udev rules after "pre-trigger" hook
1117- improved test suite
1118- new parameter "--omit-drivers" and new conf param omit_drivers
1119- "--offroot" support for mdraid
1120- new libs: net-lib.sh, nfs-lib.sh, url-lib.sh, img-lib.sh
1121 full of functions to use in your dracut module
1122
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1123dracut-015
1124==========
1125- hostonly mode automatically adds command line options for root and /usr
1126- --add-fstab --mount parameters
1127- ssh-client module
1128- --ctty option: add job control
1129- cleanup /run/initramfs
1130- convertfs module
1131- /sbin/ifup can be called directly
1132- support kernel modules compressed with xz
1133- s390 iscsi modules added
1134- terminfo module
1135- lsinitrd can handle concatened images
1136- lsinitrd can sort by size
1137
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1139==========
1140- new dracut arguments:
1141 --lvmconf
1142 --nolvmconf
1143 --fscks [LIST]
1144 --nofscks
1145- new .conf options:
1146 install_items
1147 fscks
1148 nofscks
1149- new kernel options:
1150 rd.md.ddf
1151 rd.md.waitclean
1152 plymouth.enable
1153- dracut move from /sbin to /usr/bin
1154- dracut modules dir moved from /usr/share/dracut to /usr/lib/dracut
1155- profiling with "dracut --profile"
1156- new TEST-16-DMSQUASH, test for Fedora LiveCDs
1157- speedup of initramfs creation
1158- ask_for_password fallback to CLI
1159- mdraid completely switched to incremental assembly
1160- no more cdrom polling
1161- "switch_root" breakpoint is now very late
1162- /dev/live is gone
1163- /dev/root is gone
1164- fs-lib dracut module for fscks added
1165- xen dracut module removed
1166- usb mass storage kernel drivers now included
1167- usrmount dracut module added:
1168 mount /usr if found in /sysroot/etc/fstab
1169- only include fsck helper needed for hostonly
1170- fcoe: support for bnx2fc
1171- support iSCSI drivers: qla4xxx, cxgb3i, cxgb4i, bnx2i, be2iscsi
1172- fips-aesni dracut module added
1173- add install_items to dracut.conf
1174 install_items+=" <file>[ <file> ...] "
1175- speedup internal testsuite
1176- internal testsuite: store temporary data in a temporary dir
1177
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1179==========
1180- speedup of initramfs creation
1181- fixed inst_dir for symbolic links
1182- add unix kernel module
1183
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1184dracut-012
1185==========
1186- better fsck handling
1187- fixed wait condition for LVM volumes
1188- fix for hardlinks (welcome Debian! :-)
1189- shutdown bugfixes
1190- automatic busybox symlink creation
1191- try to mount /usr, if init points to a path in /usr
1192- btrfs with multiple devices
1193- "--force-add" option for dracut, to force-add dracut modules,
1194 without hostonly checks
1195- lsinitrd also display the initramfs size in human readable form
1196- livenet module, to mount live-isos over http
1197- masterkey,ecryptfs,integrity security modules
1198- initqueue/timeout queue e.g. for starting degraded raids
1199- "make rpm" creates an rpm with an increasing release number from any
1200 git checkout
1201- support lvm mirrors
1202- start degraded lvm mirrors after a timeout
1203- start degraded md raids after a timeout
1204- getarg() now returns wildcards without file matching to the current fs
1205- lots of bugfixes
1206
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1207dracut-011
1208==========
1209- use udev-168 features for shutting down udev
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1210- introduce "--prefix" to put all initramfs files in e.g "/run/initramfs"
1211- new shutdown script (called by systemd >= 030) to disassemble the root device
1212- lots of bugfixes
1213- new module for gpg-encrypted keys - 91crypt-gpg
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1216==========
1217- lots of bugfixes
1218- plymouth: use /run/plymouth/pid instead of /run/initramfs/plymouth
1219- add "/lib/firmware/updates" to default firmware path
1220
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1221dracut-009
1222==========
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1223- dracut generator
1224 - dracut-logger
1225 - xz compression
1226 - better argument handling
1227
1228- initramfs
1229 - hooks moved to /lib/dracut/hooks in initramfs
7641c73d 1230 - rd.driver.{blacklist|pre|post} accept comma separated driver list
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1231 - iSCSI: iSCSI Boot Firmware Table (iBFT) support
1232 - support for /run
1233 - live image: support for generic rootfs.img (instead of ext3fs.img)
1234 - caps module
1235 - FCoE: EDD support
1236
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1238==========
9d1015b6 1239- removed --ignore-kernel-modules option (no longer necessary)
6ae5caf0 1240- renamed kernel command line arguments to follow the rd. naming scheme
71df3c43 1241- merged check, install, installkernel to module-setup.sh
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1242- support for bzip2 and xz compressed initramfs images.
1243- source code beautification
1244- lots of documentation
1245- lsinitrd: "catinitrd" functionality
1246- dracut: --list-modules
1247- lvm: support for dynamic LVM SNAPSHOT root volume
1248- 95fstab-sys: mount all /etc/fstab.sys volumes before switch_root
1249- 96insmodpost dracut module
1250- rd.shell=1 per default
1251- rootfs-block:mount-root.sh add fsck
1252- busybox shell replacements module
1253- honor old "real_init="
1254- 97biosdevname dracut module
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1256dracut-007
1257==========
1258- module i18n is no longer fedora/red hat specific (Amadeusz Żołnowski)
1259- distribution specific conf file
1260- bootchartd support
1261- debug module now has fsck
620d0315 1262- use "hardlink", if available, to save some space
0b2ddf8f 1263- /etc/dracut.conf can be overwritten by settings in /etc/dracut.conf.d/*.conf
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1264- gentoo splash module
1265- --ignore-kernel-modules option
1266- crypto keys on external devices support
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1267- bugfixes
1268
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1269dracut-006
1270==========
1271- fixed mdraid with IMSM
1272- fixed dracut manpages
1273- dmraid parse different error messages
1274- add cdrom polling mechanism for slow cdroms
1275- add module btrfs
8f74a60c 1276- add btrfsctl scan for btrfs multi-devices (raid)
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1277- teach dmsquash live-root to use rootflags
1278- trigger udev with action=add
3b403b32 1279- fixed add_drivers handling
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1280- add sr_mod
1281- use pigz instead of gzip, if available
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1282- boot from LVM mirrors and snapshots
1283- iscsi: add support for multiple netroot=iscsi:
1284- Support old version of module-init-tools
1285- got rid of rdnetdebug
1286- fixed "ip=auto6"
1287- dracut.conf: use "+=" as default for config variables
1288- bugfixes
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1290dracut-005
1291==========
3b403b32 1292- dcb support to dracut's FCoE support
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1293- add readonly overlay support for dmsquash
1294- add keyboard kernel modules
1295- dracut.conf: added add_dracutmodules
1296- add /etc/dracut.conf.d
1297- add preliminary IPv6 support
1298- bugfixes
1299
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1300dracut-004
1301==========
1302- dracut-lib: read multiple lines from $init/etc/cmdline
1303- lsinitrd and mkinitrd
1304- dmsquash: add support for loopmounted *.iso files
1305- lvm: add rd_LVM_LV and "--poll n"
1306- user suspend support
1307- add additional drivers in host-only mode, too
1308- improved emergency shell
1309- support for compressed kernel modules
1310- support for loading Xen modules
1311- rdloaddriver kernel command line parameter
1312- man pages for dracut-catimages and dracut-gencmdline
1313- bugfixes
1314
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1315dracut-003
1316==========
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1317- add debian package modules
1318- add dracut.conf manpage
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1319- add module 90multipath
1320- add module 01fips
1321- crypt: ignore devices in /etc/crypttab (root is not in there)
1322 unless rd_NO_CRYPTTAB is specified
1323- kernel-modules: add scsi_dh scsi_dh_rdac scsi_dh_emc
1324- add multinic support
1325- add s390 zfcp support
1326- add s390 dasd support
1327- add s390 network support
1328- fixed dracut-gencmdline for root=UUID or LABEL
1329- do not destroy assembled raid arrays if mdadm.conf present
3b403b32 1330- mount /dev/shm
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1331- let udevd not resolve group and user names
1332- moved network from udev to initqueue
1333- improved debug output: specifying "rdinitdebug" now logs
1334 to dmesg, console and /init.log
1335- strip kernel modules which have no x bit set
1336- redirect stdin, stdout, stderr all RW to /dev/console
1337 so the user can use "less" to view /init.log and dmesg
3b403b32 1338- add new device mapper udev rules and dmeventd
a8a3ca51 1339- fixed dracut-gencmdline for root=UUID or LABEL
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1340- do not destroy assembled raid arrays if mdadm.conf present
1341- mount /dev/shm
1342- let udevd not resolve group and user names
1343- preserve timestamps of tools on initramfs generation
1344- generate symlinks for binaries correctly
1345- moved network from udev to initqueue
1346- mount nfs3 with nfsvers=3 option and retry with nfsvers=2
1347- fixed nbd initqueue-finished
1348- improved debug output: specifying "rdinitdebug" now logs
1349 to dmesg, console and /init.log
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1350- strip kernel modules which have no x bit set
1351- redirect stdin, stdout, stderr all RW to /dev/console
1352 so the user can use "less" to view /init.log and dmesg
1353- make install of new dm/lvm udev rules optionally
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1354- add new device mapper udev rules and dmeventd
1355- Fix LiveCD boot regression
1356- bail out if selinux policy could not be loaded and
1357 selinux=0 not specified on kernel command line
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1358- do not cleanup dmraids
1359- copy over lvm.conf
1360
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1361dracut-002
1362==========
1363- add ifname= argument for persistent netdev names
1364- new /initqueue-finished to check if the main loop can be left
1365- copy mdadm.conf if --mdadmconf set or mdadmconf in dracut.conf
1366- plymouth: use plymouth-populate-initrd
1367- add add_drivers for dracut and dracut.conf
1368- add modprobe scsi_wait_scan to be sure everything was scanned
1369- fix for several problems with md raid containers
1370- fix for selinux policy loading
1371- fix for mdraid for IMSM
1372- fix for bug, which prevents installing 61-persistent-storage.rules (bug #520109)
1373- fix for missing grep for md
1374
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1375dracut-001
1376==========
1377- better --hostonly checks
1378- better lvm/mdraid/dmraid handling
1379- fcoe booting support
1380 Supported cmdline formats:
1381 fcoe=<networkdevice>:<dcb|nodcb>
1382 fcoe=<macaddress>:<dcb|nodcb>
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1384 Note currently only nodcb is supported, the dcb option is reserved for
1385 future use.
3b403b32 1386
d889c019 1387 Note letters in the macaddress must be lowercase!
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1389 Examples:
1390 fcoe=eth0:nodcb
1391 fcoe=4A:3F:4C:04:F8:D7:nodcb
1392
3b403b32 1393- Syslog support for dracut
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1394 This module provides syslog functionality in the initrd.
1395 This is especially interesting when complex configuration being
1396 used to provide access to the device the rootfs resides on.
1397
1398
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1399dracut-0.9
1400==========
1401- let plymouth attach to the terminal (nice text output now)
1402- new kernel command line parameter "rdinfo" show dracut output, even when
1403 "quiet" is specified
1404- rd_LUKS_UUID is now handled correctly
1405- dracut-gencmdline: rd_LUKS_UUID and rd_MD_UUID is now correctly generated
1406- now generates initrd-generic with around 15MB
1407- smaller bugfixes
1408
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1409dracut-0.8
1410==========
1411- iSCSI with username and password
1412- support for live images (dmsquashed live images)
1413- iscsi_firmware fixes
1414- smaller images
1415- bugfixes
1416
1417dracut-0.7
1418==========
1419- dracut: strip binaries in initramfs
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1421 --strip
1422 strip binaries in the initramfs (default)
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1424 --nostrip
1425 do not strip binaries in the initramfs
1426- dracut-catimages
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1428 Usage: ./dracut-catimages [OPTION]... <initramfs> <base image>
1429 [<image>...]
1430 Creates initial ramdisk image by concatenating several images from the
1431 command
1432 line and /boot/dracut/
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1434 -f, --force Overwrite existing initramfs file.
1435 -i, --imagedir Directory with additional images to add
1436 (default: /boot/dracut/)
1437 -o, --overlaydir Overlay directory, which contains files that
1438 will be used to create an additional image
1439 --nooverlay Do not use the overlay directory
1440 --noimagedir Do not use the additional image directory
1441 -h, --help This message
1442 --debug Output debug information of the build process
1443 -v, --verbose Verbose output during the build process
1444
1445- s390 dasd support
1446
1447dracut-0.6
1448==========
1449- dracut: add --kernel-only and --no-kernel arguments
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1451 --kernel-only
1452 only install kernel drivers and firmware files
3b403b32 1453
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1454 --no-kernel
1455 do not install kernel drivers and firmware files
3b403b32 1456
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1457 All kernel module related install commands moved from "install"
1458 to "installkernel".
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1460 For "--kernel-only" all installkernel scripts of the specified
1461 modules are used, regardless of any checks, so that all modules
1462 which might be needed by any dracut generic image are in.
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1464 The basic idea is to create two images. One image with the kernel
1465 modules and one without. So if the kernel changes, you only have
1466 to replace one image.
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1468 Grub and the kernel can handle multiple images, so grub entry can
1469 look like this:
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1471 title Fedora (2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586)
1472 root (hd0,0)
1473 kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586 ro rhgb quiet
1474 initrd /initrd-20090722.img /initrd-kernel-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586.img /initrd-config.img
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1476 initrd-20090722.img
1477 the image provided by the initrd rpm
1478 one old backup version is kept like with the kernel
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1480 initrd-kernel-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586.img
1481 the image provided by the kernel rpm
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1483 initrd-config.img
1484 optional image with local configuration files
1485
1486- dracut: add --kmoddir directory, where to look for kernel modules
3b403b32 1487
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1488 -k, --kmoddir [DIR]
1489 specify the directory, where to look for kernel modules
1490
1491
1492
1493dracut-0.5
1494==========
1495- more generic (all plymouth modules, all keyboards, all console fonts)
1496- more kernel command line parameters (see also man dracut(8))
1497- a helper tool, which generates the kernel command line (dracut-gencmdline)
1498- bridged network boot
1499- a lot of new command line parameter
1500
1501dracut-0.4
1502==========
1503- bugfixes
1504- firmware loading support
1505- new internal queue (initqueue)
1506 initqueue now loops until /dev/root exists or root is mounted
3b403b32 1507
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3b403b32 1509
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1510 /cmdline/*.sh
1511 scripts for command line parsing
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1513 /pre-udev/*.sh
1514 scripts to run before udev is started
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1516 /pre-trigger/*.sh
1517 scripts to run before the main udev trigger is pulled
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1519 /initqueue/*.sh
1520 runs in parallel to the udev trigger
1521 Udev events can add scripts here with /sbin/initqueue.
1522 If /sbin/initqueue is called with the "--onetime" option, the script
1523 will be removed after it was run.
1524 If /initqueue/work is created and udev >= 143 then this loop can
1525 process the jobs in parallel to the udevtrigger.
1526 If the udev queue is empty and no root device is found or no root
1527 filesystem was mounted, the user will be dropped to a shell after
1528 a timeout.
1529 Scripts can remove themselves from the initqueue by "rm $job".
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1531 /pre-mount/*.sh
1532 scripts to run before the root filesystem is mounted
1533 NFS is an exception, because it has no device node to be created
1534 and mounts in the udev events
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1536 /mount/*.sh
1537 scripts to mount the root filesystem
1538 NFS is an exception, because it has no device node to be created
1539 and mounts in the udev events
1540 If the udev queue is empty and no root device is found or no root
1541 filesystem was mounted, the user will be dropped to a shell after
1542 a timeout.
3b403b32 1543
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1544 /pre-pivot/*.sh
1545 scripts to run before the real init is executed and the initramfs
1546 disappears
1547 All processes started before should be killed here.
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1549 The behaviour of the dmraid module demonstrates how to use the new
1550 mechanism. If it detects a device which is part of a raidmember from a
1551 udev rule, it installs a job to scan for dmraid devices, if the udev
1552 queue is empty. After a scan, it removes itsself from the queue.
1553
1554
1555
1556dracut-0.3
1557==========
1558
1559- first public version
1560