NEWS

   1 dracut-0.9
   2 ==========
   3 - let plymouth attach to the terminal (nice text output now)
   4 - new kernel command line parameter "rdinfo" show dracut output, even when
   5   "quiet" is specified
   6 - rd_LUKS_UUID is now handled correctly
   7 - dracut-gencmdline: rd_LUKS_UUID and rd_MD_UUID is now correctly generated
   8 - now generates initrd-generic with around 15MB
   9 - smaller bugfixes
  10
  11 dracut-0.8
  12 ==========
  13 - iSCSI with username and password
  14 - support for live images (dmsquashed live images)
  15 - iscsi_firmware fixes
  16 - smaller images
  17 - bugfixes
  18
  19 dracut-0.7
  20 ==========
  21 - dracut:     strip binaries in initramfs
  22
  23            --strip
  24                   strip binaries in the initramfs (default)
  25
  26            --nostrip
  27                   do not strip binaries in the initramfs
  28 - dracut-catimages
  29
  30     Usage: ./dracut-catimages [OPTION]... <initramfs> <base image>
  31     [<image>...]
  32     Creates initial ramdisk image by concatenating several images from the
  33     command
  34     line and /boot/dracut/
  35
  36       -f, --force           Overwrite existing initramfs file.
  37       -i, --imagedir        Directory with additional images to add
  38                             (default: /boot/dracut/)
  39       -o, --overlaydir      Overlay directory, which contains files that
  40                             will be used to create an additional image
  41       --nooverlay           Do not use the overlay directory
  42       --noimagedir          Do not use the additional image directory
  43       -h, --help            This message
  44       --debug               Output debug information of the build process
  45       -v, --verbose         Verbose output during the build process
  46
  47 - s390 dasd support
  48
  49 dracut-0.6
  50 ==========
  51 - dracut: add --kernel-only and --no-kernel arguments
  52
  53            --kernel-only
  54                   only install kernel drivers and firmware files
  55
  56            --no-kernel
  57                   do not install kernel drivers and firmware files
  58
  59     All kernel module related install commands moved from "install"
  60     to "installkernel".
  61
  62     For "--kernel-only" all installkernel scripts of the specified
  63     modules are used, regardless of any checks, so that all modules
  64     which might be needed by any dracut generic image are in.
  65
  66     The basic idea is to create two images. One image with the kernel
  67     modules and one without. So if the kernel changes, you only have
  68     to replace one image.
  69
  70     Grub and the kernel can handle multiple images, so grub entry can
  71     look like this:
  72
  73     title Fedora (2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586)
  74             root (hd0,0)
  75             kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586 ro rhgb quiet
  76             initrd /initrd-20090722.img /initrd-kernel-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586.img /initrd-config.img
  77
  78     initrd-20090722.img
  79       the image provided by the initrd rpm
  80       one old backup version is kept like with the kernel
  81
  82     initrd-kernel-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586.img
  83       the image provided by the kernel rpm
  84
  85     initrd-config.img
  86       optional image with local configuration files
  87
  88 - dracut: add --kmoddir directory, where to look for kernel modules
  89
  90            -k, --kmoddir [DIR]
  91                   specify the directory, where to look for kernel modules
  92
  93
  94
  95 dracut-0.5
  96 ==========
  97 - more generic (all plymouth modules, all keyboards, all console fonts)
  98 - more kernel command line parameters (see also man dracut(8))
  99 - a helper tool, which generates the kernel command line (dracut-gencmdline)
 100 - bridged network boot
 101 - a lot of new command line parameter
 102
 103 dracut-0.4
 104 ==========
 105 - bugfixes
 106 - firmware loading support
 107 - new internal queue (initqueue)
 108     initqueue now loops until /dev/root exists or root is mounted
 109
 110     init now has the following points to inject scripts:
 111
 112     /cmdline/*.sh
 113        scripts for command line parsing
 114
 115     /pre-udev/*.sh
 116        scripts to run before udev is started
 117
 118     /pre-trigger/*.sh
 119        scripts to run before the main udev trigger is pulled
 120
 121     /initqueue/*.sh
 122        runs in parallel to the udev trigger
 123        Udev events can add scripts here with /sbin/initqueue.
 124        If /sbin/initqueue is called with the "--onetime" option, the script
 125        will be removed after it was run.
 126        If /initqueue/work is created and udev >= 143 then this loop can
 127        process the jobs in parallel to the udevtrigger.
 128        If the udev queue is empty and no root device is found or no root
 129        filesystem was mounted, the user will be dropped to a shell after
 130        a timeout.
 131        Scripts can remove themselves from the initqueue by "rm $job".
 132
 133     /pre-mount/*.sh
 134        scripts to run before the root filesystem is mounted
 135        NFS is an exception, because it has no device node to be created
 136        and mounts in the udev events
 137
 138     /mount/*.sh
 139        scripts to mount the root filesystem
 140        NFS is an exception, because it has no device node to be created
 141        and mounts in the udev events
 142        If the udev queue is empty and no root device is found or no root
 143        filesystem was mounted, the user will be dropped to a shell after
 144        a timeout.
 145
 146     /pre-pivot/*.sh
 147        scripts to run before the real init is executed and the initramfs
 148        disappears
 149        All processes started before should be killed here.
 150
 151     The behaviour of the dmraid module demonstrates how to use the new
 152     mechanism. If it detects a device which is part of a raidmember from a
 153     udev rule, it installs a job to scan for dmraid devices, if the udev
 154     queue is empty. After a scan, it removes itsself from the queue.
 155
 156
 157
 158 dracut-0.3
 159 ==========
 160
 161 - first public version
 162