NEWS

   1 dracut-009
   2 ==========
   3 - dracut generator
   4   - dracut-logger
   5   - xz compression
   6   - better argument handling
   7
   8 - initramfs
   9   - hooks moved to /lib/dracut/hooks in initramfs
  10   - rd.driver.{blacklist|pre|post} accept comma seperated driver list
  11   - iSCSI: iSCSI Boot Firmware Table (iBFT) support
  12   - support for /run
  13   - live image: support for generic rootfs.img (instead of ext3fs.img)
  14   - caps module
  15   - FCoE: EDD support
  16
  17 dracut-008
  18 ==========
  19 - removed --ignore-kernel-modules option (no longer necessary)
  20 - renamed kernel command line arguments to follow the rd. naming scheme
  21 - merged check, install, installkernel to module-setup.sh
  22 - support for bzip2 and xz compressed initramfs images.
  23 - source code beautification
  24 - lots of documentation
  25 - lsinitrd: "catinitrd" functionality
  26 - dracut: --list-modules
  27 - lvm: support for dynamic LVM SNAPSHOT root volume
  28 - 95fstab-sys: mount all /etc/fstab.sys volumes before switch_root
  29 - 96insmodpost dracut module
  30 - rd.shell=1 per default
  31 - rootfs-block:mount-root.sh add fsck
  32 - busybox shell replacements module
  33 - honor old "real_init="
  34 - 97biosdevname dracut module
  35
  36 dracut-007
  37 ==========
  38 - module i18n is no longer fedora/red hat specific (Amadeusz Żołnowski)
  39 - distribution specific conf file
  40 - bootchartd support
  41 - debug module now has fsck
  42 - use "hardlink", if available, to save some space
  43 - /etc/dracut.conf can be overwritten by settings in /etc/dracut.conf.d/*.conf
  44 - gentoo splash module
  45 - --ignore-kernel-modules option
  46 - crypto keys on external devices support
  47 - bugfixes
  48
  49 dracut-006
  50 ==========
  51 - fixed mdraid with IMSM
  52 - fixed dracut manpages
  53 - dmraid parse different error messages
  54 - add cdrom polling mechanism for slow cdroms
  55 - add module btrfs
  56 - add btrfsctl scan for btrfs multi-devices (raid)
  57 - teach dmsquash live-root to use rootflags
  58 - trigger udev with action=add
  59 - fixed add_drivers handling
  60 - add sr_mod
  61 - use pigz instead of gzip, if available
  62 - boot from LVM mirrors and snapshots
  63 - iscsi: add support for multiple netroot=iscsi:
  64 - Support old version of module-init-tools
  65 - got rid of rdnetdebug
  66 - fixed "ip=auto6"
  67 - dracut.conf: use "+=" as default for config variables
  68 - bugfixes
  69
  70 dracut-005
  71 ==========
  72 - dcb support to dracut's FCoE support
  73 - add readonly overlay support for dmsquash
  74 - add keyboard kernel modules
  75 - dracut.conf: added add_dracutmodules
  76 - add /etc/dracut.conf.d
  77 - add preliminary IPv6 support
  78 - bugfixes
  79
  80 dracut-004
  81 ==========
  82 - dracut-lib: read multiple lines from $init/etc/cmdline
  83 - lsinitrd and mkinitrd
  84 - dmsquash: add support for loopmounted *.iso files
  85 - lvm: add rd_LVM_LV and "--poll n"
  86 - user suspend support
  87 - add additional drivers in host-only mode, too
  88 - improved emergency shell
  89 - support for compressed kernel modules
  90 - support for loading Xen modules
  91 - rdloaddriver kernel command line parameter
  92 - man pages for dracut-catimages and dracut-gencmdline
  93 - bugfixes
  94
  95 dracut-003
  96 ==========
  97 - add debian package modules
  98 - add dracut.conf manpage
  99 - add module 90multipath
 100 - add module 01fips
 101 - crypt: ignore devices in /etc/crypttab (root is not in there)
 102   unless rd_NO_CRYPTTAB is specified
 103 - kernel-modules: add scsi_dh scsi_dh_rdac scsi_dh_emc
 104 - add multinic support
 105 - add s390 zfcp support
 106 - add s390 dasd support
 107 - add s390 network support
 108 - fixed dracut-gencmdline for root=UUID or LABEL
 109 - do not destroy assembled raid arrays if mdadm.conf present
 110 - mount /dev/shm
 111 - let udevd not resolve group and user names
 112 - moved network from udev to initqueue
 113 - improved debug output: specifying "rdinitdebug" now logs
 114   to dmesg, console and /init.log
 115 - strip kernel modules which have no x bit set
 116 - redirect stdin, stdout, stderr all RW to /dev/console
 117   so the user can use "less" to view /init.log and dmesg
 118 - add new device mapper udev rules and dmeventd
 119 - fixed dracut-gencmdline for root=UUID or LABEL
 120 - do not destroy assembled raid arrays if mdadm.conf present
 121 - mount /dev/shm
 122 - let udevd not resolve group and user names
 123 - preserve timestamps of tools on initramfs generation
 124 - generate symlinks for binaries correctly
 125 - moved network from udev to initqueue
 126 - mount nfs3 with nfsvers=3 option and retry with nfsvers=2
 127 - fixed nbd initqueue-finished
 128 - improved debug output: specifying "rdinitdebug" now logs
 129   to dmesg, console and /init.log
 130 - strip kernel modules which have no x bit set
 131 - redirect stdin, stdout, stderr all RW to /dev/console
 132   so the user can use "less" to view /init.log and dmesg
 133 - make install of new dm/lvm udev rules optionally
 134 - add new device mapper udev rules and dmeventd
 135 - Fix LiveCD boot regression
 136 - bail out if selinux policy could not be loaded and
 137   selinux=0 not specified on kernel command line
 138 - do not cleanup dmraids
 139 - copy over lvm.conf
 140
 141 dracut-002
 142 ==========
 143 - add ifname= argument for persistent netdev names
 144 - new /initqueue-finished to check if the main loop can be left
 145 - copy mdadm.conf if --mdadmconf set or mdadmconf in dracut.conf
 146 - plymouth: use plymouth-populate-initrd
 147 - add add_drivers for dracut and dracut.conf
 148 - add modprobe scsi_wait_scan to be sure everything was scanned
 149 - fix for several problems with md raid containers
 150 - fix for selinux policy loading
 151 - fix for mdraid for IMSM
 152 - fix for bug, which prevents installing 61-persistent-storage.rules (bug #520109)
 153 - fix for missing grep for md
 154
 155 dracut-001
 156 ==========
 157 - better --hostonly checks
 158 - better lvm/mdraid/dmraid handling
 159 - fcoe booting support
 160     Supported cmdline formats:
 161     fcoe=<networkdevice>:<dcb|nodcb>
 162     fcoe=<macaddress>:<dcb|nodcb>
 163
 164     Note currently only nodcb is supported, the dcb option is reserved for
 165     future use.
 166
 167     Note letters in the macaddress must be lowercase!
 168
 169     Examples:
 170     fcoe=eth0:nodcb
 171     fcoe=4A:3F:4C:04:F8:D7:nodcb
 172
 173 - Syslog support for dracut
 174     This module provides syslog functionality in the initrd.
 175     This is especially interesting when complex configuration being
 176     used to provide access to the device the rootfs resides on.
 177
 178
 179 dracut-0.9
 180 ==========
 181 - let plymouth attach to the terminal (nice text output now)
 182 - new kernel command line parameter "rdinfo" show dracut output, even when
 183   "quiet" is specified
 184 - rd_LUKS_UUID is now handled correctly
 185 - dracut-gencmdline: rd_LUKS_UUID and rd_MD_UUID is now correctly generated
 186 - now generates initrd-generic with around 15MB
 187 - smaller bugfixes
 188
 189 dracut-0.8
 190 ==========
 191 - iSCSI with username and password
 192 - support for live images (dmsquashed live images)
 193 - iscsi_firmware fixes
 194 - smaller images
 195 - bugfixes
 196
 197 dracut-0.7
 198 ==========
 199 - dracut:     strip binaries in initramfs
 200
 201            --strip
 202                   strip binaries in the initramfs (default)
 203
 204            --nostrip
 205                   do not strip binaries in the initramfs
 206 - dracut-catimages
 207
 208     Usage: ./dracut-catimages [OPTION]... <initramfs> <base image>
 209     [<image>...]
 210     Creates initial ramdisk image by concatenating several images from the
 211     command
 212     line and /boot/dracut/
 213
 214       -f, --force           Overwrite existing initramfs file.
 215       -i, --imagedir        Directory with additional images to add
 216                             (default: /boot/dracut/)
 217       -o, --overlaydir      Overlay directory, which contains files that
 218                             will be used to create an additional image
 219       --nooverlay           Do not use the overlay directory
 220       --noimagedir          Do not use the additional image directory
 221       -h, --help            This message
 222       --debug               Output debug information of the build process
 223       -v, --verbose         Verbose output during the build process
 224
 225 - s390 dasd support
 226
 227 dracut-0.6
 228 ==========
 229 - dracut: add --kernel-only and --no-kernel arguments
 230
 231            --kernel-only
 232                   only install kernel drivers and firmware files
 233
 234            --no-kernel
 235                   do not install kernel drivers and firmware files
 236
 237     All kernel module related install commands moved from "install"
 238     to "installkernel".
 239
 240     For "--kernel-only" all installkernel scripts of the specified
 241     modules are used, regardless of any checks, so that all modules
 242     which might be needed by any dracut generic image are in.
 243
 244     The basic idea is to create two images. One image with the kernel
 245     modules and one without. So if the kernel changes, you only have
 246     to replace one image.
 247
 248     Grub and the kernel can handle multiple images, so grub entry can
 249     look like this:
 250
 251     title Fedora (2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586)
 252             root (hd0,0)
 253             kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586 ro rhgb quiet
 254             initrd /initrd-20090722.img /initrd-kernel-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586.img /initrd-config.img
 255
 256     initrd-20090722.img
 257       the image provided by the initrd rpm
 258       one old backup version is kept like with the kernel
 259
 260     initrd-kernel-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586.img
 261       the image provided by the kernel rpm
 262
 263     initrd-config.img
 264       optional image with local configuration files
 265
 266 - dracut: add --kmoddir directory, where to look for kernel modules
 267
 268            -k, --kmoddir [DIR]
 269                   specify the directory, where to look for kernel modules
 270
 271
 272
 273 dracut-0.5
 274 ==========
 275 - more generic (all plymouth modules, all keyboards, all console fonts)
 276 - more kernel command line parameters (see also man dracut(8))
 277 - a helper tool, which generates the kernel command line (dracut-gencmdline)
 278 - bridged network boot
 279 - a lot of new command line parameter
 280
 281 dracut-0.4
 282 ==========
 283 - bugfixes
 284 - firmware loading support
 285 - new internal queue (initqueue)
 286     initqueue now loops until /dev/root exists or root is mounted
 287
 288     init now has the following points to inject scripts:
 289
 290     /cmdline/*.sh
 291        scripts for command line parsing
 292
 293     /pre-udev/*.sh
 294        scripts to run before udev is started
 295
 296     /pre-trigger/*.sh
 297        scripts to run before the main udev trigger is pulled
 298
 299     /initqueue/*.sh
 300        runs in parallel to the udev trigger
 301        Udev events can add scripts here with /sbin/initqueue.
 302        If /sbin/initqueue is called with the "--onetime" option, the script
 303        will be removed after it was run.
 304        If /initqueue/work is created and udev >= 143 then this loop can
 305        process the jobs in parallel to the udevtrigger.
 306        If the udev queue is empty and no root device is found or no root
 307        filesystem was mounted, the user will be dropped to a shell after
 308        a timeout.
 309        Scripts can remove themselves from the initqueue by "rm $job".
 310
 311     /pre-mount/*.sh
 312        scripts to run before the root filesystem is mounted
 313        NFS is an exception, because it has no device node to be created
 314        and mounts in the udev events
 315
 316     /mount/*.sh
 317        scripts to mount the root filesystem
 318        NFS is an exception, because it has no device node to be created
 319        and mounts in the udev events
 320        If the udev queue is empty and no root device is found or no root
 321        filesystem was mounted, the user will be dropped to a shell after
 322        a timeout.
 323
 324     /pre-pivot/*.sh
 325        scripts to run before the real init is executed and the initramfs
 326        disappears
 327        All processes started before should be killed here.
 328
 329     The behaviour of the dmraid module demonstrates how to use the new
 330     mechanism. If it detects a device which is part of a raidmember from a
 331     udev rule, it installs a job to scan for dmraid devices, if the udev
 332     queue is empty. After a scan, it removes itsself from the queue.
 333
 334
 335
 336 dracut-0.3
 337 ==========
 338
 339 - first public version
 340