NEWS

   1 dracut-003
   2 ==========
   3 - add module 90multipath
   4 - add module 01fips
   5 - crypt: ignore devices in /etc/crypttab (root is not in there)
   6   unless rd_NO_CRYPTTAB is specified
   7 - kernel-modules: add scsi_dh scsi_dh_rdac scsi_dh_emc
   8 - add multinic support
   9 - add s390 zfcp support
  10 - add s390 dasd support
  11 - add s390 network support
  12 - fixed dracut-gencmdline for root=UUID or LABEL
  13 - do not destroy assembled raid arrays if mdadm.conf present
  14 - mount /dev/shm
  15 - let udevd not resolve group and user names
  16 - moved network from udev to initqueue
  17 - improved debug output: specifying "rdinitdebug" now logs
  18   to dmesg, console and /init.log
  19 - strip kernel modules which have no x bit set
  20 - redirect stdin, stdout, stderr all RW to /dev/console
  21   so the user can use "less" to view /init.log and dmesg
  22 - add new device mapper udev rules and dmeventd
  23 - fixed dracut-gencmdline for root=UUID or LABEL
  24 - do not destroy assembled raid arrays if mdadm.conf present
  25 - mount /dev/shm
  26 - let udevd not resolve group and user names
  27 - preserve timestamps of tools on initramfs generation
  28 - generate symlinks for binaries correctly
  29 - moved network from udev to initqueue
  30 - mount nfs3 with nfsvers=3 option and retry with nfsvers=2
  31 - fixed nbd initqueue-finished
  32 - improved debug output: specifying "rdinitdebug" now logs
  33   to dmesg, console and /init.log
  34 - strip kernel modules which have no x bit set
  35 - redirect stdin, stdout, stderr all RW to /dev/console
  36   so the user can use "less" to view /init.log and dmesg
  37 - make install of new dm/lvm udev rules optionally
  38 - add new device mapper udev rules and dmeventd
  39 - Fix LiveCD boot regression
  40 - bail out if selinux policy could not be loaded and
  41   selinux=0 not specified on kernel command line
  42 - do not cleanup dmraids
  43 - copy over lvm.conf
  44
  45 dracut-002
  46 ==========
  47 - add ifname= argument for persistent netdev names
  48 - new /initqueue-finished to check if the main loop can be left
  49 - copy mdadm.conf if --mdadmconf set or mdadmconf in dracut.conf
  50 - plymouth: use plymouth-populate-initrd
  51 - add add_drivers for dracut and dracut.conf
  52 - add modprobe scsi_wait_scan to be sure everything was scanned
  53 - fix for several problems with md raid containers
  54 - fix for selinux policy loading
  55 - fix for mdraid for IMSM
  56 - fix for bug, which prevents installing 61-persistent-storage.rules (bug #520109)
  57 - fix for missing grep for md
  58
  59 dracut-001
  60 ==========
  61 - better --hostonly checks
  62 - better lvm/mdraid/dmraid handling
  63 - fcoe booting support
  64     Supported cmdline formats:
  65     fcoe=<networkdevice>:<dcb|nodcb>
  66     fcoe=<macaddress>:<dcb|nodcb>
  67
  68     Note currently only nodcb is supported, the dcb option is reserved for
  69     future use.
  70
  71     Note letters in the macaddress must be lowercase!
  72
  73     Examples:
  74     fcoe=eth0:nodcb
  75     fcoe=4A:3F:4C:04:F8:D7:nodcb
  76
  77 - Syslog support for dracut
  78     This module provides syslog functionality in the initrd.
  79     This is especially interesting when complex configuration being
  80     used to provide access to the device the rootfs resides on.
  81
  82
  83 dracut-0.9
  84 ==========
  85 - let plymouth attach to the terminal (nice text output now)
  86 - new kernel command line parameter "rdinfo" show dracut output, even when
  87   "quiet" is specified
  88 - rd_LUKS_UUID is now handled correctly
  89 - dracut-gencmdline: rd_LUKS_UUID and rd_MD_UUID is now correctly generated
  90 - now generates initrd-generic with around 15MB
  91 - smaller bugfixes
  92
  93 dracut-0.8
  94 ==========
  95 - iSCSI with username and password
  96 - support for live images (dmsquashed live images)
  97 - iscsi_firmware fixes
  98 - smaller images
  99 - bugfixes
 100
 101 dracut-0.7
 102 ==========
 103 - dracut:     strip binaries in initramfs
 104
 105            --strip
 106                   strip binaries in the initramfs (default)
 107
 108            --nostrip
 109                   do not strip binaries in the initramfs
 110 - dracut-catimages
 111
 112     Usage: ./dracut-catimages [OPTION]... <initramfs> <base image>
 113     [<image>...]
 114     Creates initial ramdisk image by concatenating several images from the
 115     command
 116     line and /boot/dracut/
 117
 118       -f, --force           Overwrite existing initramfs file.
 119       -i, --imagedir        Directory with additional images to add
 120                             (default: /boot/dracut/)
 121       -o, --overlaydir      Overlay directory, which contains files that
 122                             will be used to create an additional image
 123       --nooverlay           Do not use the overlay directory
 124       --noimagedir          Do not use the additional image directory
 125       -h, --help            This message
 126       --debug               Output debug information of the build process
 127       -v, --verbose         Verbose output during the build process
 128
 129 - s390 dasd support
 130
 131 dracut-0.6
 132 ==========
 133 - dracut: add --kernel-only and --no-kernel arguments
 134
 135            --kernel-only
 136                   only install kernel drivers and firmware files
 137
 138            --no-kernel
 139                   do not install kernel drivers and firmware files
 140
 141     All kernel module related install commands moved from "install"
 142     to "installkernel".
 143
 144     For "--kernel-only" all installkernel scripts of the specified
 145     modules are used, regardless of any checks, so that all modules
 146     which might be needed by any dracut generic image are in.
 147
 148     The basic idea is to create two images. One image with the kernel
 149     modules and one without. So if the kernel changes, you only have
 150     to replace one image.
 151
 152     Grub and the kernel can handle multiple images, so grub entry can
 153     look like this:
 154
 155     title Fedora (2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586)
 156             root (hd0,0)
 157             kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586 ro rhgb quiet
 158             initrd /initrd-20090722.img /initrd-kernel-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586.img /initrd-config.img
 159
 160     initrd-20090722.img
 161       the image provided by the initrd rpm
 162       one old backup version is kept like with the kernel
 163
 164     initrd-kernel-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586.img
 165       the image provided by the kernel rpm
 166
 167     initrd-config.img
 168       optional image with local configuration files
 169
 170 - dracut: add --kmoddir directory, where to look for kernel modules
 171
 172            -k, --kmoddir [DIR]
 173                   specify the directory, where to look for kernel modules
 174
 175
 176
 177 dracut-0.5
 178 ==========
 179 - more generic (all plymouth modules, all keyboards, all console fonts)
 180 - more kernel command line parameters (see also man dracut(8))
 181 - a helper tool, which generates the kernel command line (dracut-gencmdline)
 182 - bridged network boot
 183 - a lot of new command line parameter
 184
 185 dracut-0.4
 186 ==========
 187 - bugfixes
 188 - firmware loading support
 189 - new internal queue (initqueue)
 190     initqueue now loops until /dev/root exists or root is mounted
 191
 192     init now has the following points to inject scripts:
 193
 194     /cmdline/*.sh
 195        scripts for command line parsing
 196
 197     /pre-udev/*.sh
 198        scripts to run before udev is started
 199
 200     /pre-trigger/*.sh
 201        scripts to run before the main udev trigger is pulled
 202
 203     /initqueue/*.sh
 204        runs in parallel to the udev trigger
 205        Udev events can add scripts here with /sbin/initqueue.
 206        If /sbin/initqueue is called with the "--onetime" option, the script
 207        will be removed after it was run.
 208        If /initqueue/work is created and udev >= 143 then this loop can
 209        process the jobs in parallel to the udevtrigger.
 210        If the udev queue is empty and no root device is found or no root
 211        filesystem was mounted, the user will be dropped to a shell after
 212        a timeout.
 213        Scripts can remove themselves from the initqueue by "rm $job".
 214
 215     /pre-mount/*.sh
 216        scripts to run before the root filesystem is mounted
 217        NFS is an exception, because it has no device node to be created
 218        and mounts in the udev events
 219
 220     /mount/*.sh
 221        scripts to mount the root filesystem
 222        NFS is an exception, because it has no device node to be created
 223        and mounts in the udev events
 224        If the udev queue is empty and no root device is found or no root
 225        filesystem was mounted, the user will be dropped to a shell after
 226        a timeout.
 227
 228     /pre-pivot/*.sh
 229        scripts to run before the real init is executed and the initramfs
 230        disappears
 231        All processes started before should be killed here.
 232
 233     The behaviour of the dmraid module demonstrates how to use the new
 234     mechanism. If it detects a device which is part of a raidmember from a
 235     udev rule, it installs a job to scan for dmraid devices, if the udev
 236     queue is empty. After a scan, it removes itsself from the queue.
 237
 238
 239
 240 dracut-0.3
 241 ==========
 242
 243 - first public version
 244