Which will not only add listed drivers, but also enforce that they are
tried to be loaded at early boot time.
This is needed if drivers which are not autoloaded (e.g. loop and a lot
others) shall get loaded via initramfs.
----
===============================
----
===============================
+**--force-drivers** _<list of kernel modules>_::
+ See add-drivers above. But in this case it is ensured that the drivers
+ are tried to be loaded early via modprobe.
++
+[NOTE]
+===============================
+If [LIST] has multiple arguments, then you have to put these in quotes. For
+example:
+----
+# dracut --force-drivers "kmodule1 kmodule2" ...
+----
+===============================
+
**--omit-drivers** _<list of kernel modules>_::
specify a space-separated list of kernel modules not to add to the
initramfs.
**--omit-drivers** _<list of kernel modules>_::
specify a space-separated list of kernel modules not to add to the
initramfs.
Specify a space-separated list of kernel modules to add to the initramfs.
The kernel modules have to be specified without the ".ko" suffix.
Specify a space-separated list of kernel modules to add to the initramfs.
The kernel modules have to be specified without the ".ko" suffix.
+*force_drivers+=*" __<list of kernel modules>__ "::
+ See add_drivers above. But in this case it is ensured that the drivers
+ are tried to be loaded early via modprobe.
+
*omit_drivers+=*" __<kernel modules>__ "::
Specify a space-separated list of kernel modules not to add to the
initramfs. The kernel modules have to be specified without the ".ko" suffix.
*omit_drivers+=*" __<kernel modules>__ "::
Specify a space-separated list of kernel modules not to add to the
initramfs. The kernel modules have to be specified without the ".ko" suffix.
exclusively include in the initramfs.
--add-drivers [LIST] Specify a space-separated list of kernel
modules to add to the initramfs.
exclusively include in the initramfs.
--add-drivers [LIST] Specify a space-separated list of kernel
modules to add to the initramfs.
+ --force-drivers [LIST] Specify a space-separated list of kernel
+ modules to add to the initramfs and make sure they
+ are tried to be loaded via modprobe same as passing
+ rd.driver.pre=DRIVER kernel parameter.
--omit-drivers [LIST] Specify a space-separated list of kernel
modules not to add to the initramfs.
--filesystems [LIST] Specify a space-separated list of kernel filesystem
--omit-drivers [LIST] Specify a space-separated list of kernel
modules not to add to the initramfs.
--filesystems [LIST] Specify a space-separated list of kernel filesystem
--long add: \
--long force-add: \
--long add-drivers: \
--long add: \
--long force-add: \
--long add-drivers: \
+ --long force-drivers: \
--long omit-drivers: \
--long modules: \
--long omit: \
--long omit-drivers: \
--long modules: \
--long omit: \
-a|--add) push add_dracutmodules_l "$2"; PARMS_TO_STORE+=" '$2'"; shift;;
--force-add) push force_add_dracutmodules_l "$2"; PARMS_TO_STORE+=" '$2'"; shift;;
--add-drivers) push add_drivers_l "$2"; PARMS_TO_STORE+=" '$2'"; shift;;
-a|--add) push add_dracutmodules_l "$2"; PARMS_TO_STORE+=" '$2'"; shift;;
--force-add) push force_add_dracutmodules_l "$2"; PARMS_TO_STORE+=" '$2'"; shift;;
--add-drivers) push add_drivers_l "$2"; PARMS_TO_STORE+=" '$2'"; shift;;
+ --force-drivers) push force_drivers_l "$2"; PARMS_TO_STORE+=" '$2'"; shift;;
--omit-drivers) push omit_drivers_l "$2"; PARMS_TO_STORE+=" '$2'"; shift;;
-m|--modules) push dracutmodules_l "$2"; PARMS_TO_STORE+=" '$2'"; shift;;
-o|--omit) push omit_dracutmodules_l "$2"; PARMS_TO_STORE+=" '$2'"; shift;;
--omit-drivers) push omit_drivers_l "$2"; PARMS_TO_STORE+=" '$2'"; shift;;
-m|--modules) push dracutmodules_l "$2"; PARMS_TO_STORE+=" '$2'"; shift;;
-o|--omit) push omit_dracutmodules_l "$2"; PARMS_TO_STORE+=" '$2'"; shift;;
fi
add_drivers=${add_drivers/-/_}
fi
add_drivers=${add_drivers/-/_}
+if (( ${#force_drivers_l[@]} )); then
+ while pop force_drivers_l val; do
+ force_drivers+=" $val "
+ done
+fi
+force_drivers=${force_drivers/-/_}
+
if (( ${#omit_drivers_l[@]} )); then
while pop omit_drivers_l val; do
omit_drivers+=" $val "
if (( ${#omit_drivers_l[@]} )); then
while pop omit_drivers_l val; do
omit_drivers+=" $val "
omit_drivers_corrected=""
for d in $omit_drivers; do
[[ " $drivers $add_drivers " == *\ $d\ * ]] && continue
omit_drivers_corrected=""
for d in $omit_drivers; do
[[ " $drivers $add_drivers " == *\ $d\ * ]] && continue
+ [[ " $drivers $force_drivers " == *\ $d\ * ]] && continue
omit_drivers_corrected+="$d|"
done
omit_drivers="${omit_drivers_corrected%|}"
omit_drivers_corrected+="$d|"
done
omit_drivers="${omit_drivers_corrected%|}"
if [[ $add_drivers ]]; then
hostonly='' instmods -c $add_drivers
fi
if [[ $add_drivers ]]; then
hostonly='' instmods -c $add_drivers
fi
+ if [[ $force_drivers ]]; then
+ hostonly='' instmods -c $force_drivers
+ rm -f $initdir/etc/cmdline.d/20-force_driver.conf
+ for mod in $force_drivers; do
+ echo "rd.driver.pre=$mod" >>$initdir/etc/cmdline.d/20-force_drivers.conf
+ done
+ fi
if [[ $filesystems ]]; then
hostonly='' instmods -c $filesystems
fi
if [[ $filesystems ]]; then
hostonly='' instmods -c $filesystems
fi