3 - dcb support to dracut's FCoE support
4 - add readonly overlay support for dmsquash
5 - add keyboard kernel modules
6 - dracut.conf: added add_dracutmodules
7 - add /etc/dracut.conf.d
8 - add preliminary IPv6 support
14 - dracut-lib: read multiple lines from $init/etc/cmdline
15 - lsinitrd and mkinitrd
16 - dmsquash: add support for loopmounted *.iso files
17 - lvm: add rd_LVM_LV and "--poll n"
18 - user suspend support
19 - add additional drivers in host-only mode, too
20 - improved emergency shell
21 - support for compressed kernel modules
22 - support for loading Xen modules
23 - rdloaddriver kernel command line parameter
24 - man pages for dracut-catimages and dracut-gencmdline
29 - add debian package modules
30 - add dracut.conf manpage
31 - add module 90multipath
33 - crypt: ignore devices in /etc/crypttab (root is not in there)
34 unless rd_NO_CRYPTTAB is specified
35 - kernel-modules: add scsi_dh scsi_dh_rdac scsi_dh_emc
36 - add multinic support
37 - add s390 zfcp support
38 - add s390 dasd support
39 - add s390 network support
40 - fixed dracut-gencmdline for root=UUID or LABEL
41 - do not destroy assembled raid arrays if mdadm.conf present
43 - let udevd not resolve group and user names
44 - moved network from udev to initqueue
45 - improved debug output: specifying "rdinitdebug" now logs
46 to dmesg, console and /init.log
47 - strip kernel modules which have no x bit set
48 - redirect stdin, stdout, stderr all RW to /dev/console
49 so the user can use "less" to view /init.log and dmesg
50 - add new device mapper udev rules and dmeventd
51 - fixed dracut-gencmdline for root=UUID or LABEL
52 - do not destroy assembled raid arrays if mdadm.conf present
54 - let udevd not resolve group and user names
55 - preserve timestamps of tools on initramfs generation
56 - generate symlinks for binaries correctly
57 - moved network from udev to initqueue
58 - mount nfs3 with nfsvers=3 option and retry with nfsvers=2
59 - fixed nbd initqueue-finished
60 - improved debug output: specifying "rdinitdebug" now logs
61 to dmesg, console and /init.log
62 - strip kernel modules which have no x bit set
63 - redirect stdin, stdout, stderr all RW to /dev/console
64 so the user can use "less" to view /init.log and dmesg
65 - make install of new dm/lvm udev rules optionally
66 - add new device mapper udev rules and dmeventd
67 - Fix LiveCD boot regression
68 - bail out if selinux policy could not be loaded and
69 selinux=0 not specified on kernel command line
70 - do not cleanup dmraids
75 - add ifname= argument for persistent netdev names
76 - new /initqueue-finished to check if the main loop can be left
77 - copy mdadm.conf if --mdadmconf set or mdadmconf in dracut.conf
78 - plymouth: use plymouth-populate-initrd
79 - add add_drivers for dracut and dracut.conf
80 - add modprobe scsi_wait_scan to be sure everything was scanned
81 - fix for several problems with md raid containers
82 - fix for selinux policy loading
83 - fix for mdraid for IMSM
84 - fix for bug, which prevents installing 61-persistent-storage.rules (bug #520109)
85 - fix for missing grep for md
89 - better --hostonly checks
90 - better lvm/mdraid/dmraid handling
91 - fcoe booting support
92 Supported cmdline formats:
93 fcoe=<networkdevice>:<dcb|nodcb>
94 fcoe=<macaddress>:<dcb|nodcb>
96 Note currently only nodcb is supported, the dcb option is reserved for
99 Note letters in the macaddress must be lowercase!
103 fcoe=4A:3F:4C:04:F8:D7:nodcb
105 - Syslog support for dracut
106 This module provides syslog functionality in the initrd.
107 This is especially interesting when complex configuration being
108 used to provide access to the device the rootfs resides on.
113 - let plymouth attach to the terminal (nice text output now)
114 - new kernel command line parameter "rdinfo" show dracut output, even when
116 - rd_LUKS_UUID is now handled correctly
117 - dracut-gencmdline: rd_LUKS_UUID and rd_MD_UUID is now correctly generated
118 - now generates initrd-generic with around 15MB
123 - iSCSI with username and password
124 - support for live images (dmsquashed live images)
125 - iscsi_firmware fixes
131 - dracut: strip binaries in initramfs
134 strip binaries in the initramfs (default)
137 do not strip binaries in the initramfs
140 Usage: ./dracut-catimages [OPTION]... <initramfs> <base image>
142 Creates initial ramdisk image by concatenating several images from the
144 line and /boot/dracut/
146 -f, --force Overwrite existing initramfs file.
147 -i, --imagedir Directory with additional images to add
148 (default: /boot/dracut/)
149 -o, --overlaydir Overlay directory, which contains files that
150 will be used to create an additional image
151 --nooverlay Do not use the overlay directory
152 --noimagedir Do not use the additional image directory
153 -h, --help This message
154 --debug Output debug information of the build process
155 -v, --verbose Verbose output during the build process
161 - dracut: add --kernel-only and --no-kernel arguments
164 only install kernel drivers and firmware files
167 do not install kernel drivers and firmware files
169 All kernel module related install commands moved from "install"
172 For "--kernel-only" all installkernel scripts of the specified
173 modules are used, regardless of any checks, so that all modules
174 which might be needed by any dracut generic image are in.
176 The basic idea is to create two images. One image with the kernel
177 modules and one without. So if the kernel changes, you only have
178 to replace one image.
180 Grub and the kernel can handle multiple images, so grub entry can
183 title Fedora (2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586)
185 kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586 ro rhgb quiet
186 initrd /initrd-20090722.img /initrd-kernel-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586.img /initrd-config.img
189 the image provided by the initrd rpm
190 one old backup version is kept like with the kernel
192 initrd-kernel-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586.img
193 the image provided by the kernel rpm
196 optional image with local configuration files
198 - dracut: add --kmoddir directory, where to look for kernel modules
201 specify the directory, where to look for kernel modules
207 - more generic (all plymouth modules, all keyboards, all console fonts)
208 - more kernel command line parameters (see also man dracut(8))
209 - a helper tool, which generates the kernel command line (dracut-gencmdline)
210 - bridged network boot
211 - a lot of new command line parameter
216 - firmware loading support
217 - new internal queue (initqueue)
218 initqueue now loops until /dev/root exists or root is mounted
220 init now has the following points to inject scripts:
223 scripts for command line parsing
226 scripts to run before udev is started
229 scripts to run before the main udev trigger is pulled
232 runs in parallel to the udev trigger
233 Udev events can add scripts here with /sbin/initqueue.
234 If /sbin/initqueue is called with the "--onetime" option, the script
235 will be removed after it was run.
236 If /initqueue/work is created and udev >= 143 then this loop can
237 process the jobs in parallel to the udevtrigger.
238 If the udev queue is empty and no root device is found or no root
239 filesystem was mounted, the user will be dropped to a shell after
241 Scripts can remove themselves from the initqueue by "rm $job".
244 scripts to run before the root filesystem is mounted
245 NFS is an exception, because it has no device node to be created
246 and mounts in the udev events
249 scripts to mount the root filesystem
250 NFS is an exception, because it has no device node to be created
251 and mounts in the udev events
252 If the udev queue is empty and no root device is found or no root
253 filesystem was mounted, the user will be dropped to a shell after
257 scripts to run before the real init is executed and the initramfs
259 All processes started before should be killed here.
261 The behaviour of the dmraid module demonstrates how to use the new
262 mechanism. If it detects a device which is part of a raidmember from a
263 udev rule, it installs a job to scan for dmraid devices, if the udev
264 queue is empty. After a scan, it removes itsself from the queue.
271 - first public version