Re: [PATCH] initrd-generic.img -> dracut.img

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On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 11:14 -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Hans de Goede (hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx) said: 
> > We're moving back to %post generation of dracut initrd's due to
> > GPL concerns about shipping pre build initrd's. This means the initrd
> > will no longer be truely generic. To reflect this and make clear it is
> > not an mkinitrd initrd, the name was changes to simply dracut.img.
> 
> Even with regeneration in %post, it can still be generic, yes?

I think what Hans means is that it'll be "generic" in the sense of
including more drivers than you are necessarily using, but it will only
include what is installed at the time it is generated - i.e. not some
weird firmware file that you don't already have around.

Jon.


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