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

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Jon Masters (jcm@xxxxxxxxxx) said: 
> 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.

That's a matter of reqiurements in the dracut package, though.

Bill

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