Re: hardcoded mkinitrd dep?

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 13:09 +0200, dragoran wrote:
> I was testing f7 kernels on fc6 recently to test iwlwifi and I noticed 
> that the kernel depends on a newer mkinitrd for (no?) reason...
> I install the kernels with --nodeps and the boot up fine, the new initrd 
> also looks ok (has the pata modules etc.)
> what was the reason for this?
> a broken mkinitrd version between fc6 and the reuquired one that should 
> be avoided?

I know that a newer mkinitrd fixes an issue where creating a non-xen
initrd while running a xen kernel would leave a segfaulting initrd upon
boot into that new kernel.  I suspect that is the reason (if there
aren't more) that the kernel requires it.

josh

_______________________________________________
Fedora-kernel-list mailing list
Fedora-kernel-list@xxxxxxxxxx
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-kernel-list

[Index of Archives]     [Fedora General Discussion]     [Older Fedora Users Archive]     [Fedora Advisory Board]     [Fedora Security]     [Fedora Devel Java]     [Fedora Legacy]     [Fedora Desktop]     [ATA RAID]     [Fedora Marketing]     [Fedora Mentors]     [Fedora Package Announce]     [Fedora Package Review]     [Fedora Music]     [Fedora Packaging]     [Centos]     [Fedora SELinux]     [Coolkey]     [Yum Users]     [Tux]     [Yosemite News]     [KDE Users]     [Fedora Art]     [Fedora Docs]     [USB]     [Asterisk PBX]

  Powered by Linux