dracut/initramfs only needs to be updated if the hardware is needed for boot pre-pivot root (ie to find rootfs, or if you use root on nfs then you need network in initrd). If in your m.2 case you were booting from it then extra drivers would need to be loaded such that the initramfs can find rootfs. Any pci cards and/or usb devices when the device is seen something will check the modules.dep file and look whatever module claims to support it. Usb devices load in a similar way. On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 6:37 AM Tom Horsley <horsley1953@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 30 Oct 2020 02:20:26 -0700 > Todd Chester via users wrote: > > > Just a refresher. If I add a new piece of presumably supported > > hardware to my computer, do I need to run some kind of scan > > to add it to the fray? Or does a reboot take care of that? > > Reboot will notice, but if it is hardware that needs > a new kernel module loaded, you may need to run > > dracut -f > > to rebuild the initramfs so the module will get loaded > properly at boot time. (I had to do that to get my M.2 > storage to work, for example). > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
