-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 El Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:45:34 +0000 Jaroslav Reznik <jreznik@xxxxxxxxxx> escribió: > = Features/DracutHostOnly = > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/DracutHostOnly > > Feature owner(s): Harald Hoyer <harald@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Only create "host-only" initramfs images. A generic fallback image > should be installed by anaconda on installation/update and never ever > be removed. > > == Detailed description == > Current initramfs images contain most of the kernel drivers to boot > from any hardware. This results in a very big initramfs, which takes > a long time to load on system start and a long time to create on > kernel updates. Switching to host-only will improve the situation. To > cope with hardware change, a boot entry "Rescue System" should be > installed with a full fledged initramfs also containing debug tools. > This boot entry can then be used to recover from hardware changes and > also from unforseen software failure after updates. as legal has said we cannot pregenerate initramfses i think this should be a non-starter. even loading a 20mb initramfs from a sdcard on a slow arm box doesnt take that long, and id personally much rather be able to change hardware or yank the drive and put it into a different box without worrying about making sure i have the right initramfs bits in place. at least to me the costs outweigh the benefits. the grub timeout on my laptop/desktops is longer than the time it takes to load the initramfs. Dennis -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlEH8IAACgkQkSxm47BaWfeK0QCfbg5Sa4YKjOY53mAyVh7IK9E/ YugAoKsEGgkLroJ1ht3FT+v5gJJxYqFS =S7mz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
