On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Dennis Gilmore <dennis@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > -----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. Thinking about this some more ... that does not make sense. A initramfs does not link anything but simply put stuff into an image similar to a tarball or even an ISO image. So what exactly are the objections raised by legal? -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
