The local variable _mpargs in function instmods() in file dracut-functions looks peculiar. The documentation is non-existent, but still ... First, $_mpargs is not passed to modprobe via for_each_kmod_dep. This is strange because my guess is that "_mpargs" means "extra arguments for modprobe". Second, the leading "--" will be lopped when a leading pathname is stripped via _mod=${_mod##*/} It seems to me that a leading "--" should inhibit modification. Here's the corresponding patch to current HEAD (from dracut-013.) diff --git a/dracut-functions b/dracut-functions index a3340e4..c28766e 100755 --- a/dracut-functions +++ b/dracut-functions @@ -919,7 +919,6 @@ instmods() { fi ;; --*) - _mod=${_mod##*/} _mpargs+=" $_mod";; i2o_scsi) shift; continue;; # Do not load this diagnostic-only module *) _mod=${_mod##*/} @@ -942,7 +941,7 @@ instmods() { # ok, load the module, all its dependencies, and any firmware # it may require for_each_kmod_dep install_kmod_with_fw $_mod \ - --set-version $kernel ${_moddirname} + --set-version $kernel ${_moddirname} $_mpargs ((_ret+=$?)) ;; esac -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe initramfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html