Long time, no release...
Here comes a new dracut version. Thanks to all who have contributed to this
release.
The tarball can be found here:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/dracut/
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/dracut/
https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut/releases/
Report Issues:
https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut/issues
File Pull Requests:
https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut/pulls
Git:
git@xxxxxxxxxx:dracutdevs/dracut.git
https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut.git
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/boot/dracut/dracut.git
http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/boot/dracut/dracut.git
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/boot/dracut/dracut.git
Git Web:
https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut
http://git.kernel.org/?p=boot/dracut/dracut.git
Git Web RSS Feed:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=boot/dracut/dracut.git;a=rss
Project Page:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/dracut/dracut.html
Project Wiki:
http://dracut.wiki.kernel.org
The ChangeLog can be found here:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=boot/dracut/dracut.git;a=blob_plain;f=NEWS
dracut-050
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dracut:
- support for running on a cross-compiled rootfs, see README.cross
- add support for creating secureboot signed UEFI images
- use microcode found in packed cpio images
- `-k/--kmodir` must now contain "lib/modules/$KERNEL_VERSION"
use DRACUT_KMODDIR_OVERRIDE=1 to ignore this check
- support the EFI Stub loader's splash image feature.
`--uefi-splash-image <FILE>`
dracut modules:
- remove bashism in various boot scripts
- emergency mode: use sulogin
fcoe:
- add rd.nofcoe option to disable the FCoE module from the command line
10i18n:
- fix keymaps not getting included sometimes
- use eurlatgr as default console font
iscsi:
- add option `rd.iscsi.testroute`
multipath:
- fix udev rules detection of multipath devices
network:
- support NetworkManager
network-legacy:
- fix classless static route parsing
- ifup: fix typo when calling dhclient --timeout
- ifup: nuke pid and lease files if dhclient failed
- fix ip=dhcp,dhcp6
- use $name instead of $env{INTERFACE} (systemd-udevd regression)
shutdown:
- fix for non-systemd reboot/halt/shutdown commands
- set selinux labels
- fix shutdown with console=null
lsinitrd:
- list squash content as well
- handle UEFI created with dracut --uefi
- make lsinitrd usable for images made with Debian mkinitramfs
dracut-install:
- fixed ldd parsing
- install kernel module dependencies of dependencies
- fixed segfault for hashing NULL pointers
- add support for compressed firmware files
- dracut_mkdir(): create parent directories as needed.
test suite:
- lots of cleanups
- add github actions
new modules:
- rngd
- network-manager
- ppcmac - thermal/fan control modules on PowerPC based Macs
