On 19.06.2024 14:51, Carolina Jubran wrote: >> >> Hello! >> >> I need to load RDMA modules in initrd, and I have a systemd service for that. However, when we start running in the initrd, the initrd-cleanup.service kills the service. >You already posted this in systemd list and you still failed to explain >how kernel module is related to user space program. Attempting an NFS mount over RDMA will fail unless the RDMA NFS module is pre-loaded which is done by the systemd service. >> The Dracut arrangement only installs the service if the necessary hardware is present. >> I tried to add dependencies to the systemd service "Before=initrd.target" to ensure that the service loads the drivers in initrd. >> Unfortunately, this was inconsistent; sometimes we load in initrd and sometimes we don't. >> >> Then I discovered that adding a "$SYSTEMCTL -q --root "$initdir" add-wants initrd.target <our-service>" in the module-setup.sh helps with the issue, and the driver consistently runs in initrd. >> My question is, how does "add-wants initrd.target" fit into the picture with the initramfs image and systemd? >> Do I need to make any further changes to my systemd service, or is building the image using dracut sufficient? >> >> Thank you, >> Carolina Jubran
