Hi all,
I'm interested in working on this item from the TODO file:
* add concept for "exitrd" as inverse of "initrd", that we can
transition to at
shutdown, and has similar security semantics. This should then take
the place
of dracut's shutdown logic. Should probably support sysexts too. Care
needs
to be taken that the resulting logic ends up in RAM, i.e. is copied
out of
on-disk storage.
I'm wondering if anyone can elaborate/give context for this.
Specifically, what is the motivation for replacing the dracut shutdown
logic with exitrd? It seems like dracut already handles shutdown
processes within a ramdisk/fs. And as I understand, initrd is not part
of systemd (merely interfaced with), so why are we bringing this
"exitrd" under the umbrella of systemd?
Additionally, is there any source code I can reference for an idea of
how to implement this?
Regards,
Albert
