On Thursday, September 15, 2011 08:32:17 PM Rich Freeman wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Joost Roeleveld <jo...@antarean.org> wrote: > > Will the ebuild automatically add all the different modules into the > > /etc/dracut.conf ? > > Please note, I am asking these questions to put my mind at ease and > > hopefully > > be able to explain all this back to the people on gentoo-user. > > Honestly, I'd recommend just trying it out. Dracut right now is as usable > as any non-initramfs solution out there and you can always add it as an > extra non-default option in grub so that it doesn't mess you up if it > doesn't work.
It is on my list of things to test and I will let you know my findings. > I've found that dracut is pretty auto-magic by default and the config file > doesn't generally need tampering. Most of the options are to NOT load > modules or to minimize the initramfs size by figuring out what modules are > actually needed and only load those (which means if you change hardware > between boots it could come up short). If I change hardware, the kernel is likely not to boot as I disable anything I don't have. > The modules that are available are controlled by use flags. Actually, I > think it is a DRACUT_MODULES variable or something like that (not unlike how > X11 handles drivers). Yes, this matches what I have found out already. -- Joost
