2020-05-29 18:27:25 +00:00
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From 871d63c3be529cee2c2bd868750eda121ece46dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Harald Hoyer <harald@redhat.com>
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Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 14:43:57 +0200
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Subject: [PATCH] Fix CI badges in README.md and fix dracut description
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While fixing the CI badges, I removed some old crufty README text.
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---
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README.md | 11 ++++-------
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dracut.spec | 2 +-
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2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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index 9948bf97..0ab54ea6 100644
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--- a/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
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@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ dracut
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dracut is an event driven initramfs infrastructure.
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[](https://travis-ci.org/dracutdevs/dracut)
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-[](https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut/actions?query=workflow%3AFedora-30)
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[](https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut/actions?query=workflow%3AFedora-31)
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+[](https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut/actions?query=workflow%3AFedora-32)
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dracut (the tool) is used to create an initramfs image by copying tools
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and files from an installed system and combining it with the
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dracut framework, usually found in /usr/lib/dracut/modules.d.
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-Unlike existing initramfs's, this is an attempt at having as little as
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-possible hard-coded into the initramfs as possible. The initramfs has
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+Unlike other implementations, dracut hard-codes as little
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+as possible into the initramfs. The initramfs has
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(basically) one purpose in life -- getting the rootfs mounted so that
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we can transition to the real rootfs. This is all driven off of
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device availability. Therefore, instead of scripts hard-coded to do
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@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@ various things, we depend on udev to create device nodes for us and
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then when we have the rootfs's device node, we mount and carry on.
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This helps to keep the time required in the initramfs as little as
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possible so that things like a 5 second boot aren't made impossible as
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-a result of the very existence of an initramfs. It's likely that
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-we'll grow some hooks for running arbitrary commands in the flow of
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-the script, but it's worth trying to resist the urge as much as we can
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-as hooks are guaranteed to be the path to slow-down.
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+a result of the very existence of an initramfs.
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Most of the initramfs generation functionality in dracut is provided by a bunch
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of generator modules that are sourced by the main dracut script to install
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diff --git a/dracut.spec b/dracut.spec
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index 1eb47402..4d1cb7a4 100644
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--- a/dracut.spec
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+++ b/dracut.spec
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@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Requires: libkcapi-hmaccalc
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%description
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dracut contains tools to create bootable initramfses for the Linux
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-kernel. Unlike previous implementations, dracut hard-codes as little
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+kernel. Unlike other implementations, dracut hard-codes as little
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as possible into the initramfs. dracut contains various modules which
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are driven by the event-based udev. Having root on MD, DM, LVM2, LUKS
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is supported as well as NFS, iSCSI, NBD, FCoE with the dracut-network
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2020-10-02 12:08:26 +00:00
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