Re: dracut

[Mr Dash Four <mr.dash.four-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>]

> But we cannot do this with Dracut itself, if Mr Dash Four was asking
> about it.  We need to compile all binaries we're including for specified
> architecture.  Similar tool has such a feature - Gentoo's Genkernel.
> But it uses sources and compilies them specially for initramfs with
> hardcoded instructions.
>   
That would be my preference too!

Relying on what is currently installed on client's desktop machines is 
NOT a good idea as I found out to my cost - most of the 'standard' and 
already-compiled smartcard core libraries will NOT work on initramfs at 
all and need to be pre-compiled with certain options in order to strip 
down the dependencies to the bare minimum and allow them to function in 
initramfs environment.

As I already pointed out in my previous post just picking up those 
libraries from the client desktop machines will NOT work. I spent two 
days tearing my hair apart to come to this conclusion, but the good news 
is that I made the smartcard module WORK, so I am currently fine-tuning 
it and stripping the dependencies even further, though this module will 
have to be architecture (and therefore kernel) dependent!