Re: [PATCH] add net-lib, nfs-lib, url-lib, and img-lib

[Harald Hoyer <harald-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>]

Am 14.02.2012 18:38, schrieb Will Woods:
> Hi all,
> 
> This set of patches adds a bunch of "libraries" to dracut:
> - net-lib adds some utility functions to module 40network
> - nfs-lib provides the special nfs handling that was in 95nfs/nfsroot
> - url-lib is a new module for handling http{s}/ftp URLs with curl
> - img-lib is a new module for dealing with archives & fs images.
> 
> They might need tweaking for style/GPL headers/etc - just let me know and
> I'll fix up the patches.
> 
> Only patch 3 and 5 change existing code - the rest should be very low-risk.
> 
> Patch 3 ports the existing nfsroot to nfs-lib. This is kind of a
> proof-of-concept (look how short it is! whee!) but it *has not been tested*.
> Feel free to take or leave that patch - but if someone could apply it and
> help test it, I would be *very* thankful!
> 
> Patch 5 moves 90livenet to url-lib, and I *have* tested this to confirm that
> it works.
> 
> If these are accepted, some next steps might be:
> - move things out of dracut-lib.sh to net-lib or nfs-lib
>   (wait_for_if_up, nfs_root_to_var, ip_to_var, etc.)
> - add rpm/deb support to img-lib
>   (is there a way to do optional dependencies, specified in dracut.conf?)
> - add support for live "updates" images to livenet
> 
> Thanks for looking these over,
> 
> -w
> 

Pushed all of them and corrected nfs-lib.sh