Re: dracut options for installing files and drivers

[Dave Young <dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>]

On 05/10/2012 10:10 AM, Dave Young wrote:

> On 05/09/2012 08:40 PM, Harald Hoyer wrote:
> 
>> Am 09.05.2012 09:35, schrieb Dave Young:
>>> Hi, harald
>>>
>>> Dracut options '-I' and '-a' both mean optionally install file/ko
>>
>> this is wrong
>>
>> $ man dracut
>>
>> "-a" means
>>
>>        -a, --add <list of dracut modules>
> 
> 
> modules install happens in modules.d/90kernel-modules/module-setup.sh
> but module-setup.sh does not check the return value of instmods, so it
> will not fail and exit if no such modules.


Oops, I actually means --add-drivers instead of -a

> 
> Also another problem is there's no check of module install() return status..
> 
>>            add a space-separated list of dracut modules to the default set of
>> modules. This parameter
>>            can be specified multiple times.
>>
>>                Note
>>                If [LIST] has multiple arguments, then you have to put these in
>> quotes. For example:
>>
>>                    # dracut --add "module1 module2"  ...
>>
>> "-I" means
>>
>>        -I, --install <file list>
> 
> 
> See below code, dracut_install -o means "optional install", isn't it?
>     for item in $install_items; do
>         dracut_install -o "$item"
>     done
> 
> 
>>            install the space separated list of files into the initramfs.
>>
>>                Note
>>                If [LIST] has multiple arguments, then you have to put these in
>> quotes. For example:
>>
>>                +
>>
>>                    # dracut --install "/bin/foo /sbin/bar"  ...
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Thanks
Dave