[ANNOUNCE] dracut 024

[ANNOUNCE] dracut 024

[Harald Hoyer]

Here comes a new dracut version. Thanks to all who have contributed to
this release.

The tarball can be found here:
	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/dracut/
	ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/dracut/

Git:
	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/boot/dracut/dracut.git
	http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/boot/dracut/dracut.git
	https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/boot/dracut/dracut.git

Git Web:
	http://git.kernel.org/?p=boot/dracut/dracut.git

Git Web RSS Feed:
	http://git.kernel.org/?p=boot/dracut/dracut.git;a=rss

Project Page:
	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/dracut/dracut.html

Project Wiki:
	http://dracut.wiki.kernel.org

The ChangeLog can be found here:
        http://git.kernel.org/?p=boot/dracut/dracut.git;a=blob_plain;f=NEWS

dracut-024
==========
- new dracut option "--device"
- new dracut kernel command line options "rd.auto"
- new dracut kernel command line options "rd.noverifyssl"
- new dracut option "--kernel-cmdline" and "kernel_cmdline" option for default
parameters
- fixes for systemd and crypto
- fix for kexec in shutdown, if not included in initramfs
- create the initramfs non-world readable
- prelink/preunlink in the initramfs
- strip binaries in the initramfs by default now
- various FIPS fixes
- various dracut-install fixes

Re: [ANNOUNCE] dracut 024

[Harald Hoyer]

Am 16.10.2012 16:59, schrieb Harald Hoyer:
> Here comes a new dracut version. Thanks to all who have contributed to
> this release.
> 
> The tarball can be found here:
> 	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/dracut/
> 	ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/dracut/
> 
> Git:
> 	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/boot/dracut/dracut.git
> 	http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/boot/dracut/dracut.git
> 	https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/boot/dracut/dracut.git
> 
> Git Web:
> 	http://git.kernel.org/?p=boot/dracut/dracut.git
> 
> Git Web RSS Feed:
> 	http://git.kernel.org/?p=boot/dracut/dracut.git;a=rss
> 
> Project Page:
> 	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/dracut/dracut.html
> 
> Project Wiki:
> 	http://dracut.wiki.kernel.org
> 
> The ChangeLog can be found here:
>         http://git.kernel.org/?p=boot/dracut/dracut.git;a=blob_plain;f=NEWS
> 
> dracut-024
> ==========
> - new dracut option "--device"
> - new dracut kernel command line options "rd.auto"
> - new dracut kernel command line options "rd.noverifyssl"
> - new dracut option "--kernel-cmdline" and "kernel_cmdline" option for default
> parameters
> - fixes for systemd and crypto
> - fix for kexec in shutdown, if not included in initramfs
> - create the initramfs non-world readable
> - prelink/preunlink in the initramfs
> - strip binaries in the initramfs by default now
> - various FIPS fixes
> - various dracut-install fixes
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I should add a little comment about "rd.auto", which is off by default.

So, the default behavior for the dracut initramfs is now, not to automatically
assemble the devices it finds, unless "rd.auto=1" is given on the kernel command
line.

The old behavior can be turned on by shipping a .conf file in /etc/dracut.conf.d
with:

kernelcmdline+=" rd.auto=1 "

Which adds "rd.auto=1" to the default parameter.