Re: generic vs. host-only

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

Harald Hoyer wrote:
> Seewer Philippe proposed dracutmodules="hostonly" and to change 
> "$mod/check".
> 
> all:
>     install everything and fail, if we can't
> 
> auto:
>     install everything we can and skip those we cannot
> 
> host-only:
>     install everything we can but only what is needed for the local host
> 
>     Also for the host-only case, we shouldn't check for e.g. dm_mod in
>     /proc/modules, because it can be compiled in. We could use blkid.
> 
> I know that dracut was started to eliminate the "host-only" strategy, 
> but as it
> is a configurable option, we might include it nevertheless for the sake 
> of boot
> speed and initrd size, if wanted by a poweruser, who knows what he does.
> 

ok, implemented "hostonly" in the merge tree of 
git://git.surfsite.org/pub/git/dracut.git
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