NEWS.md

Version 2.11.0

• Feature luks:
  • Decrypt using plymouth if present (thx Oleg Solovyov)
  • Run luks handler after mountdev
• Feature multipath:
  • Add service file and multipathd
• Feature plymouth:
  • Add missing label plugin (thx Oleg Solovyov)
  • Include fonts (thx Oleg Solovyov)
• Runtime:
  • Add rdlog=console boot parameter to send all log messages to the /dev/console
  • Check bootable conditions after each uevend handler
• Misc:
  • Replace initrd-cp by initrd-put

Version 2.10.0

• New feature:
  • Add lkrg feature to preload lkrg module (thx Vladimir D. Seleznev)
• Feature fsck:
  • Show more friendly message
  • Do not check swap
• Feature network:
  • Fix synchronization service
  • Fix generation network config from cmdline
• Feature pipeline:
  • Show an error if the previous step is used which did not exist
  • Run handlers as separate programs
• Feature guestfs:
  • Add file utility (thx Mikhail Gordeev)

Version 2.9.0

• Feature changes:
  • guestfs: Add mke2fs utility
• Utilites:
  • create-initrd: Use bash array to calculate list of files and directories
• Misc:
  • Use bash for scripting
  • Show only actually included features
  • Refactor feature dependencies

Version 2.8.3

• Misc:
  • Guess root: Show device name only
  • tests: Add test for btrfs with subvol

Version 2.8.2

• Feature changes:
  • add-modules: Put MODULES_PRELOAD into the modules-preudev
  • add-modules: Fix kmodule.deps.d execution
• Utilities:
  • bug-report: Fix device list
  • depinfo: Do not stop on error
  • depinfo: Add option to read names from the file
• Misc:
  • Change the priority of directories when copying to an image

Version 2.8.1

• Feature changes:
  • fsck: Always add fsck utilities
• Utilities:
  • make-initrd: Fix --boot=DIR option

Version 2.8.0

• Feature changes:
  • guestfs: Add findfs utility
  • guestfs: Use patterns for utilities
  • guestfs: Add gdisk and sgdisk
  • btrfs: Add all devices in the btrfs
  • network: Add service network-up
• Utilities:
  • Add md_run utility from kinit-utils
  • Add nfsmount utility from kinit-utils
  • Add resume utility from kinit-utils
  • Add runas utility
• Misc:
  • Use autoconf
  • Replace build system
  • Add PUT_FEATURE_PROGS_WILDCARD
  • Refactor features rules
  • Drop bootsplash feature
  • Do not show module dependencies in the guessed config

Version 2.7.0

• New feature:
  • Add sysfs-dma feature to detect dependence on dma by sysfs
  • Add pipeline as an alternative way to search for root
  • Add fsck feature to check filesystem before mount
• Feature changes:
  • virtio-pci: Feature renamed to sysfs-virtio-pci
  • network: Fix cmdline params hack
  • network: preserve iface macaddress
  • nfsroot: Use network feature
• Runtime changes:
  • Export information about configured devices
  • Allow to put the rootdelay on pause
• Misc:
  • Move docs to Documentation
  • Improve documentation
  • Add utility for inspecting bug reports
  • Guess root device based on bug report

Version 2.6.0

• Utilities:
  • make-initrd: Allow to guess modules for any directory
• Misc:
  • Do not use /boot directly
  • Add timestamps to messages
  • Add modules.builtin.modinfo into the initramfs
  • Simplify MOUNTPOINTS processing
  • Allow to use MOUNTPOINTS not only for mount points

Version 2.5.0

• Feature changes:
  • kbd: Reimplement feature
  • mdadm: Try to make problem array writable
  • mdadm: Run mdadm -IRs only once if needed
  • mdadm: Allow to use custom mdadm.conf
  • mdadm: Wait a certain time after the appearance of the raid member before starting the degraded raid
  • luks: Allow to skip keydev in the luks-key= and in the /etc/luks.keys
  • usb: Add more usb modules and make them optional
• Misc:
  • guess: Add guessing drm modules
  • Use MODULES_TRY_ADD for hardcoded module lists

Version 2.4.0

• Feature changes:
  • luks: Add essiv for kernel >= 5.4.0
• Runtime changes:
  • Ignore subdirectories in the handlers directory
  • Remove obsolete debug rules
• Utilities:
  • initrd-cp: Use own helper instead of the file utility
  • depinfo: Add modules.builtin.modinfo support
• Misc:
  • Make kernel version check more human readable
  • Add helpers to compare kernel version
  • Add testsuite
  • add-module-pattern: Create tempdir in proper place

Version 2.3.0

• New feature:
  • network: New feature to configure network interfaces in initrd.
• Feature changes:
  • kbd: Configure console fonts if KMS is enabled
  • kbd: Use udev to setup font and keymap
  • kbd: Add guess-script
• Runtime changes:
  • Allow negative values in cmdline parameters
  • Rewrite network configuration
  • Allow to continue boot process after rdshell
  • Re-implement ueventd in shell
  • Allow more than one pre/post script for service
  • Allow run script before and after each service
• Utilities:
  • depinfo: Ignore files in current directory if the argument does not look like module name