diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'metadata/news/2024-05-17-dracut-ext-kmods/2024-05-17-dracut-ext-kmods.en.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | metadata/news/2024-05-17-dracut-ext-kmods/2024-05-17-dracut-ext-kmods.en.txt | 22 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/metadata/news/2024-05-17-dracut-ext-kmods/2024-05-17-dracut-ext-kmods.en.txt b/metadata/news/2024-05-17-dracut-ext-kmods/2024-05-17-dracut-ext-kmods.en.txt index ff2bdf695241..af58a6386afe 100644 --- a/metadata/news/2024-05-17-dracut-ext-kmods/2024-05-17-dracut-ext-kmods.en.txt +++ b/metadata/news/2024-05-17-dracut-ext-kmods/2024-05-17-dracut-ext-kmods.en.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Title: Changes to dracut kernel module/microcode handling Author: Andrew Ammerlaan <andrewammerlaan@gentoo.org> Posted: 2024-05-17 -Revision: 1 +Revision: 2 News-Item-Format: 2.0 Display-If-Installed: sys-kernel/dracut Display-If-Installed: virtual/dist-kernel @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ microcode, and how these are handled in initial RAM file systems Depending on the local Dracut and USE flag configuration, some configuration adjustments may be required as a result of these changes. + Background (the problem) ==================== @@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ it could find. This leads to several problems: As a result, Dracut's "--reproducible" setting is not working. And the functionality of the initramfs may change (seemingly) at random. + Background (the fix) ==================== @@ -64,10 +66,12 @@ Several things have been changed: then the initramfs is regenerated. When the "dist-kernel" flag is disabled, the "initramfs" flag behaves as it previously did. -User Action Required + +User Action Required (Dracut and/or Distribution Kernel users) ==================== -Users should double check two things: +Users of sys-kernel/dracut and/or Distribution Kernels should double +check two things: 1) Please ensure that you are *not* globally enabling or disabling the "initramfs" USE flag. Enabling it globally might result in an unnecessarily large initramfs. Disabling it globally might result @@ -81,6 +85,18 @@ Users should double check two things: configuration files to ensure that you are not unintentionally overriding the settings set by Portage. + +User Action Required (other users) +==================== + +Other users may wish to disable the "initramfs" USE flag on +sys-kernel/linux-firmware and/or sys-firmware/intel-microcode +if they already have other mechanisms in place for updating the CPU +microcode (such as kernel built-in CPU microcode). Users who do not +use sys-kernel/dracut or Distribution Kernels can safely disable +the "initramfs" USE flag globally. + + Frequently Asked Questions ==================== |