When assembling containers + embedded arrays from mdadm.conf,
mdadm needs the /dev/md# node for the container to assemble the
arrays within the container. Stopping the udev exec queue, results in
this node not getting created and mdadm failing to online the
arrays within the container.
Not having stop / start udev exec-queue around "mdadm -As --run" should
be safe as the exact same command is run from rc.sysinit without
any queue locking.
This is a more sane solution, than ignoring subsequent "change" events.
The only danger is that we could loop, if a lvm scan triggers a broken
md partition, which triggers a broken PV and so on.
Better fix the scanning tools, not to emit change events for devices,
if no action was taken.
Copy /etc/mdadm.conf to initramfs (even for non-hostonly) if
mdadmconf="yes" is set in dracut.conf or --mdadmconf is specified on the
dracut command line.
This was done, because there seems _no_ sane way to autoassemble md raid
arrays.
also moved rd_NO_MD to an udev ENV
Since different distros may or may not use vol_id in udev, and blkid
is generally replacing vol_id, abstract them out into a function which
tries to use vol_id first and blkid second, on the assumption that
blkid can take over for vol_id if vol_id is no longer there.
--kernel-only
only install kernel drivers and firmware files
--no-kernel
do not install kernel drivers and firmware files
All kernel module related install commands moved from "install"
to "installkernel".
For "--kernel-only" all installkernel scripts of the specified
modules are used, regardless of any checks, so that all modules
which might be needed by any dracut generic image are in.
The basic idea is to create two images. One image with the kernel
modules and one without. So if the kernel changes, you only have
to replace one image.
Grub and the kernel can handle multiple images, so grub entry can
look like this:
title Fedora (2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586 ro rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-20090722.img
initrd /initrd-kernel-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586.img
initrd /initrd-config.img
initrd-20090722.img
the image provided by the initrd rpm
one old backup version is kept like with the kernel
initrd-kernel-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586.img
the image provided by the kernel rpm
initrd-config.img
optional image with local configuration files