[sles-beta] SLES12 x86_64 RC2, /etc/sysconfig/kernel INITRD_MODULES

[Matthias G. Eckermann]

Hello Urs,

please open an SR, thus we can track it.

TIA -
	MgE

On 2014-09-04 T 11:52 +0000 urs.frey at post.ch wrote:
> Hello Julian
> Thank you very much. 
> So I will have a closer look at dracut.conf and the files in /etc/dacut.conf.d
> 
> From my point of view, the sles-admin handbook documentation should be reviewed in context of the issue /etc/sysconfig/kernel file usage
> It does not make sense to have a configuration file on the system and in the documentation which is obviously no longer in use
> 
> Thanks 
> Best regards
> 
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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Julian Wolf [mailto:juwolf at suse.de] 
> Gesendet: Thursday, September 04, 2014 1:35 PM
> An: Frey Urs, IT222
> Cc: sles-beta at lists.suse.com
> Betreff: Re: [sles-beta] SLES12 x86_64 RC2, /etc/sysconfig/kernel INITRD_MODULES
> 
> Hi.
> 
> Am Donnerstag, 4. September 2014, 09:14:36 schrieb urs.frey at post.ch:
> 
> > 
> > IF the method has changed:
> > WHERE do I have to define my kernel modules to have them loaded into the
> > initrd? Description?
> > 
> 
> I don't know whether or how this configuration file is still used at some point, 
> but with dracut you should be able to include kernel modules into the initrd 
> that way:
> 
> "If you need a special kernel module in the initramfs, which is not 
> automatically picked up by dracut, you have the use the --add-drivers option 
> on the command line or the drivers vaiable in the /etc/dracut.conf or 
> /etc/dracut.conf.d/myconf.conf configuration file (see dracut.conf(5))"
> 
> https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/dracut/dracut.html#_adding_kernel_modules
> 
> Regards, Julian
> 
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