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

[Thorsten Kukuk]

On Thu, Sep 04, Matthias G. Eckermann wrote:

> Hello Urs,
> 
> please open an SR, thus we can track it.

No, please don't so.

  Thorsten

> 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
> > 
> > Julian Wolf, Working student
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