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Hello, |
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I'd like to work on Dracut port to Gentoo. |
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I've got a bit experience with initramfs. Have root in encrypted LVM |
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PV. Standard genkernel initramfs' init needed a bit of modification for |
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that. Later I wrote my own with support for uswsusp plus custom |
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configuration of BusyBox. I've got a bit fun with that therefore Dracut |
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idea attracted my attention. |
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I've looked a bit in the latest Dracut sources. Basic image builds well, |
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but there're are problems with tests. Paths needs fixes for Gentoo, but |
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instead of a fork better would be to create separate config which would |
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give ease to customize Dracut for other distros. Just for example, |
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script for uswsusp assumes that resume is in /usr/sbin/ since in Gentoo |
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it's in /usr/lib/suspend/. Unfortunately path is hardcoded there. |
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When Dracut is fully brought to life with Gentoo, next steps would be |
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create ebuild and finally integrate with genkernel. After that |
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time comes for new features. I'll be happy to provide even |
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sophisticated support for combinations with LVM and LUKS or Loop-AES, |
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alternatives for uswsusp, and any other suggestions. |
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That's my view on the subject in the short. Is it correct? |
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Amadeusz Żołnowski (aidecoe) |
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