v2.24.0

Changes

• New fearure:
  • bootconfig adds Extra Boot Config support.
• Utilities:
  • initrd-put: Fixed copying of complex symbolic links of symbolic links.
  • initrd-ls: Add Extra Boot Config support.
• Misc:
  • Reset mtime only for regular files.
  • Add more unit tests.

v2.23.0

Changes

• Runtime:
  • Add fstab dependency to udev service.
  • Add the ability to find out with what features the image was built.
• New feature:
  • Add bootloader feature. The feature adds the ability to create an image that
    can act as a bootloader.
  • Add debug-tools feature. The feature adds a debug tools (gdb, strace) to
    initrd image.
• Feature smart-card:
  • Add udev rules to setup enviroment for fido devices.
  • Fix typos and move guessing GUESS_NET_IFACE to net module.
  • Fix number of retries in the initramfs service.
• Feature ucode:
  • The absence of the firmware file is not an error.
  • Set mtime of files and directories to 01-01-1970.
• Guess subsystem:
  • root: Replace MOUNTPOINTS to GUESS_MOUNTPOINTS inside guess module. The
    MOUNTPOINTS variable continues to work for backward compatibility.
• Utilities:
  • initrd-put: Do not run chmod for symlinks.
• Misc:
  • Add new tool to sort services and switch from sort-lsb to sort-services.
  • Add PUT_FEATURE_OPTIONAL_LIBS to pack optional libraries.
  • Detect terminfo in more portable way.
  • Set mtime of all initramfs files and directories to 01-01-1970. The reproducibility
    of the build image has appeared.
  • Add unit tests for some utilities.

v2.22.0

Changes

• Runtime:
  • ueventd: Process events that were already in the queue before the daemon
    startup. This is a fix initramfs boot if ueventd is started after udevd due
    to dependencies.
• Feature rootfs:
  • Add fstype kernel module only if module exists. Some filesystems cannot be
    built as modules. For example tmpfs is neither a builtin nor a loadable module.

v2.21.0

Changes

• Runtime:
  • Ignore errors if we were unable to send udevd a signal to exit.
  • Mount /proc without writing in /etc/mtab.
• Feature compress:
  • Pass --best instead of -9 to compressors.
  • Force xz to use crc32 polynomial for integrity check.
  • Add zstd and lz4 support.
• Feature gpu-drm:
  • Filter enabled and/or connected drm devices.
• Utilities:
  • initrd-put: Check shebang only in an executable file.
  • initrd-put: Fix false warnings from libelf.

v2.20.1

Changes

• Feature gpu-drm:
  • Drop prefix from output which resulted in an image build error.
• Feature smart-card:
  • Fixes for smart-card feature: remove odd quotes around opensc-pkcs11.so string.
• Guess subsystem:
  • Rename guess/sshfsroot to guess/smart-card

v2.20.0

Changes

• Runtime:
  • Always create /root and /home/root as a directories.
  • udev: Remove start dependency on uevent service.
• New feature:
  • Add smart-card feature. Feature adds smart card daemon and smart card
    utilities.
• Feature smart-card:
  • Add ability to put pkcs#11 modules into initrd.
• Feature sshfsroot:
  • Add plymouth support.
  • Enable asking passphrase.
  • Detect smart-card feature dependency according ssh config file.
• Feature kbd:
  • Require gpu-drm if framebuffer is used on vtconsole.
• Feature kickstart:
  • Unpause ueventd queues after KSFILE processing.
• Feature luks:
  • Add smart card support.
• Feature nfsroot:
  • Fix inconsistency in nfsopts processing.
• Guess subsystem:
  • Guess modules can use infomantion about active feature and re-run guess.
  • Add RECENTLY_ACTIVATED_FEATURE variable to monitor recently added features.
• Misc:
  • create-initrd: Add ability add libraries by name using PUT_FEATURES_LIBS var.
  • Allow to compile and install feature-specific utilities.
  • Add README for all guess modules.
  • Do not fail if autodetection is disabled.

v2.19.1

Changes

• Feature gpu-drm:
  • Revert "Feature gpu-drm: Check only devices of class PCI_CLASS_DISPLAY_VGA"
  • As a workaround, allow the absence of a module for devices
• New feature:
  • Add new feature sshfsroot. Feature adds the ability to mount the root using
    SSH (more precisely, the SFTP subsystem).

v2.19.0

Changes

• Feature gpu-drm:
  • Check only devices of class PCI_CLASS_DISPLAY_VGA.
• Utilities:
  • depinfo: Add blacklist support.
• Misc:
  • Show an error if bash not found.
  • Fix feature-info subcommand.
  • Improve documentation.

v2.18.0

Changes

• Runtime:
  • ueventd: Restore rduevent-timeout=SEC boot parameter.
• New feature:
  • Add new feature add-udev-rules. Udev rules require separate processing
    because other utilities can be called from them.
  • Add new feature gpu-drm. The feature adds to the image the modules needed
    for one or more cards.
• Feature kickstart:
  • Add missing kickstart/data/root directory.
  • Fix fs options that are passed when partitioning disks.
  • Create /run/cryptsetup if it doesn't exist.
• Feature plymouth:
  • Run helpers only once.
  • Fix definition of default theme.
  • Fix plymouth libdir.
• Utilities:
  • initrd-put: Skip the file if it already exists in destdir.
• Misc:
  • Improve documentation.
  • Add Github CI.
  • Run tests for fedora and ubuntu.

v2.17.0

Changes

• Runtime:
  • Import halt/reboot/poweroff from sysvinit.
  • ueventd: Added the ability to stop processing events in the queue.
  • The stop_daemon should not show stopped pids.
  • Open rdshell by Alt-Uparrow hotkey.
• New feature:
  • kickstart: New feature for automated execution of actions.
• Feature mdadm:
  • Examine only arrays where mountpoints are located.
• Feature luks:
  • Remove only one new line in plain text key mode.
• Feature lkrg:
  • Add nolkrg and noearlylkrg cmdline options (thx Vladimir D. Seleznev).
• Feature plymouth:
  • Improve portability.
  • Run plymouth helpers only if feature is enabled.
• Utilities:
  • depinfo: Check compression suffixes when looking for firmware.
  • depinfo: Explore versioned subdirectories in the firmware search.
• Misc:
  • Rewrite tests.