On 10/04/16 04:49, Rich Freeman wrote: > 1. As you point out, its not a package. That means it works > differently than everything else, and it can't be used as a > dependency/etc. > 2. Genkernel's initramfs isn't all that great. Don't get me wrong - > it was very good back when it was new. However, I find it hard to > compare it to the likes of dracut. > > However, if it were all that serious of an issue somebody would have > fixed it by now. Manually building a kernel and using dracut is easy > enough, and of course some prefer to not use an initramfs if their > configuration allows it. > I haven't dared explore dracut because last I heard it was still experimental. That people are actively using it (presumably in production and not just experimental/development suggests at the very least that the appropriate Gentoo wiki article needs updating (no surprise there!).
Perhaps indeed genkernel needs some updating. When I last looked at the best means of creating an initramfs, it was the least of the evils, but there did seem a genuine lack of tools to accomplish it, which is where I assume dracut came about. Fundamentally, acknowledging a tangent of the original thread, I'd say the jury remains out on whether Gentoo should be forcing the need of an initramfs/rd on its users by default anyway. That kind of thing, however, is of course, subject to a Council ruling if appropriate :) .
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