Re: Should installkernel be passing --dracut to new-kernel-pkg?
On 10/22/2009 02:48 PM, Stephen Smalley wrote: Hi, /sbin/installkernel doesn't pass --dracut to /sbin/new-kernel-pkg, so a make install from a kernel.org kernel tree tries to invoke /sbin/mkinitrd rather than dracut. Is that intentional? Also, any ideas on why a dracut-generated initramfs image generated for a kernel.org kernel tree would be so much larger than the Fedora kernel one (same .config)? 12M /boot/initramfs-2.6.31.1-56.fc12.x86_64.img 82M /boot/initramfs-2.6.32-rc2.img Newer dracut versions will strip kernel modules automatically. The old version only strips, if the executable bit is set. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
Re: Should installkernel be passing --dracut to new-kernel-pkg?
On 10/22/2009 06:18 PM, Stephen Smalley wrote: Hi, /sbin/installkernel doesn't pass --dracut to /sbin/new-kernel-pkg, so a make install from a kernel.org kernel tree tries to invoke /sbin/mkinitrd rather than dracut. Is that intentional? Also, any ideas on why a dracut-generated initramfs image generated for a kernel.org kernel tree would be so much larger than the Fedora kernel one (same .config)? 12M /boot/initramfs-2.6.31.1-56.fc12.x86_64.img 82M /boot/initramfs-2.6.32-rc2.img If you want to reduce the size, set hostonly in /etc/dracut.conf https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Dracut/Options#-H.2C_--hostonly Rahul -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
Re: Should installkernel be passing --dracut to new-kernel-pkg?
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 08:48:03AM -0400, Stephen Smalley wrote: Hi, /sbin/installkernel doesn't pass --dracut to /sbin/new-kernel-pkg, so a make install from a kernel.org kernel tree tries to invoke /sbin/mkinitrd rather than dracut. Is that intentional? Don't know if it's intentional, probably an oversite, but I did get bitten by this last week myself. -- Matt Domsch Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO linux.dell.com www.dell.com/linux -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
Re: Should installkernel be passing --dracut to new-kernel-pkg?
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 08:48:03AM -0400, Stephen Smalley wrote: Hi, /sbin/installkernel doesn't pass --dracut to /sbin/new-kernel-pkg, so a make install from a kernel.org kernel tree tries to invoke /sbin/mkinitrd rather than dracut. Is that intentional? Also, any ideas on why a dracut-generated initramfs image generated for a kernel.org kernel tree would be so much larger than the Fedora kernel one (same .config)? 12M /boot/initramfs-2.6.31.1-56.fc12.x86_64.img 82M /boot/initramfs-2.6.32-rc2.img Do you have CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO set ? The kernel specfile strips the debug info out to separate debuginfo packages. If you build it by hand, that doesn't happen, so you get all the symbols etc attached to every module in your initramfs. Dave -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
Should installkernel be passing --dracut to new-kernel-pkg?
Hi, /sbin/installkernel doesn't pass --dracut to /sbin/new-kernel-pkg, so a make install from a kernel.org kernel tree tries to invoke /sbin/mkinitrd rather than dracut. Is that intentional? Also, any ideas on why a dracut-generated initramfs image generated for a kernel.org kernel tree would be so much larger than the Fedora kernel one (same .config)? 12M /boot/initramfs-2.6.31.1-56.fc12.x86_64.img 82M /boot/initramfs-2.6.32-rc2.img -- Stephen Smalley National Security Agency -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
