Bug 166954 - Pass additional parameters to mkinitrd in new-kernel-pkg
Summary: Pass additional parameters to mkinitrd in new-kernel-pkg
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: mkinitrd
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Peter Jones
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-08-28 20:49 UTC by Keith Moore
Modified: 2009-02-17 19:26 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Doc Type: Enhancement
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Last Closed: 2009-02-17 19:26:39 UTC
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Pass site-specific parameters to mkinitrd (580 bytes, patch)
2005-08-28 20:50 UTC, Keith Moore 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Keith Moore 2005-08-28 20:49:06 UTC 
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Description of problem:
It is often necessary to pass additional parameters (i.e. --with-usb) to mkinitrd when installing a new kernel. This could be done more easily if new-kernel-pkg honored a MKINITRDOPTIONS variable which could be set in /etc/sysconfig/kernel. I've attached a simple patch which implements this.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
mkinitrd-4.2.21-1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install new kernel rpm.
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Additional info:
Comment 1 Keith Moore 2005-08-28 20:50:44 UTC 
Created attachment 118196 [details]
Pass site-specific parameters to mkinitrd
Comment 2 Kenneth Porter 2005-10-22 02:05:21 UTC 
A related request can be found in bug 171522 which could potentially use the
same sysconfig mechanism.
Comment 3 John Poelstra 2008-07-08 03:55:03 UTC 
triaged-patch present
Comment 4 Peter Jones 2009-02-17 19:26:39 UTC 
This should be handled with /etc/sysconfig/mkinitrd rather than through a mechanism like this.
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