Bug 703369 - Kexec-tools should provide some hints how to use initramfs.conf
Summary: Kexec-tools should provide some hints how to use initramfs.conf
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kexec-tools
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Américo Wang
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Reported: 2011-05-10 07:51 UTC by Paul Bolle
Modified: 2015-10-12 08:14 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2011-07-21 16:42:13 UTC
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Description Paul Bolle 2011-05-10 07:51:52 UTC 
Description of problem:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/kdump contains references to /etc/kdump-adv-conf/initramfs.conf. However, kexec-tools ships without a  initramfs.conf. It's not obvious what that file could be used for (I guess it is used to pull in the stuff now provided in /etc/kdump-adv-conf/). More importantly, it is unclear how one should write that file oneself.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kexec-tools-2.0.0-46.fc16

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Somehow kexec-tools should provide hints how to use initramfs.conf, for example by providing a sample under /usr/share/doc/kexec-tools-2.0.0/ or perhaps by shipping some no-op version in /etc/kdump-adv-conf/.
Comment 1 Neil Horman 2011-05-10 17:13:02 UTC 
re-assigning to amwang, who is transitioning into the fedora lead for kexec-tools
Comment 2 Fedora Admin XMLRPC Client 2011-07-15 15:01:42 UTC 
This package has changed ownership in the Fedora Package Database.  Reassigning to the new owner of this component.
Comment 3 Américo Wang 2011-07-21 16:42:13 UTC 
We will totally switch to dracut in Fedora 16, so no need to provide docs for the currently initramfs code.

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/NewMkdumprd
Comment 4 Tore H. Larsen 2015-10-12 08:14:49 UTC 
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