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@@ -15,13 +15,16 @@ for us appropriately * Proving some support with a simple network based root would be good * Do we just call dhclient, etc or try to get NetworkManager going? * Would be nice not to have to kill and restart udev across switchroot -* mdraid -* dmraid +* mdraid +* dmraid newer versions will be completly event based * multipath * Should SELinux policy be done in the initramfs or from the real rootfs? * Keyboard layout/consolefont setup is Fedora/RHEL-specific. - +* iSCSI +* NFS, NBD +* parse root parameters from DHCP +* s390 GENERATOR TODO -------------- @@ -31,3 +34,27 @@ GENERATOR TODO * Autotool-izing the package is probably overkill, but making the Makefile vaguely autotools-compatible and adding a configure script would probably be a good thing. + + +Special cases to revisit later +------------------------------ +* livecd (/ on dm-snapshot over ext3 on squashfs on iso9660) +* installer +* kdump + +Other tasks performed by the initrd other than mounting rootfs +-------------------------------------------------------------- +* restore from hibernate +* kdump +* Loading initial SELinux policy. + + +Future Enhancement Requests +--------------------------- + +Note that our main concern, especially right now, is proving viability of some of the ideas and then showing it with the things that we already support. If things work out, then it should be doable to start putting in support for new things that we don't already have support for. Nothing in this list is guaranteed but if people have ideas about new things, put them here and they'll at least be considered. + +* run ssh server to enter crypto password or perform debugging (supported by debian) +* Make it possible to easily extend the initramfs, e.g. by packages that provide additional features to the initramfs, e.g. an ssh server (partly? supported by initramfs-tools in debian. e.g. with /etc/initramfs-tools/hooks) +* Hook in overlay filesystem like aufs/unionfs (necessary for Debian/Ubuntu LTSP and LiveCD etc.) +* switchroot without re-running daemons like udev again (not sure if this is possible) |