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pablo_supertux
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 Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2021 1:06 am Post subject: dracut: how to include a whole directory |
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Hi
I've recently started using dracut to build my initrd images. I have an Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti and I use nouveau (built in, not as module)
I see this in dmesg:
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[ 0.887768] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: NVIDIA GP107 (137000a1)
[ 0.996180] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bios: version 86.07.42.00.5b
[ 0.996370] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: gr: failed to load firmware "gr/sw_ctx"
[ 0.996373] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: gr: failed to load gr/sw_ctx
[ 0.996599] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fb: 4096 MiB GDDR5
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I've found this thread but it has no solution that I can use. In /lib/firmware/nvidia/gp107/gr/ there are more than the sw_ctx.bin file and some of them are symlinks to other files, so adding only sw_ctx.bin did not help. Adding a single file was easy, just add install_items+=" /lib/firmware/nvidia/gp107/gr/sw_ctx.bin" to /etc/dracut.conf. And it does include the file, but like I said, that didn't help, I presume because the other files are missing.
However I cannot find a way to add a whole directory with dracut. Something like this install_items+=" /lib/firmware/nvidia/**/**" did only work partially, one some files were included but not all. As far as I can see in man dracut.conf there is no variable that allows you to do that, you can only do that from the command line: dracut -i /lib/firmware/nvidia /lib/firmware/nvidia ... which it's not great.
Is there a better way?
Mod edit: Potentially confusing typo in thread title corrected. — JRG
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| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2021 1:50 am Post subject: |
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Hi
Have you tried capital -I?
from dracut --help
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-I, --install [LIST] Install the space separated list of files into theinitramfs.
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dracut -I /lib/firmware/nvidia/gp107/gr/{file1,file2,filen} ###OR perhaps
dracut -I $(find /lib/firmware/nvidia -type f)
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If this doesnt work maybe the
flag would work..
You can enter all your config in
/etc/dracut.conf.d/<gentoo?>.conf
Please find a sample in
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bzcat /usr/share/man/man5/dracut.conf.5.bz2
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I know that I can use a command line option, but that's too much typing, I'd rather have this in the config file but that seems not to be possible at all, unless you put every single file in install_items.
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Please try the --early-microcode flag.
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However I cannot find a way to add a whole directory with dracut.
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You can add this to the ebuild of linux-firmware to be executed each time the firmware is updated/reinstalled.
create "/etc/portage/env/sys-kernel/linux-firmware":
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pkg_postinst()
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files_to_add=$(find /lib/firmware/nvidia/gp107/gr/ -type f | tr "\n" " ")
echo "install_items+=\" $files_to_add \"" > /etc/dracut.conf.d/20-install-nvidia-firmware.conf
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P. S: Remove the list from your default dracut.conf if it exists. |
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pablo_supertux
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[quote="DespLock"] | Quote: |
However I cannot find a way to add a whole directory with dracut.
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You can add this to the ebuild of linux-firmware to be executed each time the firmware is updated/reinstalled.
create "/etc/portage/env/sys-kernel/linux-firmware":
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pkg_postinst()
{
files_to_add=$(find /lib/firmware/nvidia/gp107/gr/ -type f | tr "\n" " ")
echo "install_items+=\" $files_to_add \"" > /etc/dracut.conf.d/20-install-nvidia-firmware.conf
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P. S: Remove the list from your default dracut.conf if it exists. | alamahant wrote: | I'll try that.
[quote="alamahant"]Please try the --early-microcode flag. |
I'll take a look at that.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2021 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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u need to add the entry 2 time
install_items+=" /lib/firmware/nvidia/gp107/gr/sw_ctx.bin /lib/firmware/nvidia/gp107/gr/sw_ctx.bin" first is the file to include the second is te Location inside the initram
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DespLock
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| Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2021 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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mega_flow wrote:
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u need to add the entry 2 time
install_items+=" /lib/firmware/nvidia/gp107/gr/sw_ctx.bin /lib/firmware/nvidia/gp107/gr/sw_ctx.bin" first is the file to include the second is te Location inside the initram
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That's not what "man dracut.conf" says:
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install_items+=" <file>[ <file> ...] "
Specify additional files to include in the initramfs, separated by spaces.
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Path is exactly the same as the path of the file with initram root as base. No need to include each file twice ;). |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2025 6:20 am Post subject: |
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Dracut 106 seems to support wildcards:
| Code: | install_items+=" /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-cc-a0-*.ucode "
install_items+=" /lib/firmware/regulatory.db* " |
seems to pick all iwlwifi firmware blobs and the two regulatory DB.
I don't know when this undocumented feature was introduced. |
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