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krotuss
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 Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2025 5:42 pm Post subject: genkernel adding arbitrary kernel module to initramfs |
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Hi,
I would like to add particular kernel modules from kernel/drivers/hwmon/ directory to initramfs. But according to documentation in '/etc/genkernel.conf' my choice seems to limited only to groups defined in '/usr/share/genkernel/defaults/modules_load'. I find this limitation rather surprising. Is this really the case and there is no way around this other than doing it manually or using '--all-ramdisk-modules' which may be overkill? |
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rab0171610
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2025 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Genkernel
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genkernel is unmaintained; documentation presented here may be incomplete and may not reflect the current state of Gentoo tooling. Users encountering issues with genkernel will be asked to use another tool. Please see the Distribution kernel section in the Handbook for a supported alternative. |
As long as you are aware of that, carry on. I am just curious if you had considered using dracut.conf to add drivers to your initramfs?
| Code: | add_drivers+=" <kernel modules> "
Specify a space-separated list of kernel modules to add to the
initramfs. The kernel modules have to be specified without the
".ko" suffix. |
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zen_desu
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2025 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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https://github.com/desultory/ugrd/blob/main/docs/configuration.md#kernel-modules
If you're looking for other options, ugrd supports pulling and automatically initializing kmods with `kmod_init` or simply pulling the kernel module, to be used by something else with `kernel_modules`. These lists can be configured using any module alias the modinfo command recognizes.
You can also make it load all active modules with `kmod_autodetect_lsmod` (other than modules in masked categories such as video, sound, and network, unless you disable these filters)
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