v2.18.0

Changes

• Runtime:
  • ueventd: Restore rduevent-timeout=SEC boot parameter.
• New feature:
  • Add new feature add-udev-rules. Udev rules require separate processing
    because other utilities can be called from them.
  • Add new feature gpu-drm. The feature adds to the image the modules needed
    for one or more cards.
• Feature kickstart:
  • Add missing kickstart/data/root directory.
  • Fix fs options that are passed when partitioning disks.
  • Create /run/cryptsetup if it doesn't exist.
• Feature plymouth:
  • Run helpers only once.
  • Fix definition of default theme.
  • Fix plymouth libdir.
• Utilities:
  • initrd-put: Skip the file if it already exists in destdir.
• Misc:
  • Improve documentation.
  • Add Github CI.
  • Run tests for fedora and ubuntu.

v2.17.0

Changes

• Runtime:
  • Import halt/reboot/poweroff from sysvinit.
  • ueventd: Added the ability to stop processing events in the queue.
  • The stop_daemon should not show stopped pids.
  • Open rdshell by Alt-Uparrow hotkey.
• New feature:
  • kickstart: New feature for automated execution of actions.
• Feature mdadm:
  • Examine only arrays where mountpoints are located.
• Feature luks:
  • Remove only one new line in plain text key mode.
• Feature lkrg:
  • Add nolkrg and noearlylkrg cmdline options (thx Vladimir D. Seleznev).
• Feature plymouth:
  • Improve portability.
  • Run plymouth helpers only if feature is enabled.
• Utilities:
  • depinfo: Check compression suffixes when looking for firmware.
  • depinfo: Explore versioned subdirectories in the firmware search.
• Misc:
  • Rewrite tests.

v2.16.0

Changes

• Runtime:
  • ueventd tries to process events again if it did not work the first time.
  • Move READONLY handle to fstab service.
  • Fix polld service dependency.
• New feature:
  • iscsi: feature adds you to perform a diskless system boot using pxe and iSCSI (thx Mikhail Chernonog).
• Feature mdadm:
  • md-raid-member handler assume that it has successfully processed all the events.
• Feature pipeline:
  • Use ro,loop options only for a non-device files.

v2.15.0

Changes

• Runtime:
  • Allow init= to be symlink
  • Fix root=NUMBER
  • Show on console stopped services
  • Make killall messages more informative
• Utilities:
  • initrd-put: Copy absolute symlinks
• Misc:
  • Make a compatibility symlink only if the file doesn't exist
  • Create initramfs filesystem structure based on system filesystem
  • Add more documentation

v2.14.0

Changes

• Feature mdadm:
  • Generate udev rules for guessed raid devices.
• Feature pipeline:
  • Fix possible race in the waitdev.
• Feature network:
  • Always import runtime environment.
• Runtime:
  • Use wrapper around readlink for portability.
  • Use start-stop-daemon from busybox.
  • Udev variables $ID_* are optional.
  • Add default udev rules.
  • Add support for root=SERIAL=*.
• Utilities:
  • initrd-put: Handle symlinks in the root directory.
  • initrd-put: Get the canonical path correctly.
  • initrd-put: Set mode and owner after directories creation.
  • depinfo: Do not show an error if softdep is not found.
• Build:
  • Add busybox and libshell as submodules.
• Misc:
  • All make messages should go to stderr.

v2.13.0

Changes

• Feature guestfs:
  • Add lable utilities (thx Mikhail Gordeev)
• Feature mdadm:
  • Assemble only $MOUNTPOINTS related raids (thx Slava Aseev)
• Runtime:
  • Support root=PARTLABEL= and root=PARTUUID=
• Utilities:
  • depinfo: Show builtin modules hierarchically if --tree specified.
• Misc:
  • Improve man-pages.
  • Add more tests.

v2.12.0

Changes

• Feature lkrg:
  • Respect kernel version when we check for a kernel module (thx Vladimir D. Seleznev).
• Misc:
  • initrd-put: Properly handle the situation when the copy_file_range is not
    implemented.

v2.11.0

Changes

• Feature luks:
  • Decrypt using plymouth if present (thx Oleg Solovyov)
  • Run luks handler after mountdev
• Feature multipath:
  • Add service file and multipathd
• Feature plymouth:
  • Add missing label plugin (thx Oleg Solovyov)
  • Include fonts (thx Oleg Solovyov)
• Runtime:
  • Add rdlog=console boot parameter to send all log messages to the /dev/console
  • Check bootable conditions after each uevend handler
• Misc:
  • Replace initrd-cp by initrd-put

v2.10.0

Changes

• New feature:
  • Add lkrg feature to preload lkrg module (thx Vladimir D. Seleznev)
• Feature fsck:
  • Show more friendly message
  • Do not check swap
• Feature network:
  • Fix synchronization service
  • Fix generation network config from cmdline
• Feature pipeline:
  • Show an error if the previous step is used which did not exist
  • Run handlers as separate programs
• Feature guestfs:
  • Add file utility (thx Mikhail Gordeev)

v2.9.0

Changes

• Feature changes:
  • guestfs: Add mke2fs utility
• Utilites:
  • create-initrd: Use bash array to calculate list of files and directories
• Misc:
  • Use bash for scripting
  • Show only actually included features
  • Refactor feature dependencies