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Bug#337663: [Pkg-cryptsetup-devel] loadkeys in early userspace (using initramfs-tools)



On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 17:25:05 +0100
maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 04:30:45PM +0100, David Härdeman wrote:

> > One solution would be to change initramfs-tools to allow other
> > initramfs-using packages to specify that they need a localized keymap so
> > that it can be conditionally included in the initramfs image.
> > 
> > This could be done e.g. by including a per-package file such as
> > /usr/share/initramfs-tools/conf.d/{cryptsetup,uswsusp} which contains the
> > line KEYMAP=y (this would also be flexible enough to allow other
> > customizations in the future).
> 
> agreed, the default beeing KEYMAP=n.
>  
> > This would also allow users to specify that they want the keymap to be
> > included even if there is no package which needs it (by creating such a
> > file themselves).
> 
> or just setting it in /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/keymap or in
> /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf.
> 
> this code is good tested by uswsusp, but it's a feature enhancement.
> i'll queue it up for the post-etch queue.

Tested by cryptroot. But anyway, good to hear your are going to add this.
I'm CC-ing the original bug as a reminder.

TIA,

Tim Dijkstra

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