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Bug#793786: initramfs-tools: fix the broken netconsole feature in initramfs-tools



On Sun, 2 Aug 2015 19:08:30 +0900 Roger Shimizu <rogershimizu@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Ian,
> 
> Thanks for your feedback!
> 
> After reading your comment, I reviewed the whole procedure of loading
> netconsole module during initramfs-tools booting, previously and after
> my patch, I start to consider that original "modprobe netconsole
> netconsole=$param" line in init file is merely a dirty hack. The real
> fix is to load the netconsole module with param inside load_modules()
> routine.
> 
> So I created v3 patchset, which looks more clean to me.
> Of course patchset v2 & v3 both works well as I tested. So I let the
> package maintainer to choose which is better to merge.
[...]

An initramfs built with MODULES=most (default) always includes
netconsole.ko (assuming it was enabled in the kernel configuration).
So
the netconsole parameter needs to work even if netconsole doesn't
appear in /conf/modules, and your v3 breaks that.  So I applied your
v2.  Thanks.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
I'm always amazed by the number of people who take up solipsism because
they heard someone else explain it. - E*Borg on alt.fan.pratchett

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