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author | Patrick J Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com> | 2018-10-23 05:11:47 +0000 |
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committer | Eric Hameleers <alien@slackware.com> | 2018-10-23 18:00:36 +0200 |
commit | 1c1637ba89cf4c444d82e572fa59ff7756f35ba7 (patch) | |
tree | fe9ecfb0bcbd2e1a8d128f71aae99361743d07de /README.initrd | |
parent | e942aa8f7c69e5fa07c32af30ee0903b464087dc (diff) | |
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Tue Oct 23 05:11:47 UTC 201820181023051147
a/kernel-generic-4.19.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-4.19.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
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d/kernel-headers-4.19.0-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
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l/alsa-plugins-1.1.7-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Reverted two patches that have been reported to cause crashes with USB audio
devices. Thanks to Jean-Philippe Guillemin.
l/harfbuzz-1.9.0-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Reverted (for now) to harfbuzz-1.9.0 to fix build failures with texlive, php,
and calligra caused by API changes. Thanks to nobodino.
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n/samba-4.9.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
xap/mozilla-firefox-60.3.0esr-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This release contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefoxESR.html
(* Security fix *)
extra/pure-alsa-system/alsa-plugins-1.1.7-x86_64-3_alsa.txz: Rebuilt.
Reverted two patches that have been reported to cause crashes with USB audio
devices. Thanks to Jean-Philippe Guillemin.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
kernels/*: Upgraded.
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diff --git a/README.initrd b/README.initrd index 4ca133d85..a6f19bd71 100644 --- a/README.initrd +++ b/README.initrd @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Slackware initrd mini HOWTO by Patrick Volkerding, volkerdi@slackware.com -Sat Oct 20 19:21:00 UTC 2018 +Tue Oct 23 04:14:40 UTC 2018 This document describes how to create and install an initrd, which may be required to use the 4.x kernel. Also see "man mkinitrd". @@ -33,15 +33,15 @@ flexible to ship a generic kernel and a set of kernel modules for it. The easiest way to make the initrd is to use the mkinitrd script included in Slackware's mkinitrd package. We'll walk through the process of -upgrading to the generic 4.14.78 Linux kernel using the packages +upgrading to the generic 4.19.0 Linux kernel using the packages found in Slackware's slackware/a/ directory. First, make sure the kernel, kernel modules, and mkinitrd package are installed (the current version numbers might be a little different, so this is just an example): - installpkg kernel-generic-4.14.78-x86_64-1.txz - installpkg kernel-modules-4.14.78-x86_64-1.txz + installpkg kernel-generic-4.19.0-x86_64-1.txz + installpkg kernel-modules-4.19.0-x86_64-1.txz installpkg mkinitrd-1.4.11-x86_64-8.txz Change into the /boot directory: @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Now you'll want to run "mkinitrd". I'm using ext4 for my root filesystem, and since the disk controller requires no special support the ext4 module will be the only one I need to load: - mkinitrd -c -k 4.14.78 -m ext4 + mkinitrd -c -k 4.19.0 -m ext4 This should do two things. First, it will create a directory /boot/initrd-tree containing the initrd's filesystem. Then it will @@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ you could make some additional changes in /boot/initrd-tree/ and then run mkinitrd again without options to rebuild the image. That's optional, though, and only advanced users will need to think about that. -Here's another example: Build an initrd image using Linux 4.14.78 +Here's another example: Build an initrd image using Linux 4.19.0 kernel modules for a system with an ext4 root partition on /dev/sdb3: - mkinitrd -c -k 4.14.78 -m ext4 -f ext4 -r /dev/sdb3 + mkinitrd -c -k 4.19.0 -m ext4 -f ext4 -r /dev/sdb3 4. Now that I've built an initrd, how do I use it? |