Volodymyr Mutel wrote:
Looking into https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/tree/scripts/local?h=ubuntu/noble , we can see logic added by Ubuntu in lines 220..268 for handling loop= option in the kernel cmdline,
Can anyone please propose, how the same logic could be implemented within Debian Trixie and its initramfs-tools ? Probably there could be some kind of drop-in script for top or premount stage ?
Dear Everyone, I implemented the required logic, as I suppose, in the simplest working way by copying most code from Ubuntu and splitting it into premount and bottom parts. The scripts are available from https://github.com/muwlgr/scripts/blob/main/initramfs/hostloop-premount , that's to be copied into /etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-premount/ and assigned executable rights, and from https://github.com/muwlgr/scripts/blob/main/initramfs/hostloop-bottom , that's to be copied into /etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-bottom/ and also assigned executable rights. In my solution I use this very useful exchange of updated environment variables through /conf/param.conf Please review the code, adopt and customize it, and share your feedback. Also please have a look at my larger article at https://muwlgr.dreamwidth.org/54748.html where these scripts are copied into the target filesystem from here-documents. I would appreciate your insightful responses. Thank you in advance.
