kernel.spec kernel-install integration

[Harald Hoyer]

Am 04.04.2013 15:07, schrieb Harald Hoyer:
> Ok... subscribed to the list, and resending, because the list moderation seems
> to have eaten the attachment.
> 
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> 
> This patch is part of an upstream coordination, intended to unify the various
> ways distributions handle:
> 
> - installation of kernels in the system
> - create the matching initrds; hooking up the various implementations of
>   initramfs generators into the kernel package installation process
> - optionally/automatically create bootable rescue images to be able to recover
>   from failures:
>   https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/DracutHostOnly
> 
> All the above functionality is provided by the “kernel-install” tool:
> http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/kernel-install.html
> 
> It features:
> - flexible hookup/plugin directories to manage kernel installation and
>   uninstallation. initrd, bootloader, rescue image management, all plug into
>   that facility.
> 
> - strict separation of distribution-supplied logic and local customization
>   logic; system administrators are able to overwrite and replace/extend any part
>   of the default logic if needed
> 
> - hide distribution-specific logic behind a standardized command line interface
> 
> - unify the custom kernel installation from the source tree with the usual
>   kernel package installation; like the current /sbin/installkernel
> 

and it seems the list doesn't like attachments at all..


http://harald.fedorapeople.org/downloads/kernel-install.patch