[make-initrd] Release make-initrd 2.55.0
Alexey Gladkov
legion at kernel.org
Thu Jul 24 00:40:37 MSK 2025
New release 2.55.0 is available.
# Important changes
- Build System:
+ Hide losetup from busybox. This allows other implementations of
losetup to be used.
+ Allow to pack filename with spaces.
+ Replace gen_init_cpio by cpio.
+ Split output into levels.
+ Avoid copying files to temporary root.
+ Include `features/*/rules.mk` only once.
+ Change timestamp format. Instead of `[HH:MM:SS]`, specify the time
period from the start of operation with higher precision (`348ms`,
`3.45s`, `1.5m`, etc.).
+ Add bash-completion for some utilities.
- Feature system-glibc:
+ Do not remove the root password if it exists.
- Misc:
+ make-initrd: Add option to build initramfs for latest kernel.
+ depinfo: Rewrite firmware processing.
+ depinfo: Add option to show missing firmware.
+ depinfo: Add more archive suffixes.
+ depinfo: Treat the firmware field as a pattern.
+ depinfo: Handle an alternative firmware path.
+ depinfo: Add information about missing firmware.
# Git repository
https://github.com/osboot/make-initrd.git
Feedback and bug reports are, as always, welcome.
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