[make-initrd] Release make-initrd 2.58.0

Alexey Gladkov legion at kernel.org
Mon Apr 27 13:38:23 MSK 2026


New release 2.58.0 is available.

# Important changes

- Feature btrfs:
  + Added multi-device Btrfs boot support, including RAID setups.
  + Added delayed member discovery and degraded mount handling when some
    devices are missing.

- Feature clevis:
  + Added a new feature for TPM2-backed LUKS unlock.
  + Added auto-detection for clevis-bound LUKS devices.
  + Integrated clevis unlock with the LUKS feature before falling back to
    passphrase prompts.

- Feature nvmf:
  + Added initial NVMe over Fabrics root support.
  + Added support for NVMe/TCP discovery and connection from the kernel
    command line.
  + Added support for NBFT, static nvme-cli configuration, Fibre Channel
    autodiscovery, RDMA, FC, and VLAN-related boot setups.
  + Moved NVMe fabrics guessing into the NVMf feature so fabrics roots
    enable the runtime feature automatically.
  + Added common NVMe/FC HBA drivers and event handling for FC discovery.

- Feature runtime:
  + Added delayed uevent queue events.
  + Added queue timer helper APIs for retry and timeout handling.
  + Switched Btrfs and mdraid member discovery delays to the common queue
    timeout API.
  + Added ueventctl for inspecting and controlling uevent queue state.

- Documentation:
  + Added missing feature documentation.
  + Added uevent queue design rules.

- Tools:
  + Unified fake command overrides for guess scripts and replay fixtures.

# Git repository

https://github.com/osboot/make-initrd.git

Feedback and bug reports are, as always, welcome.

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Rgrds, legion



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