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Bug#945854: Please include additional virtio modules used for boot into initramfs for MODULES=most

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Hi Josh,

Sorry that I failed to actually send this reply to you:

On Sat, 2020-01-18 at 17:20 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> Control: tag -1 moreinfo
> 
> On Fri, 29 Nov 2019 13:51:55 -0800 Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> wrote:
> > Package: initramfs-tools-core
> > Version: 0.135
> > Severity: wishlist
> > 
> > Please consider adding the modules needed for virtiofs to MODULES=most,
> > to support booting a system from virtiofs.
> 
> Isn't this going to require more than just a module?  I think we'll
> need a new boot method to support a root that's not on a block device
> or NFS.

Now in 2025, I would add that I don't expect to add significant new
features to initramfs-tools.  If this is still an open problem for you
then you could try using dracut, which is supposed to support virtiofs
root already.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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Bug#945854: Please include additional virtio modules used for boot into initramfs for MODULES=most Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2025-11-17 00:30 +0100

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