v2.49.0

Changes

• Feature luks-unl0kr:
  • Feature adds the ability to use unl0kr. unl0kr is framebuffer-based
    disk unlocker for the initramfs based on LVGL.
• Feature luks:
  • Move the password request functionality to a separate feature
    (dialog). This allows to hide implementation details and simplify
    the code.
• Feature network:
  • Add support of infiniband network mac addresses.
  • Add tests for cmdline parser.
• Guess subsystem:
  • Add guessing touchscreen modules.
  • Fix a false positive guess in the luks, lvm, multipath features.
• Utilities:
  • depinfo: Add support of weak dependencies. A new dependency type has
    been added since kernel v6.11-rc3.
• Misc:
  • bug-report: Choose better compression method.

New Contributors

• @Vedingrot made their first contribution in #38
• @legionus made their first contribution in #40

Full Changelog: 2.48.1...2.49.0

v2.48.1

Changes

• Utilities:
  • initrd-put: Fix hang if soname is not found.

Full Changelog: 2.48.0...2.48.1

v2.48.0

Changes

• Utilities:
  • initrd-put: Add support of elf dlopen metadata. The systemd-256 has
    switched to dynamic use of dependencies.

Full Changelog: 2.47.0...2.48.0

v2.47.0

Changes

The release introduces changes to the directories to create unit tests for the guess mechanism.

Full Changelog: 2.46.0...2.47.0

v2.46.0

Changes

• Runtime:
  • Fix output in quiet=1 mode.
  • Fix output in rdlog=console mode.
  • Do not show the error that it is impossible to set the log level.
  • Allow setting specific array elements in cmdline if the option
    assumes an array.
• Feature plymouth:
  • Fix plymouth showing when drm is not ready yet.
• Feature pipeline:
  • mountfs: Add an optional parameter mountfs-opts= to specify mount
    options.

Full Changelog: 2.45.0...2.46.0

v2.45.0

Changes

• Runtime:
  • Rewrite ueventd-mounts.
  • Remove initlog utility.
• Feature bcache:
  • New feature allows boot from bcache block device.
• Feature network:
  • Read also siaddr and wins DHCP-options.

Full Changelog: 2.44.0...2.45.0

v2.44.0

Changes

• Feature plymouth:
  • Stop plymouth before running rdshell.
  • Do not start plymouth if using rdshell.
  • Fix unbound variable PLYMOUTH_LIBDIR.
• Runtime:
  • Try to load efivarfs before mount (fix IMSM RAID).
• Misc:
  • Improve bug-report generation.
  • Rewrite mi-bug-report.

Full Changelog: 2.43.0...2.44.0

v2.43.0

Changes

• Feature overlayfs:
  • New feature to take lowerdirs into account.
• Feature guestfs:
  • Add gost checksum utilities.
• Feature pipeline:
  • Add dependency on additional utilities.
  • Register ping= cmdline parameter.
• Feature lkrg:
  • Fix LSM header for service.
• Feature multipath:
  • Add plugins directory.
  • Logically separate the multipath and sg3_utils files.
• Feature plymouth:
  • Use the library list to find the plymouth directory.

Full Changelog: 2.42.0...2.43.0

v2.42.0

Changes

• Feature network:
  • Do not add this feature by default.
• Feature system-glibc:
  • Do not add this feature by default.
• Feature lkrg:
  • Fix service permissions.
• Remove features:
  • raid, kbd, ide-to-scsi, scsi-to-ide, debug-procacct.
• Remove NEWS.md, spawn-shell.

Full Changelog: 2.41.0...2.42.0

v2.41.0

Changes

• Feature pipeline:
  • Restrict permissions to directories that can be accessed in the booted
    system. Only root should have access to these directories.
• Feature plymouth:
  • Detect libdir on gentoo.
  • Pack all plymouth modules by default.

Full Changelog: 2.40.0...2.41.0