Fresh uInitrds?

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Roland
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Fresh uInitrds?

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Is there any newer uInitrd available than the 5.5-rc7...? It seems still to work but would it be possible to include automatically a fresh one with each 'finalized' kernel version ?-)

BTW, I'm very surprised if no one else here uses them...? It is MUCH easier to identify Linux partitions using their LABELs than with those cryptic UUID codestrings etc.!
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Re: Fresh uInitrds?

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Roland wrote: Wed Apr 28, 2021 8:59 am Is there any newer uInitrd available than the 5.5-rc7...? It seems still to work but would it be possible to include automatically a fresh one with each 'finalized' kernel version ?-)

BTW, I'm very surprised if no one else here uses them...? It is MUCH easier to identify Linux partitions using their LABELs than with those cryptic UUID codestrings etc.!
Hi Roland,

You can compile it yourself. You can find instructions in the following screenshot:

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Re: Fresh uInitrds?

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xeno74 wrote: Thu Apr 29, 2021 2:48 pm You can compile it yourself. You can find instructions in the following screenshot:
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Thanks! Got it compiled... But the first command gave some error messages:

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$ sudo mkinitramfs -o initrd-5.12.img 5.12.0_A-EON_X5000
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8125b-2.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8125a-3.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8107e-2.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8107e-1.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168fp-3.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168h-1.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168g-3.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168g-2.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8106e-2.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8106e-1.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8411-2.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8411-1.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8402-1.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168f-2.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168f-1.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-3.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-2.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-1.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/renesas_usb_fw.mem for built-in driver xhci_pci
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/emu/emu1010_notebook.fw for built-in driver snd_emu10k1
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/emu/emu0404.fw for built-in driver snd_emu10k1
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/emu/micro_dock.fw for built-in driver snd_emu10k1
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/emu/emu1010b.fw for built-in driver snd_emu10k1
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/emu/audio_dock.fw for built-in driver snd_emu10k1
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/emu/hana.fw for built-in driver snd_emu10k1
W: initramfs-tools configuration sets RESUME=UUID=6fa359ba-3deb-43d5-83df-6f1b8d05531f
W: but no matching swap device is available.
Are those serious - should they be corrected some way...?
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Re: Fresh uInitrds?

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Roland wrote: Thu Apr 29, 2021 9:23 pm
Thanks! Got it compiled... But the first command gave some error messages:

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$ sudo mkinitramfs -o initrd-5.12.img 5.12.0_A-EON_X5000
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8125b-2.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8125a-3.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8107e-2.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8107e-1.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168fp-3.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168h-1.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168g-3.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168g-2.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8106e-2.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8106e-1.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8411-2.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8411-1.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8402-1.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168f-2.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168f-1.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-3.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-2.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-1.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw for built-in driver r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/renesas_usb_fw.mem for built-in driver xhci_pci
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/emu/emu1010_notebook.fw for built-in driver snd_emu10k1
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/emu/emu0404.fw for built-in driver snd_emu10k1
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/emu/micro_dock.fw for built-in driver snd_emu10k1
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/emu/emu1010b.fw for built-in driver snd_emu10k1
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/emu/audio_dock.fw for built-in driver snd_emu10k1
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/emu/hana.fw for built-in driver snd_emu10k1
W: initramfs-tools configuration sets RESUME=UUID=6fa359ba-3deb-43d5-83df-6f1b8d05531f
W: but no matching swap device is available.
Are those serious - should they be corrected some way...?
Please install the package linux-firmware.

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Re: Fresh uInitrds?

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xeno74 wrote: Fri Apr 30, 2021 7:00 am Please install the package linux-firmware.
There is no such package in the depot... (MintPPC). There is firmware-linux, but installing it did not eliminate the errors.
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Re: Fresh uInitrds?

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Roland wrote: Fri Apr 30, 2021 9:40 am
There is no such package in the depot... (MintPPC). There is firmware-linux, but installing it did not eliminate the errors.
It's called linux-firmware in Ubuntu. I created a new uInitrd on ubuntu MATE 16.04.7 today.

Download: uInitrd-5.12

Please test it.

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Re: Fresh uInitrds?

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xeno74 wrote: Fri Apr 30, 2021 11:45 am Download: uInitrd-5.12

Please test it.
Works without issues... Thanks!-)
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Re: Fresh uInitrds?

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Hi Roland,

I have released a new uInitrd for the stable longterm kernel 5.10. You can find it in the kernel 5.10.39 package.

Download: linux-image-5.10.39-X1000_X5000.tar.gz

I tested it very intensively and it works without any problems on my X5000.

Screenshot:

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