XPost: linux.debian.bugs.dist   
   From: ben@decadent.org.uk   
      
   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    
   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.   
      
   --    
   Ben Hutchings   
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