XPost: linux.debian.devel.release, linux.debian.maint.boot   
   From: kibi@debian.org   
      
   Hi Salvatore,   
      
   And thanks again for those mails, much welcome. Especially when they're   
   not about “no packaging changes”. ;-)   
      
   I'm pinpointing a few things that I should look into (which I cannot do   
   right away).   
      
   Salvatore Bonaccorso  (2026-01-02):   
   >   * Make dracut the preferred initramfs generator.   
      
   This caught my eye but I see you're addressing that below.   
      
   >   * Move dtb into modules directory.   
      
   This too, I suppose this might impact some packages like raspi-firmware   
   (maintainers bcc'd) which copy some DTBs around.   
      
   >   * Split modules out of kernel-image udeb.   
      
   I suppose this is about shuffling .ko between udebs, so that might be   
   transparent for the installer's runtime.   
      
   >   * [arm64] Add initial Raspberry Pi 5 support   
   >     - enable MMC_SDHCI_BRCMSTB, GPIO_BRCMSTB, PINCTRL_BRCMSTB   
   >       and PINCTRL_BCM2712 as modules   
   >     - enable OF_OVERLAY   
   >     - enable MISC_RP1 as a module   
      
   I had seen a few required patches land upstream lately, it's good to see   
   the configuration options are getting in as well!   
      
     https://salsa.debian.org/raspi-team/image-specs/-/issues/74   
      
   > So we cover a couple of further HW support enablements, the introduction   
   > of a base package for version sync, enablement of building rust drivers   
   > and features and the switch to dracut as the preferred initramfs   
   > generator.   
   >    
   > The switch of the preferred initramfs generator to dracut is a first   
   > step towards the plan to switch to dracut by default. There is work   
   > planned to make support for d-i, Benjamin is aiming to make a list of   
   > packages that ship initramfs-tools hooks in Debian.   
      
   I was going about the existence of such a list. :)   
      
   Bug reports, patches, MRs are welcome for d-i components. If bug reports   
   are precise enough (what needs changing, what the target should look   
   like), I suppose we could help write patches… but that would require some   
   heavy learning session (at least for me) as my only bit of dracut-related   
   knowledge is that dracut-install exists and is used by recent   
   initramfs-tools versions…   
      
      
   Cheers,   
   --    
   Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org)               
   D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant   
      
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