initrd-generic?

[Allen Kistler]

For the first time in a while, I've gotten rawhide to install.  Upon 
booting, I noticed there's an extra initrd, named initrd-generic, in 
/boot.  Plus it's huge by classic initrd standards.

What is it?  How is it intended to be used?  I haven't found much on it 
other than dracut generates it.

Does mkinitrd still generate the regular initrd, but dracut generates 
initrd-generic?  If so, then we've got both so we can test the dracut 
"generic" version and have something to fall back on if it's screwed up, 
true?  I did an @core installation, which does not currently include 
dracut (even if it ever will), so the "generic" initrd seems to come 
straight out of the kernel rpm.

I unpacked the "generic" version to have a quick look at it.  I haven't 
examined it closely to see exactly why it's 5 or 6 times bigger, but 
it's certainly got a lot more directories.  So does "generic" mean it's 
not custom made at rpm install time, but instead at rpm package 
generation time?  From the fp.o [[Dracut]] page, it *seems* the 
intention is to generate initrd at install, as it is now with mkinitrd, 
but with dracut instead.

BTW, I used the "generic" version to boot.  It seemed to work okay, 
other than some cosmetic LF vs. CRLF issues with the boot messages.

I've made some guesses and read between some lines here.
How much is wrong?

Thanks for any info.