Well the -i argument looks broken... htpc:~ # mkinitrd -i /lib/firmware/i915/glk_dmc_ver1_04.bin /lib/firmware/i915/glk_dmc_ver1_04.bin Creating initrd: /lib/firmware/i915/glk_dmc_ver1_04.bin dracut: Executing: /usr/bin/dracut --logfile /var/log/YaST2/mkinitrd.log --force /lib/firmware/i915/glk_dmc_ver1_04.bin 4.12.14-lp150.11-default dracut: *** Including module: bash *** dracut: *** Including module: systemd *** dracut: *** Including module: warpclock *** dracut: *** Including module: systemd-initrd *** dracut: *** Including module: i18n *** dracut: Could not find FONT_MAP none! dracut: *** Including module: drm *** dracut: *** Including module: plymouth *** dracut: *** Including module: kernel-modules *** dracut: *** Including module: mdraid *** dracut: Skipping udev rule: 64-md-raid.rules dracut: *** Including module: rootfs-block *** dracut: *** Including module: suse-xfs *** dracut: *** Including module: terminfo *** dracut: *** Including module: udev-rules *** dracut: Skipping udev rule: 40-redhat.rules dracut: Skipping udev rule: 50-firmware.rules dracut: Skipping udev rule: 50-udev.rules dracut: Skipping udev rule: 91-permissions.rules dracut: Skipping udev rule: 80-drivers-modprobe.rules dracut: *** Including module: dracut-systemd *** dracut: *** Including module: haveged *** dracut: *** Including module: usrmount *** dracut: *** Including module: base *** dracut: *** Including module: fs-lib *** dracut: *** Including module: shutdown *** dracut: *** Including module: suse *** dracut: *** Including modules done *** dracut: *** Installing kernel module dependencies and firmware *** dracut: *** Installing kernel module dependencies and firmware done *** dracut: *** Resolving executable dependencies *** dracut: *** Resolving executable dependencies done*** dracut: *** Hardlinking files *** dracut: *** Hardlinking files done *** dracut: *** Stripping files *** dracut: *** Stripping files done *** dracut: *** Generating early-microcode cpio image *** dracut: *** Constructing GenuineIntel.bin **** dracut: *** Store current command line parameters *** dracut: Stored kernel commandline: dracut: rd.md.uuid=dea49455:5bf64242:612ddf4a:a5ddff95 dracut: root=UUID=5992418e-d56d-4683-8ec3-e6b0fa745fab rootfstype=ext4 rootflags=rw,relatime,data=ordered dracut: *** Creating image file '/lib/firmware/i915/glk_dmc_ver1_04.bin' *** dracut: *** Creating initramfs image file '/lib/firmware/i915/glk_dmc_ver1_04.bin' done *** Creating initrd: /lib/firmware/i915/glk_dmc_ver1_04.bin This is for sure behaviour I didn't expect :)