Deprecation of the dracut network-wicked module
Hi, Upstream dracut decided to remove the network-wicked module: https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut/pull/2129 The network-wicked module is just a dracut module which allows to setup internet connection in the initrd using wicked. Its functionality is incomplete and it is hardly used. It's only available in openSUSE Leap 15.4 and Tumbleweed. How to check if you're using the network-wicked module: ``` # lsinitrd -m | grep network-wicked network-wicked ``` Next steps: - If you are not using the network-wicked module, then you have nothing to do. - If you are using the network-wicked module, it means you're using wicked to manage your network infrastructure, so you need to change your dracut configuration to add the network-legacy module instead. If you weren't already using it, you should have. If you are using the NetworkManager on your system and you want internet in the initrd, you can use either the network-manager or network-legacy dracut modules, but it's recommended the use of the network-manager module (it populates the /run/NetworkManager directory with connection info that will be taken by the new NetworkManager process after switching to root). There are other dracut network modules (systemd-networkd and connman) suitable for use with with their respective network handlers. When will the network-wicked module be removed from openSUSE Tumbleweed? With the release of dracut-060. There's no fixed release date, but looking at how long previous releases took, it's still going to be available for the next few months. It won't be removed from openSUSE Leap 15.4. *This deprecation notice is unrelated to the wicked package.* Best regards.
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Antonio Feijoo