How to set kernel module load priority/order

[Tom H]

On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com> wrote:
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> Am Mittwoch, den 28.10.2015, 19:34 -0700 schrieb Manvir Singh:
>> Installing dracut on Ubuntu removes my desktop manager.
>
> err, yes, it also wont boot with a dracut based initramfs. ubuntu and
> debian use initramfs-tools since 2004 to build the initrd and and rely
> on specific setups provided by it... dracut handles this differently and
> will most likely give you a broken boot in case something runs it to
> regenerate the initrd. you dont want dracut installed on an ubuntu
> machine ever...

I've used dracut on Debian 7. I've also packaged and used genkernel on
Ubuntu - and built an initramfs manually. So alternatives to
initramfs-tools are possible but they're definitely non-standard and,
I guess, unsupported..