Dracut fails to build a bootable image for Odroid XU4 for the 4.7.2-201 fc24 initramfs. it seems that Dracut fails to create the Early CPIO image it needs to boot the system.

Following are initial comparisons from the previous 4.6.6-300.fc24.armv7hl initramfs image.

################################################ lsinitrd initramfs-4.6.6-300.fc24.armv7hl.img | less ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Image: initramfs-4.6.6-300.fc24.armv7hl.img: 44M ======================================================================== Early CPIO image ======================================================================== drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Jul 8 06:27 . -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2 Jul 8 06:27 early_cpio drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Jul 8 06:27 kernel drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Jul 8 06:27 kernel/x86 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jul 8 06:27 kernel/x86/microcode -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24070 Jul 8 06:27 kernel/x86/microcode/AuthenticAMD.bin ======================================================================== Version: dracut-044-20.fc24

Arguments: --add-drivers 'dw_mmc-exynos exynosdrm ehci-exynos ohci-exynos'

dracut modules: bash systemd systemd-initrd modsign nss-softokn i18n network : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

################################################ lsinitrd initramfs-4.7.2-201.fc24.armv7hl.img | less ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Image: initramfs-4.7.2-201.fc24.armv7hl.img: 16M ======================================================================== Version: dracut-044-20.fc24

Arguments: --add-drivers 'dw_mmc-exynos exynosdrm ehci-exynos ohci-exynos'

dracut modules: bash systemd systemd-initrd nss-softokn i18n network ifcfg drm plymouth kernel-modules kernel-network-modules resume rootfs-block terminfo udev-rules dracut-systemd : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

########################################################### [root@myodroid boot]# ls -l initramfs* -rw------- 1 root root 44642406 Jun 14 12:46 initramfs-0-rescue-b08cce8b3b174044a96690bec89c2b5c.img -rw------- 1 root root 45330243 Aug 16 20:31 initramfs-4.6.6-300.fc24.armv7hl.img -rw------- 1 root root 16408397 Sep 8 07:28 initramfs-4.7.2-201.fc24.armv7hl.img