Update initrd contain missed modules

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Hi all, when I update initrd on Tumbleweed Plasma, I get this output where many modules do not seem to be present in my system. Apparently everything works fine but I was wondering if this was normal.

L’output of
sudo dracut -f:

dracut[I]: Executing: /usr/bin/dracut -f
dracut[I]: Module 'systemd-networkd' will not be installed, because command 'networkctl' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'systemd-networkd' will not be installed, because command '/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-networkd' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'systemd-networkd' will not be installed, because command '/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-networkd-wait-online' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'systemd-pcrphase' will not be installed, because command '/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-pcrphase' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'systemd-portabled' will not be installed, because command 'portablectl' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'systemd-portabled' will not be installed, because command '/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-portabled' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'systemd-repart' will not be installed, because command 'systemd-repart' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'systemd-resolved' will not be installed, because command 'resolvectl' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'systemd-resolved' will not be installed, because command '/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-resolved' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'dbus-broker' will not be installed, because command 'dbus-broker' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'rngd' will not be installed, because command 'rngd' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'connman' will not be installed, because command 'connmand' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'connman' will not be installed, because command 'connmanctl' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'connman' will not be installed, because command 'connmand-wait-online' could not be found!
dracut[I]: 35network-legacy: Could not find any command of 'dhclient wicked'!
dracut[I]: Module 'tpm2-tss' will not be installed, because command 'tpm2' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'nvmf' will not be installed, because command 'nvme' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'nvmf' will not be installed, because command 'jq' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'biosdevname' will not be installed, because command 'biosdevname' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'memstrack' will not be installed, because command 'memstrack' could not be found!
dracut[I]: memstrack is not available
dracut[I]: If you need to use rd.memdebug>=4, please install memstrack and procps-ng
dracut[I]: Module 'squash' will not be installed, because command 'mksquashfs' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'squash' will not be installed, because command 'unsquashfs' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'systemd-pcrphase' will not be installed, because command '/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-pcrphase' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'systemd-portabled' will not be installed, because command 'portablectl' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'systemd-portabled' will not be installed, because command '/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-portabled' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'systemd-repart' will not be installed, because command 'systemd-repart' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'systemd-resolved' will not be installed, because command 'resolvectl' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'systemd-resolved' will not be installed, because command '/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-resolved' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'dbus-broker' will not be installed, because command 'dbus-broker' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'rngd' will not be installed, because command 'rngd' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'connman' will not be installed, because command 'connmand' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'connman' will not be installed, because command 'connmanctl' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'connman' will not be installed, because command 'connmand-wait-online' could not be found!
dracut[I]: 35network-legacy: Could not find any command of 'dhclient wicked'!
dracut[I]: Module 'tpm2-tss' will not be installed, because command 'tpm2' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'nvmf' will not be installed, because command 'nvme' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'nvmf' will not be installed, because command 'jq' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'memstrack' will not be installed, because command 'memstrack' could not be found!
dracut[I]: memstrack is not available
dracut[I]: If you need to use rd.memdebug>=4, please install memstrack and procps-ng
dracut[I]: Module 'squash' will not be installed, because command 'mksquashfs' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'squash' will not be installed, because command 'unsquashfs' could not be found!
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-initrd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: i18n ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: drm ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: plymouth ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: btrfs ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: kernel-modules ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: kernel-modules-extra ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: resume ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: rootfs-block ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: suse-btrfs ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: suse-xfs ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: terminfo ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: udev-rules ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: dracut-systemd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: ostree ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: usrmount ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: base ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: fs-lib ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: shutdown ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: suse ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: suse-initrd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including modules done ***
dracut[I]: *** Installing kernel module dependencies ***
dracut[I]: *** Installing kernel module dependencies done ***
dracut[I]: *** Resolving executable dependencies ***
dracut[I]: *** Resolving executable dependencies done ***
dracut[I]: *** Hardlinking files ***
dracut[I]: *** Hardlinking files done ***
dracut[I]: *** Generating early-microcode cpio image ***
dracut[I]: *** Constructing GenuineIntel.bin ***
dracut[I]: *** Store current command line parameters ***
dracut[I]: Stored kernel commandline:
dracut[I]:  rd.driver.pre=btrfs
dracut[I]:  resume=UUID=0a77f239-7b48-4391-b27f-1778747b28ee
dracut[I]:  root=UUID=93922234-b6a8-4807-a296-c693081810b8 rootfstype=btrfs rootflags=rw,relatime,ssd,discard=async,space_cache=v2,subvolid=343,subvol=/@/.snapshots/64/snapshot,subvol=@/.snapshots/64/snapshot
dracut[I]: *** Stripping files ***
dracut[I]: *** Stripping files done ***
dracut[I]: *** Creating image file '/boot/initrd-6.5.6-1-default' ***
dracut[I]: *** Creating initramfs image file '/boot/initrd-6.5.6-1-default' done ***
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This is absolutely normal and needs no attention. Only the needed modules (for your hardware and software combination) are installed and get included in initrd. This are only verbose informations and no warnings.

If you would install all the unneded modules, you would only increase the boot time of your machine.

The man pages for dracut are a good starting point to understand the whole concept.

https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/dracut.modules.7.html
https://linux.die.net/man/8/dracut

dracut creates an initial image used by the kernel for preloading the block device modules (such as IDE, SCSI or RAID) which are needed to access the root filesystem.

dracut uses a modular system to build and extend the initramfs image.

Adding dracut Modules
Some dracut modules are turned off by default and have to be activated manually. You can do this by adding the dracut modules to the configuration file
/etc/dracut.conf or /etc/dracut.conf.d/myconf.conf. See dracut.conf(5). You can also add dracut modules on the command line by using the -a or --add
option:

Only modules that are needed for your hardware/software setup are installed and get loaded.

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