Vincent Lefevre composed on 2024-08-01 15:26 (UTC+0200): > I have several Debian/unstable machines, all with a Nvidia card.
> On one of them, due to a bug in nouveau in the past, I use the > proprietary nvidia driver: libnvidia-legacy-390xx-* packages. > And the initrd size is reasonable: > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 66937544 2024-07-30 11:27:32 initrd.img-6.9.12-amd64 > Note that on this machine, firmware-nvidia-graphics is not installed. > According to its description, this package is apparently for the > nouveau driver: > Package: firmware-nvidia-graphics > [...] > Source: firmware-nonfree > Version: 20240709-1 > Suggests: initramfs-tools > Conflicts: firmware-misc-nonfree (<< 20230625-3~) > Description: Binary firmware for Nvidia GPU chips > This package contains the binary firmware for Nvidia graphics chips using > the nouveau driver. > > On other machines, I use the nouveau driver, but > firmware-nvidia-graphics now makes the initrd.* file much larger. > See the increase: > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69879473 2024-07-19 02:11:58 initrd.img-6.7.12-amd64 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 112644015 2024-08-01 13:01:40 initrd.img-6.9.12-amd64 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1076561 > which may be a problem with the small /boot partition (500 MB). > This is currently OK, but if I want to have 3 or 4 kernels (e.g. > due to future bugs), this might not be possible. > Should I switch to the proprietary nvidia driver on these machines? AIUI, those old enough to use 390 drivers won't likely have support much longer, if even supported now, while the bug fix should trim initrd size considerably before too long. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata
