David Wright writes:
> You presumably aren't running 686 and amd64 kernels, then,
> unlike Felix.
It depends on the system too. My amd64 based router doesn't have
microcode in the initramfs but that's OK since microcode is handled by
the BIOS (Coreboot). Also I think the microcode's not free to
David Wright composed on 2023-02-04 22:43 (UTC-0600):
> The other problem for your initrds is that both the amdgpu and radeon
> directories are being included, presumably because, according to your
> dracut post, both the amdgpu.ko and radeon.ko modules are included
> (and I think you implied they
On Sat 04 Feb 2023 at 18:04:21 (-0500), Felix Miata wrote:
> David Wright composed on 2023-02-04 10:59 (UTC-0600):
>
> > I don't yet know which directories are being included in yours.
>
> 6 instances of lsinitramfs, with and without -l for 3 kernels:
>
> # initrd.img-5.17.0-1-amd64; gzip bytes:
David Wright composed on 2023-02-04 10:59 (UTC-0600):
> I don't yet know which directories are being included in yours.
6 instances of lsinitramfs, with and without -l for 3 kernels:
# initrd.img-5.17.0-1-amd64; gzip bytes:7,649,297; lines:445:
https://termbin.com/2o3z https://paste.debian.net/1
On Sat 04 Feb 2023 at 11:53:36 (-0500), Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > I'm guessing his machine has no microcode installed, since that's what
> > my first archive contains. Whether that's because his machine is so
> > old that it doesn't *need* any, or because he just lives dangerously,
> > I cannot sa
On Fri 03 Feb 2023 at 01:45:33 (-0500), Felix Miata wrote:
> David Wright composed on 2023-02-01 22:39 (UTC-0600):
> > On Wed 01 Feb 2023 at 00:50:07 (-0500), Felix Miata wrote:
>
> >> I think 6.0's is smaller because that upgrade cycle is when I installed
> >> zstd
> >> before the newer kernel.
> I'm guessing his machine has no microcode installed, since that's what
> my first archive contains. Whether that's because his machine is so
> old that it doesn't *need* any, or because he just lives dangerously,
> I cannot say. :-)
None of my ARM machines have a microcode update in their initr
On Sat, Feb 04, 2023 at 10:38:12AM -0600, David Wright wrote:
> Sure, I knew that. The problem was that AFAICT, Felix's
> initrd had no first, uncompressed cpio, archive, so
> $ cpio -t < /boot/initrd.img-6.0.0-6-amd64
> immediately ran into the compressed, main archive. That
> took me by surprise
On Fri 03 Feb 2023 at 20:34:55 (-0500), Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 06:45:14PM -0600, David Wright wrote:
> > It's useful, as seen in my post, to skip past the early archive in
> > order to see how the main archive has been compressed.
>
> If you want to see the contents of the *
Felix Miata composed on 2022-11-12 01:57 (UTC-0500):
> # grep MODULES= /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
> MODULES=dep
> # ls -Ggh /boot/initrd.img-[5,6]*
> -rw-r--r-- 1 6.8M May 8 2022 /boot/initrd.img-5.17.0-1-686
> -rw-r--r-- 1 31M Aug 2 03:06 /boot/initrd.img-5.18.0-3-686
> -rw-r--r-- 1
On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 06:45:14PM -0600, David Wright wrote:
> It's useful, as seen in my post, to skip past the early archive in
> order to see how the main archive has been compressed.
If you want to see the contents of the *second* archive in the initrd,
you have to call cpio a second time.
On Fri 03 Feb 2023 at 07:49:39 (-0500), Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 01:45:33AM -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
> > David Wright composed on 2023-02-01 22:39 (UTC-0600):
> > > $ cpio -t < /boot/initrd.img-6.0.0-6-amd64
> >
> > Is that a typo? I copied & pasted that and the screen loa
On 2023-02-03 at 09:57, Felix Miata wrote:
> The Wanderer composed on 2023-02-03 07:16 (UTC-0500):
>
>> FTLIW, my own primary desktop has an AMD graphics card (and has since
>> before the initial Debian install), and doesn't have these large
>> initrds:
>
> Oh, but it does
>
>> $ lh /boot/
The Wanderer composed on 2023-02-03 07:16 (UTC-0500):
> FTLIW, my own primary desktop has an AMD graphics card (and has since
> before the initial Debian install), and doesn't have these large
> initrds:
Oh, but it does
> $ lh /boot/initrd.img-*
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36M Sep 2 08:27 /bo
Hi,
David Wright wrote:
> > > $ cpio -t < /boot/initrd.img-6.0.0-6-amd64
Felix Miata wrote:
> > Is that a typo? I copied & pasted that and the screen loaded binary
> > gibberish.
Greg Wooledge wrote:
> GNU cpio(1) says that -t implies -i, so it should work on Debian.
Probably the initrd is co
On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 01:45:33AM -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
> David Wright composed on 2023-02-01 22:39 (UTC-0600):
> > $ cpio -t < /boot/initrd.img-6.0.0-6-amd64
>
> Is that a typo? I copied & pasted that and the screen loaded binary gibberish.
GNU cpio(1) says that -t implies -i, so it shoul
On 2023-02-03 at 01:45, Felix Miata wrote:
> David Wright composed on 2023-02-01 22:39 (UTC-0600):
>> FTR, I reinstalled 5.10.0-21-amd64 on another machine with MODULES=dep
>> and for comparison (initrd only):
>
>> $ unmkinitramfs /boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-21-amd64 /tmp/unpacked10-21
>> cpio: et
David Wright composed on 2023-02-01 22:39 (UTC-0600):
> On Wed 01 Feb 2023 at 00:50:07 (-0500), Felix Miata wrote:
>> I think 6.0's is smaller because that upgrade cycle is when I installed zstd
>> before the newer kernel. It's specified by default in initramfs.conf, but the
>> upgrades from 11 t
The Wanderer composed on 2022-11-13 06:54 (UTC-0500):
> On 2022-11-12 Felix Miata wrote:
>> # grep MODULES= /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
>> MODULES=dep
>> # ls -Ggh /boot/initrd.img-[5,6]*
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 6.8M May 8 2022 /boot/initrd.img-5.17.0-1-686
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 31M Aug 2 03:06 /bo
On Wed 01 Feb 2023 at 00:50:07 (-0500), Felix Miata wrote:
> David Wright composed on 2023-01-31 22:56 (UTC-0600):
> > On Tue 31 Jan 2023 at 18:31:15 (-0500), Felix Miata wrote:
> >> David Wright composed on 2023-01-28 09:10 (UTC-0600):
> >>> On Sat 28 Jan 2023 at 03:15:11 (-0500), Felix Miata wrot
David Wright composed on 2023-01-31 22:56 (UTC-0600):
> On Tue 31 Jan 2023 at 18:31:15 (-0500), Felix Miata wrote:
>> David Wright composed on 2023-01-28 09:10 (UTC-0600):
>>> On Sat 28 Jan 2023 at 03:15:11 (-0500), Felix Miata wrote:
I thought only Windows was like that, but apparently n
On Tue 31 Jan 2023 at 18:31:15 (-0500), Felix Miata wrote:
> David Wright composed on 2023-01-28 09:10 (UTC-0600):
> > On Sat 28 Jan 2023 at 03:15:11 (-0500), Felix Miata wrote:
>
> >> I thought only Windows was like that, but apparently not always. I keep my
> >> initramfs configuration set to =d
David Wright composed on 2023-01-28 09:10 (UTC-0600):
> On Sat 28 Jan 2023 at 03:15:11 (-0500), Felix Miata wrote:
>> I thought only Windows was like that, but apparently not always. I keep my
>> initramfs configuration set to =dep.
> And is that the reason behind, and cure for, your mushroomin
On Sun 13 Nov 2022 at 06:54:47 (-0500), The Wanderer wrote:
> On 2022-11-12 at 01:57, Felix Miata wrote:
>
> > # grep MODULES= /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
> > MODULES=dep
> > # ls -Ggh /boot/initrd.img-[5,6]*
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 6.8M May 8 2022 /boot/initrd.img-5.17.0-1-686
> > -rw-r--r-- 1
On Sat 12 Nov 2022 at 01:57:51 (-0500), Felix Miata wrote:
> # grep MODULES= /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
> MODULES=dep
> # ls -Ggh /boot/initrd.img-[5,6]*
> -rw-r--r-- 1 6.8M May 8 2022 /boot/initrd.img-5.17.0-1-686
> -rw-r--r-- 1 31M Aug 2 03:06 /boot/initrd.img-5.18.0-3-686
> -rw-r--r
On 2022-11-12 at 01:57, Felix Miata wrote:
> # grep MODULES= /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
> MODULES=dep
> # ls -Ggh /boot/initrd.img-[5,6]*
> -rw-r--r-- 1 6.8M May 8 2022 /boot/initrd.img-5.17.0-1-686
> -rw-r--r-- 1 31M Aug 2 03:06 /boot/initrd.img-5.18.0-3-686
> -rw-r--r-- 1 31M Sep 3
On Sat 12 Nov 2022 at 01:57:51 (-0500), Felix Miata wrote:
> # grep MODULES= /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
> MODULES=dep
> # ls -Ggh /boot/initrd.img-[5,6]*
> -rw-r--r-- 1 6.8M May 8 2022 /boot/initrd.img-5.17.0-1-686
> -rw-r--r-- 1 31M Aug 2 03:06 /boot/initrd.img-5.18.0-3-686
> -rw-r--r
# grep MODULES= /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
MODULES=dep
# ls -Ggh /boot/initrd.img-[5,6]*
-rw-r--r-- 1 6.8M May 8 2022 /boot/initrd.img-5.17.0-1-686
-rw-r--r-- 1 31M Aug 2 03:06 /boot/initrd.img-5.18.0-3-686
-rw-r--r-- 1 31M Sep 30 15:43 /boot/initrd.img-5.19.0-2-686
-rw-r--r-- 1 36M
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