sizes of img files with latest mkinitcpio 37.2-1 110M initramfs-linux-ck-generic-v3-fallback.img 51M initramfs-linux-ck-generic-v3.img 110M initramfs-linux-fallback.img 51M initramfs-linux.img Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Monday, January 15th, 2024 at 2:24 PM, pete <petegn@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 15 Jan 2024 18:03:02 +0100 > mpan archml-y1vf3axu@xxxxxxx wrote: > > > > While 300 MiB is not huge, it should be enough in most cases. > > > And note that 300 MB is recommended, while in reality you could go > > > even below that. I have a BIOS system with 128 MB “/boot”, with 45 MB > > > occupied by the images. So that’s certainly not you doing something > > > wrong or having a partition “simply too small”. > > > > > The issue you faced with kernel 6.7.0 is actually a mkinitcpio issue [1] > > > that made initramfs files grow up in size significantly. > > > Fortunately, this issue already has a patch already tested and merged. > > > [2] :) > > > As detected a moment ago, the current git mkinitcpio version still > > > does not resolve the issue. I am ending up with 5× inflation of the > > > image between linux 6.6.8 and 6.7.0. So the problem remains open. > > > > From the current conversations, but please don’t take this as an > > official statement or proper evaluation of the situation, it seems that > > nouveau is not pulling in nVidia’s firmware blobs. A combination of that > > and some issue with mkinitcpio leads to the problem. > > > yes this is what i have from the fall back image > > 228519936 Jan 15 01:11 initramfs-linux-fallback.img. > > note the size > > this is the normal . > 35949163 Jan 15 01:10 initramfs-linux.img > > Crazy . > > Pete
