On 01/02/2020 10:11, Didier Kryn wrote: > Le 31/01/2020 à 13:50, g4sra via Dng a écrit : >> Do not be fooled into thinking blacklisting stops a module from being >> loaded, ensure you rebuild the initrd\initramfs without the driver. > > Dunno if graphics driver modules are now part of the initrd/initramfs, > but this look like crazy.
Yes, and Yes. After all, everyone knows a Linux box wont boot unless you have a graphical splashscreen! (sarcasm, for non-engish natives). Grub does it one way then Linux joins in and does it another...trying to identify graphics related errors at/after boot can be a PITA. >The only purpose of initrd/initramfs is to mount the root filesytem and >ancilary filesystems /proc, /sys, /dev, /run. If only I had $1 for every time I have said that, but still the package builders insist on forcing 'depend'ancies on everything. > Therefore the only drivers needed in intrd/initramfs are those necessary to > perform these mounts. And they should better be statically linked than in the > form of modules because it consumes less memory and less cpu time. > > Didier > > > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
