can't believe it was fixed in less than 3 short years -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to initramfs-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1561643
Title: initramfs-tools ignores the FRAMEBUFFER option Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in initramfs-tools source package in Xenial: New Status in initramfs-tools source package in Bionic: Fix Released Bug description: [Impact] initramfs-tools would always include all "framebuffer" drivers/firmware inside initramfs, which was making it ever more huge. In some systems with low memory, that would even prevent systems to boot. kdump, for example, had an impact. [Test case] Different systems on different arches were tested. When cryptsetup (or cryptsetup-initramfs) was installed, framebuffer drivers were included in the ramdisk. When not installed, the initramfs was smaller. Systems booted on both cases. Systems with encrypted disks were tested as well. [Regression Potential] Systems may not boot because of missing drivers. Users may have a different experience during boot because of missing "framebuffer" drivers. ================== initramfs-tools ignores the FRAMEBUFFER option. This means that the framebuffer hook will always include the drm modules, regardless of whether it is dealing with an encrypted system or not. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: initramfs-tools 0.122ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-15.31-generic 4.4.6 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-15-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Mar 24 18:06:24 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-16 (37 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160209) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: initramfs-tools UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1561643/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
