On 2024-08-01 10:23:53 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > 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, The machines for which I currently use nouveau are new. So, if I switch to the proprietary nvidia driver, this will be the latest version, not the 390 drivers. > while the bug fix should trim initrd size considerably before > too long. What do you mean? -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
