On 2025-09-17 00:46:27 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > Yes, I can see in particular: > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 38061600 Aug 15 14:51 > usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ga102/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 63571696 Aug 15 14:51 > usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ga102/gsp/gsp-570.144.bin > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23750944 Aug 15 14:51 > usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/tu102/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28542040 Aug 15 14:51 > usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/tu102/gsp/gsp-570.144.bin > > But since I have a Nvidia chip, I suppose that they are needed > at some point: > > 0000:01:00.0 3D controller [0302]: NVIDIA Corporation GA107GLM [RTX A1000 > Laptop GPU] [10de:25b9] (rev a1)
Ther installation comes from the Debian installer: https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware says Since Debian 12, the installer will automatically check for needed firmware blobs and add them as required. However, I'm still wondering: But is it really necessary that such firmware be present in the initrd? -- Vincent Lefèvre <[email protected]> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Pascaline project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
