On 2025-09-18 10:17:39 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > Hmm... don't know why the `nouveau` kernel module would need to be > loaded during the initrd part of the boot. > > Sounds to me like the problem is not inescapable, but it's probably > just simpler to load all applicable kernel modules very early on. > > I'd at least file a bug report for that NULL dereference.
Done here: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1115596 > And maybe also a feature request to make it possible for the initrd to > proceed without loading video modules like `nouveau` and `i915`. > > It might deserve a configuration option since there are systems where > there's no video output at all until those kernel modules are loaded, in > which case it's useful to load them earlier rather than later (makes it > less frequent to have to go dig for some serial debug connection, ...). Done here: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1115601 -- 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)
