> Ah yes, initramfs-tools doesn't honor symlinks and dups the binaries :-(
That's an incorrect statement. It does copy symlinks. It looks like the firmware package ships duped binaries. lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 34 Aug 21 15:56 ad102/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin -> ../../ga102/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 34 Aug 21 15:56 ad103/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin -> ../../ga102/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 34 Aug 21 15:56 ad104/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin -> ../../ga102/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 34 Aug 21 15:56 ad106/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin -> ../../ga102/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 34 Aug 21 15:56 ad107/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin -> ../../ga102/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 34 Aug 21 15:56 ga100/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin -> ../../tu102/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 38061600 Aug 13 09:49 ga102/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 38061600 Aug 13 09:49 ga103/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 38061600 Aug 13 09:49 ga104/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 38061600 Aug 13 09:49 ga106/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 38061600 Aug 13 09:49 ga107/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 23750944 Aug 13 09:49 tu102/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 23750944 Aug 13 09:49 tu104/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 23750944 Aug 13 09:49 tu106/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 34 Aug 21 15:56 tu116/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin -> ../../tu102/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 34 Aug 21 15:56 tu117/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin -> ../../tu102/gsp/gsp-535.113.01.bin -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-firmware in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2077490 Title: Error: out of memory while booting after installing the linux-firmware in proposed Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I found that there are some machines in cert lab can't boot after installing the linux-frimware in proposed with 6.8.0-40 kernel. After selecting booting with the 6.8.0-40 kernel, it shows error: out of memory on the screen then freeze. There aren't any journal logs available, since they froze at very early stage. Following are the machines got impacted for now https://certification.canonical.com/hardware/202306-31695/ https://certification.canonical.com/hardware/202306-31696/ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/2077490/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp