[Bug 1561643] Re: initramfs-tools ignores the FRAMEBUFFER option

[Łukasz Zemczak]

Hello Alberto, or anyone else affected,

Accepted initramfs-tools into bionic-proposed. The package will build
now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-
tools/0.130ubuntu3.7 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed
repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how
to enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this
update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from
verification-needed-bionic to verification-done-bionic. If it does not
fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the
tag to verification-failed-bionic. In either case, without details of
your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s)
fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in
-proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu Bionic)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed verification-needed-bionic

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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 Committed

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.


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  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)

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