[Bug 1561643] Update Released

[Łukasz Zemczak]

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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 Released

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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