On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 2:31 PM Chris Adams <linux(a)cmadams.net> wrote:
Once upon a time, Chris Murphy <lists(a)colorremedies.com> said:
> What about the increasing growth in linux-firmware and in particular the
NVIDIA firmware requirements? My reading suggests it's significant and the
future growth also significant.
Could we use a dumb framebuffer in initrd and get rid of all the GPU
firmware from the image?
The main concern about using efifb during the initrd is handling situations
like:
- Laptop has the lid closed
- External monitor is connected to a HDMI port that is only connected to
the discrete GPU or otherwise not lit up by EFI
- We need to prompt for the passphrase to unlock the root partition
It *mostly* would work fine - and maybe we're OK with that (especially if
we can reduce interaction with the initrd).
- Owen