Bug#575241: initramfs-tools: long delay with nouveau module in the initramfs

[Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>]

On 2010-03-24 14:27 +0100, maximilian attems wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 02:27:55PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
>> Package: initramfs-tools
>> Version: 0.93.4
>> 
>> I decided to give nouveau a try and built a vanilla 2.6.33.1 kernel with
>> it.  This works okay if the nouveau module is not in the initramfs, it
>> then gets loaded by udev in runlevel S.  But when I added it to
>> /etc/initramfs-tools/modules to set the resolution as early as possible,
>> the next boot took ~1 minute before the module got loaded and the
>> resolution was set.  This is reproducible both with "video=nouveau" and
>> without any video or vga parameter on the commandline.
>> 
>> Any advice how to debug this is appreciated.
>
> kms stuff has no place in initramfs, will close.

Well, i915 works perfectly fine from initramfs on my laptop.

> the 1 min hang is due to loading the module while udev is not running
> this will be cured soon but isn't yet.

Okay, I removed nouveau from initramfs for now.

> anyway happ to see that people test out nouveau, also you should see
> it in latest 2.6.32 in sid.

Actually it is me who started to work on getting
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau into shape, see #568162 and #568168.

Cheers,
       Sven