Bug#1076561: linux-image-6.9.9-amd64: Kernel 6.9.9 (amd64) results in huge initramfs size
Package: src:linux
Version: 6.9.9-1
Severity: normal
Hello,
I'm currently on kernel 6.9.8 (amd64 / Sid). Installing 6.9.9 fails due to
running out of space on /boot:
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update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.9.9-amd64
zstd: error 70 : Write error : cannot write block : No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure zstd -q -9 -T0 70
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-6.9.9-amd64 with 1.
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It turns out that the initrd for 6.9.9 is more than 7x the size of the
one for 6.9.8:
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~$ ls -l /boot/initrd.img*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27491557 Jul 8 13:45 /boot/initrd.img-6.9.8-amd64
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 205739589 Jul 16 14:29 /boot/initrd.img-6.9.9-amd64
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Diffing the two initrd files suggests that the problem stems from the
fact that 6.9.9 is including the NVIDIA GPU System Processor (GSP)
firmware in the initrd:
https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/510.39.01/README/gsp.html
Arch Linux dealt with this 6 months ago - they claim that the problem
actually began in kernel 6.7:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=291900
https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/mkinitcpio/mkinitcpio/-/issues/238
I suggest that we either figure out a mechanism for reducing the size of
the initrd, or else document the change, as users with modest /boot
partitions will otherwise be in for an unpleasant surprise.
Discussion on debian-user:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2024/07/msg00614.html
-- Package-specific info:
** Kernel log: boot messages should be attached
** Model information
sys_vendor: LENOVO
product_name: 20E2CTO1WW
product_version: ThinkPad W550s
chassis_vendor: LENOVO
chassis_version: None
bios_vendor: LENOVO
bios_version: N11ET54W (1.30 )
board_vendor: LENOVO
board_name: 20E2CTO1WW
board_version: SDK0J40705 WIN
** PCI devices:
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Host Bridge -OPI [8086:1604] (rev 09)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:2223]
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
IOMMU group: 0
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: bdw_uncore
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 5500 [8086:1616] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:2225]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 47
Region 0: Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Region 2: Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Region 4: I/O ports at 4000 [size=64]
Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [virtual] [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
00:03.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Audio Controller [8086:160c] (rev 09)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:2223]
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 58
IOMMU group: 1
Region 0: Memory at f2230000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP USB xHCI Controller [8086:9cb1] (rev 03) (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:2223]
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 51
IOMMU group: 2
Region 0: Memory at f2220000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
Kernel modules: xhci_pci
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP MEI Controller #1 [8086:9cba] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:2223]
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 49
IOMMU group: 3
Region 0: Memory at f2239000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: mei_me
Kernel modules: mei_me
00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (3) I218-V [8086:15a3] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:2226]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 57
IOMMU group: 4
Region 0: Memory at f2200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
Region 1: Memory at f223e000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Region 2: I/O ports at 4080 [size=32]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: e1000e
Kernel modules: e1000e
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller [8086:9ca0] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:2223]
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 50
IOMMU group: 5
Region 0: Memory at f2234000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #6 [8086:9c9a] (rev e3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:2223]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 42
IOMMU group: 6
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: [disabled] [16-bit]
Memory behind bridge: f2100000-f21fffff [size=1M] [32-bit]
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled] [64-bit]
Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- VGA16+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #3 [8086:9c94] (rev e3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:2223]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 43
IOMMU group: 7
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: [disabled] [16-bit]
Memory behind bridge: f2000000-f20fffff [size=1M] [32-bit]
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled] [64-bit]
Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- VGA16+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #5 [8086:9c98] (rev e3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:2223]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 44
IOMMU group: 8
Bus: primary=00, secondary=08, subordinate=08, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 3000-3fff [size=4K] [16-bit]
Memory behind bridge: f1000000-f1ffffff [size=16M] [32-bit]
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: c0000000-d1ffffff [size=288M] [32-bit]
Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- VGA16+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP USB EHCI Controller [8086:9ca6] (rev 03) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:2223]
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 23
IOMMU group: 9
Region 0: Memory at f223d000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
Kernel modules: ehci_pci
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP LPC Controller [8086:9cc3] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:2223]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
IOMMU group: 10
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
Kernel modules: lpc_ich
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI Mode] [8086:9c83] (rev 03) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:2223]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 45
IOMMU group: 10
Region 0: I/O ports at 40a8 [size=8]
Region 1: I/O ports at 40b4 [size=4]
Region 2: I/O ports at 40a0 [size=8]
Region 3: I/O ports at 40b0 [size=4]
Region 4: I/O ports at 4060 [size=32]
Region 5: Memory at f223c000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ahci
Kernel modules: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP SMBus Controller [8086:9ca2] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:2223]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 18
IOMMU group: 10
Region 0: Memory at f2238000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Region 4: I/O ports at efa0 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c_i801
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP Thermal Management Controller [8086:9ca4] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:2223]
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 18
IOMMU group: 10
Region 0: Memory at f223b000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: intel_pch_thermal
Kernel modules: intel_pch_thermal
02:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5227 PCI Express Card Reader [10ec:5227] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:2223]
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 48
IOMMU group: 11
Region 0: Memory at f2100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: rtsx_pci
Kernel modules: rtsx_pci
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wireless 7265 [8086:095b] (rev 99)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless-AC 7265 [Stone Peak 2 AC] [8086:5210]
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 56
IOMMU group: 12
Region 0: Memory at f2000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
Kernel modules: iwlwifi
08:00.0 3D controller [0302]: NVIDIA Corporation GM108GLM [Quadro K620M / Quadro M500M] [10de:137a] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:2225]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 46
IOMMU group: 13
Region 0: Memory at f1000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Region 1: Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Region 3: Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
Region 5: I/O ports at 3000 [size=128]
Expansion ROM at <ignored> [disabled]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: nouveau
Kernel modules: nouveau
** USB devices:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8001 Intel Corp. Integrated Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0a2a Intel Corp. Bluetooth wireless interface
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04f2:b449 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Integrated Camera
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 6.9.8-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages linux-image-6.9.9-amd64 depends on:
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initramfs-tool] 0.142
ii kmod 32+20240611-1
ii linux-base 4.10.1
Versions of packages linux-image-6.9.9-amd64 recommends:
ii apparmor 3.1.7-1+b1
Versions of packages linux-image-6.9.9-amd64 suggests:
pn debian-kernel-handbook <none>
ii firmware-linux-free 20240610-1
ii grub-pc 2.12-5
pn linux-doc-6.9 <none>
Versions of packages linux-image-6.9.9-amd64 is related to:
pn firmware-amd-graphics <none>
pn firmware-atheros <none>
pn firmware-bnx2 <none>
pn firmware-bnx2x <none>
pn firmware-brcm80211 <none>
pn firmware-cavium <none>
pn firmware-intel-sound <none>
pn firmware-intelwimax <none>
pn firmware-ipw2x00 <none>
pn firmware-ivtv <none>
ii firmware-iwlwifi 20240610-1
pn firmware-libertas <none>
pn firmware-linux-nonfree <none>
ii firmware-misc-nonfree 20240610-1
pn firmware-myricom <none>
pn firmware-netxen <none>
pn firmware-qlogic <none>
pn firmware-realtek <none>
pn firmware-samsung <none>
pn firmware-siano <none>
pn firmware-ti-connectivity <none>
pn xen-hypervisor <none>
-- no debconf information
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