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Project Description
Many initramfs
components have exploded in size, yet often remain static:
- Modules get updated with the kernel
- Firmware gets updated independently (
linux-firmware
)- Some drivers need big firmware files (e.g. Nouveau), that are independent of the module version.
The kernel supports loading multiple concatenated cpio files, but:
- GRUB needs to be configured to load these.
- Tools like
dracut
need to produce multiple files (?).
Questions:
- Digital Signatures?
- Does this work with Gummiboot/systemd-boot?
- Does this work with rEFInd?
Goal for this Hackweek
The aim is to reduce the required storage and to simplify updates.
As part of this project a tiny alternative boot environment could be developed, so that it's faster and updated independently from the OS.
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This project is part of:
Hack Week 23
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