Re: [poky] [PATCH v3] genericarm64 core-image-initramfs-boot: remove some kernel drivers

[Mikko Rapeli <mikko.rapeli@linaro.org>]

Hi,

On Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 02:48:13PM +0100, Richard Purdie wrote:
> On Thu, 2026-04-16 at 16:26 +0300, Mikko Rapeli via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 10:27:15AM +0300, Mikko Rapeli via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
> > > genericarm64 supports a lot of HW and thus large collection of kernel
> > > drivers are enabled and installed to images by default.
> > > Subset of the kernel drivers are needed in initramfs to mount rootfs
> > > from local mass storage devices. This increases initramfs size a lot
> > > and with new kernel config updates even more. Thus remove kernel
> > > drivers from initramfs image which are not needed for mounting
> > > rootfs from local mass storage devices. GPU, Bluetooth, NFC,
> > > sound, networking etc support is not needed in the initramfs.
> > > 
> > > According to buildhistory core-image-initramfs-boot size is reduced
> > > from 118 to 83 Mb.
> > 
> > In my oe-core master branch builds core-image-initramfs-boot is now failing
> > due to size limits:
> > 
> > https://gitlab.com/Linaro/trustedsubstrate/gpit/-/jobs/13951723488
> > 
> > 2026-04-16 13:04:26 - ERROR��� - ERROR: core-image-initramfs-boot-1.0-r0 do_image_cpio: The initramfs size 282121(K) exceeds INITRAMFS_MAXSIZE: 280000(K)
> > 2026-04-16 13:04:26 - ERROR��� - ERROR: core-image-initramfs-boot-1.0-r0 do_image_cpio: You can set INITRAMFS_MAXSIZE a larger value. Usually, it should
> > 2026-04-16 13:04:26 - ERROR��� - ERROR: core-image-initramfs-boot-1.0-r0 do_image_cpio: be less than 1/2 of ram size, or you may fail to boot it.
> > 
> > This patch could be one fix.
> > 
> > But is this visible in auto-builder side builds? Or have the genericarm64
> > poky-altcfg distro builds been disabled?
> 
> We're not seeing it there, the builds should be running though.

Ok. Maybe it's the linux-firmware update which just tipped genericarm64
core-image-initramfs-boot over the size limit.

I hope this patch would be fine as a fix.

Cheers,

-Mikko