Moving GPU drivers out of the initramfs https://hansdegoede.dreamwidth.org/28291.html
Hans de Goede writes: "'The firmware which drm/kms drivers need is becoming bigger and bigger and there is a push […]
This has made me think about dropping the GPU drivers from the initramfs and instead make plymouth work well/better with simpledrm (on top of efifb). A while ago I discussed making this change for Fedora with the Red Hat graphics team spoiler: For now nothing is going to change. […]'"
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