Size of the initramfs for the updated kernel is very large (70MB or more)
Issue
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The initramfs on the system is getting created with larger size, whereas it should be expected between ~20-40MB
# uname -r 3.10.0-1160.el7.x86_64 # ls -lrth /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-1160.el7.x86_64.img -rw-------. 1 root root 77M Apr 7 10:14 /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-1160.el7.x86_64.img
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Beta
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