initrd explosion?

[Gary Thomas]

What's happened to the initrd image in rawhide?

The last version I checked was only 8+ MB

$ ls -l work3/FC/fedora/development/i386/os/isolinux/
total 11212
-rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas     292 2008-01-27 03:55 boot.msg
-rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas     919 2008-01-27 03:55 general.msg
-rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas 8623281 2008-01-27 03:55 initrd.img
-r--r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas   10932 2008-01-27 03:55 isolinux.bin
-r-xr-xr-x 1 gthomas gthomas     963 2008-01-27 03:55 isolinux.cfg
-r--r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas  103260 2008-01-27 03:55 memtest
-rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas     817 2008-01-27 03:55 options.msg
-rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas     517 2008-01-27 03:55 param.msg
-rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas     490 2008-01-27 03:55 rescue.msg
-r--r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas  446917 2008-01-27 03:55 splash.jpg
-r--r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas  117568 2008-01-27 03:55 vesamenu.c32
-rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas 2109184 2008-01-27 03:55 vmlinuz

Friday's version is now 76+!

$ ls /work3/FC/fedora/development/i386/os/isolinux/ -l
total 77364
-rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas      292 2008-02-01 04:59 boot.msg
-rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas      919 2008-02-01 04:59 general.msg
-rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas 76295487 2008-02-01 04:59 initrd.img
-r--r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas    10932 2008-02-01 04:59 isolinux.bin
-r-xr-xr-x 1 gthomas gthomas      963 2008-02-01 04:59 isolinux.cfg
-r--r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas   103260 2008-02-01 04:59 memtest
-rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas      817 2008-02-01 04:59 options.msg
-rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas      517 2008-02-01 04:59 param.msg
-rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas      490 2008-02-01 04:59 rescue.msg
-r--r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas   446917 2008-02-01 04:59 splash.jpg
-r--r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas   117568 2008-02-01 04:59 vesamenu.c32
-rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas  2109824 2008-02-01 04:59 vmlinuz

Everything else seems in line, it's just initrd that seems
a bit excessive.  n.b. this system runs on my big boxes, but fails
to even start on my 192MB ThinkPad :-(
   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431305


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