From 8ea32a45d46a16b6905c92181940d8c65b3b6a3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ilias <ilias@ilias.sh>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:52:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] added: dracut drop in for nvdia images. Dropping amd and
 intel drivers

---
 build_files/base/03-install-kernel-akmods.sh | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/build_files/base/03-install-kernel-akmods.sh b/build_files/base/03-install-kernel-akmods.sh
index 918382344f6..d899b26cb09 100755
--- a/build_files/base/03-install-kernel-akmods.sh
+++ b/build_files/base/03-install-kernel-akmods.sh
@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@ if [[ "${IMAGE_NAME}" =~ nvidia ]]; then
     ln -sf libnvidia-ml.so.1 /usr/lib64/libnvidia-ml.so
     tee /usr/lib/bootc/kargs.d/00-nvidia.toml <<EOF
 kargs = ["rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau", "modprobe.blacklist=nouveau", "nvidia-drm.modeset=1", "initcall_blacklist=simpledrm_platform_driver_init"]
+EOF
+
+    # Slim the initramfs compress with zstd and skip amd and intel gpu drivers on nvidia machines
+    mkdir -p /usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d
+    tee /usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d/99-nvidia-slim.conf <<EOF
+compress="zstd -19 -T0"
+omit_drivers+=" amdgpu radeon i915 xe nouveau "
 EOF
 fi
 

From b17fe627b10f74270cda84b88fbf25850eed4539 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ilias <ilias@ilias.sh>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:08:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] added: sed

---
 build_files/base/03-install-kernel-akmods.sh | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/build_files/base/03-install-kernel-akmods.sh b/build_files/base/03-install-kernel-akmods.sh
index d899b26cb09..0217d3818fb 100755
--- a/build_files/base/03-install-kernel-akmods.sh
+++ b/build_files/base/03-install-kernel-akmods.sh
@@ -83,10 +83,11 @@ if [[ "${IMAGE_NAME}" =~ nvidia ]]; then
     tee /usr/lib/bootc/kargs.d/00-nvidia.toml <<EOF
 kargs = ["rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau", "modprobe.blacklist=nouveau", "nvidia-drm.modeset=1", "initcall_blacklist=simpledrm_platform_driver_init"]
 EOF
-
     # Slim the initramfs compress with zstd and skip amd and intel gpu drivers on nvidia machines
     mkdir -p /usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d
-    tee /usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d/99-nvidia-slim.conf <<EOF
+    sed -i 's/ i915 / /g; s/ amdgpu / /g; s/ radeon / /g; s/ xe / /g; s/ nouveau / /g' \
+        /usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d/99-nvidia.conf
+    tee /usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d/zz-nvidia-slim.conf <<EOF
 compress="zstd -19 -T0"
 omit_drivers+=" amdgpu radeon i915 xe nouveau "
 EOF

From 2485f6eeec36a8b1e1587670f966adf6a7130b3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ilias <ilias@ilias.sh>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2026 22:39:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] changed: only compression

---
 build_files/base/03-install-kernel-akmods.sh | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/build_files/base/03-install-kernel-akmods.sh b/build_files/base/03-install-kernel-akmods.sh
index 0217d3818fb..3b5e50abc5f 100755
--- a/build_files/base/03-install-kernel-akmods.sh
+++ b/build_files/base/03-install-kernel-akmods.sh
@@ -83,13 +83,9 @@ if [[ "${IMAGE_NAME}" =~ nvidia ]]; then
     tee /usr/lib/bootc/kargs.d/00-nvidia.toml <<EOF
 kargs = ["rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau", "modprobe.blacklist=nouveau", "nvidia-drm.modeset=1", "initcall_blacklist=simpledrm_platform_driver_init"]
 EOF
-    # Slim the initramfs compress with zstd and skip amd and intel gpu drivers on nvidia machines
     mkdir -p /usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d
-    sed -i 's/ i915 / /g; s/ amdgpu / /g; s/ radeon / /g; s/ xe / /g; s/ nouveau / /g' \
-        /usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d/99-nvidia.conf
-    tee /usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d/zz-nvidia-slim.conf <<EOF
+    tee /usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d/99-nvidia-slim.conf <<EOF
 compress="zstd -19 -T0"
-omit_drivers+=" amdgpu radeon i915 xe nouveau "
 EOF
 fi
 

From 99069e98644de89ea2561146c73c929b43980646 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ilias <ilias@ilias.sh>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 22:11:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] fix: slim initramfs per image variant

---
 build_files/base/03-install-kernel-akmods.sh | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/build_files/base/03-install-kernel-akmods.sh b/build_files/base/03-install-kernel-akmods.sh
index 3b5e50abc5f..9601b991ca3 100755
--- a/build_files/base/03-install-kernel-akmods.sh
+++ b/build_files/base/03-install-kernel-akmods.sh
@@ -83,9 +83,18 @@ if [[ "${IMAGE_NAME}" =~ nvidia ]]; then
     tee /usr/lib/bootc/kargs.d/00-nvidia.toml <<EOF
 kargs = ["rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau", "modprobe.blacklist=nouveau", "nvidia-drm.modeset=1", "initcall_blacklist=simpledrm_platform_driver_init"]
 EOF
+    # Drop AMD GPU drivers/firmware unused on Nvidia systems. Keep i915/xe for Nvidia+Intel hybrid laptops.
     mkdir -p /usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d
-    tee /usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d/99-nvidia-slim.conf <<EOF
-compress="zstd -19 -T0"
+    sed -i 's/ amdgpu / /g; s/ radeon / /g; s/ nouveau / /g' \
+        /usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d/99-nvidia.conf
+    tee /usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d/zz-nvidia-slim.conf <<EOF
+omit_drivers+=" amdgpu radeon nouveau "
+EOF
+else
+    # Drop Nvidia drivers/firmware on non-nvidia images.
+    mkdir -p /usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d
+    tee /usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d/zz-non-nvidia-slim.conf <<EOF
+omit_drivers+=" nvidia nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia_peermem nvidia_uvm nouveau "
 EOF
 fi