I had the same issue compiling a 5.15.36 kernel on Ubuntu 22.04, initrd.img (.tmp) below was causing Out of memory:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13628696 May 23 22:58 initrd.img-5.15.36+ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 515731970 May 23 22:58 initrd.img-5.15.36+.tmp Switching MODULES=most (which produced .tmp above) to MODULES=dep in /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf produced the smaller initrd.img, and fixed the issue. $ cat /proc/meminfo MemTotal: 16065036 kB ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1970402 Title: Initrd out of memory error after upgrade to 22.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1970402/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
