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cachyos-drm-awaiter ships, shrinking initramfs by avoiding GPU modules

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ventureoo Piotr Gorski github-actions Eric Naim armoox Aarrayy Vladislav Nepogodin
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ventureoo @ventureoo 2 cited Piotr Gorski @sirlucjan 2 cited github-actions @github-actions 1 cited Eric Naim @1Naim 1 cited armoox @armoox 1 cited Aarrayy @Aarrayy 1 cited Vladislav Nepogodin @vnepogodin Robin Candau @Antiz96

CachyOS introduces cachyos-drm-awaiter, a systemd generator that loads GPU drivers in early boot, allowing users to drop GPU modules from initramfs images and cut their size dramatically.

A new package, cachyos-drm-awaiter, generates a `drm-module-load.target` at early boot that guesses the necessary GPU drivers and adds them as dependencies for graphics-using units like getty or the display manager. This removes the need to include GPU modules in initramfs images, which the author says makes them "very bloated". On a two-GPU machine, the `initramfs-linux-cachyos.img` currently takes 252 MiBs per [1]. The package is in the PR pipeline and the commit is signed off [2]. This is a breaking change for users who currently rely on GPU modules in their initramfs; after adopting the package, those modules can be removed from initramfs builds.

The `linux-cachyos-rc` package has been updated to kernel 7.3-rc2 [3]. scx-tools moves to 1.1.3 [4], and scx-manager to 1.16.0 [5]. The wiki doc for sched-ext removes cake profiles [6], so users who selected a cake scheduler profile in the wiki should check current recommendations.

Version bumps continue: `plasmazones` goes 3.4.12 to 3.4.14 [8], and `lenovolegionlinux` jumps from 0.0.22 to 0.0.25 after an overdue nvchecker detection; upstream notes list Python/GUI/legiond static-analysis fixes [7].

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  1. [1] cachyos-drm-awaiter: New package ↗ CachyOS/CachyOS-PKGBUILDS
  2. [2] cachyos-drm-awaiter: New package (#1695) ↗ CachyOS/CachyOS-PKGBUILDS
  3. [3] linux-cachyos-rc: 7.3-rc2-1 ↗ CachyOS/linux-cachyos
  4. [4] scx-tools: bump to 1.1.3 ↗ CachyOS/CachyOS-PKGBUILDS
  5. [5] scx-manager: bump to 1.16.0 ↗ CachyOS/copr-linux-cachyos
  6. [6] sched-ext: Removed cake profiles ↗ CachyOS/wiki
  7. [7] bump lenovolegionlinux to 0.0.25 ↗ CachyOS/CachyOS-PKGBUILDS
  8. [8] plasmazones: update to 3.4.14 ↗ CachyOS/cachyos-aur-derived

$ ls cachyos/reviews/ # the step-back reads

the week in review CachyOS Linux 7.3-rc1 lands with NVIDIA fixes the month in review CachyOS ships Linux 7.2.0 stable, expands translator and mirror reach
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What shipped in CachyOS on September 8, 2026?
CachyOS introduces cachyos-drm-awaiter, a systemd generator that loads GPU drivers in early boot, allowing users to drop GPU modules from initramfs images and cut their size dramatically. In total, 46 commits and 4 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to CachyOS on September 8, 2026?
8 developers shipped this update, including Vladislav Nepogodin, github-actions, Eric Naim, Robin Candau, ventureoo, armoox, Piotr Gorski, and Aarrayy.
What were the notable CachyOS updates?
cachyos-drm-awaiter: New package, cachyos-drm-awaiter: New package (#1695), and linux-cachyos-rc: 7.3-rc2-1.
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