From 4c68c97ce703b02d84b4203786f17e94dd9fa291 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Austin Lane <vidplace7@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2025 18:05:27 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] LowMem: Slim down initramfs and set /run size

---
 extensions/lowmem.sh | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/extensions/lowmem.sh b/extensions/lowmem.sh
index c2344ff80..a0a45ee65 100644
--- a/extensions/lowmem.sh
+++ b/extensions/lowmem.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,28 @@
 # at build time.
 #
 
+function post_family_tweaks_bsp__initramfs() {
+	local LOWMEM_TMPFS_RUN_MB=${LOWMEM_TMPFS_RUN_MB:-20}
+	display_alert "${EXTENSION}" "Set initramfs config for low memory" "debug"
+
+	# Create /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/armbian-lowmem.conf configuration file
+	if [ ! -f "$destination/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/armbian-lowmem.conf" ]; then
+		mkdir -p "$destination/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d"
+		install -m 644 /dev/null "$destination/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/armbian-lowmem.conf"
+
+		# Load only modules needed for boot
+		echo "MODULES=dep" >> "$destination/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/armbian-lowmem.conf"
+
+		# /run is 10% of RAM by default
+		# systemd throws errors when <16MB is *free* in this partition
+		# during daemon-reload operations.
+		# Address with a fixed /run size of ${LOWMEM_TMPFS_RUN_MB}
+		echo "RUNSIZE=${LOWMEM_TMPFS_RUN_MB}M" >> "$destination/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/armbian-lowmem.conf"
+	fi
+
+	return 0
+}
+
 function post_family_tweaks_bsp__copy_lowmem_config() {
 	display_alert "${EXTENSION}" "Installing default configuration" "debug"
 
@@ -41,7 +63,6 @@ function post_family_tweaks__enable_lowmem_mkswap() {
 }
 
 function pre_umount_final_image__memory_optimize_defaults() {
-	local LOWMEM_TMPFS_RUN_MB=${LOWMEM_TMPFS_RUN_MB:-20}
 	# Optimize /etc/default settings to reduce memory usage
 	display_alert "${EXTENSION}" "Disabling ramlog by default to save memory" "debug"
 	sed -i "s/^ENABLED=.*/ENABLED=false/" "${MOUNT}"/etc/default/armbian-ramlog
@@ -49,15 +70,5 @@ function pre_umount_final_image__memory_optimize_defaults() {
 	display_alert "${EXTENSION}" "Disabling zram swap by default" "debug"
 	sed -i "s/^#\?\s*SWAP=.*/SWAP=false/" "${MOUNT}"/etc/default/armbian-zram-config
 
-	# /run is 10% of RAM by default
-	# systemd throws errors when <16MB is *free* in this partition
-	# during daemon-reload operations.
-	# Address with a fixed /run size of ${LOWMEM_TMPFS_RUN_MB}
-	if ! grep -qE "tmpfs[[:space:]]+/run[[:space:]]+tmpfs" "${MOUNT}/etc/fstab"; then
-		# Skip if /run entry already exists in fstab (userpatches, etc)
-		display_alert "${EXTENSION}" "Fixing /run size in /etc/fstab" "debug"
-		echo "tmpfs /run tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=${LOWMEM_TMPFS_RUN_MB}M,mode=755 0 0" >> "${MOUNT}"/etc/fstab
-	fi
-
 	return 0
 }