Squashed commit of the following:

commit 1ee4c91
Author: Uri Herrera <[email protected]>
Date:   Sat Nov 2 14:08:46 2024 -0600

    show update-grub output

commit 1df57e8
Author: Uri Herrera <[email protected]>
Date:   Sat Nov 2 06:17:15 2024 -0600

    enchance  nuts-ccu

    to handle case-sensitive cases, partial matching for sub-params, add logic to remove duplicates

commit d88b2ce
Author: Uri Herrera <[email protected]>
Date:   Sat Nov 2 06:08:17 2024 -0600

    add new kernel params to existing grub config

commit 54f0eb8
Author: Uri Herrera <[email protected]>
Date:   Thu Oct 31 20:25:00 2024 -0600

    ...

commit 7f1a421
Author: Uri Herrera <[email protected]>
Date:   Thu Oct 31 19:56:45 2024 -0600

    rm sudo

    godfkndmt

commit 0ab1d1e
Author: Uri Herrera <[email protected]>
Date:   Thu Oct 31 19:29:38 2024 -0600

    run xone and xpadneon scripts

    to update the drivers

commit 5d2fe13
Author: Uri Herrera <[email protected]>
Date:   Thu Oct 31 19:14:02 2024 -0600

    rm older kernel when updating

commit c1da2c5
Author: Uri Herrera <[email protected]>
Date:   Thu Oct 31 18:52:52 2024 -0600

    mount /var/lib for update-grub

commit eacc51f
Author: Uri Herrera <[email protected]>
Date:   Thu Oct 31 18:38:28 2024 -0600

    chk ota

    ffs

commit db963da
Author: Uri Herrera <[email protected]>
Date:   Thu Oct 31 18:09:26 2024 -0600

    chk ota

commit 58e12a9
Author: Uri Herrera <[email protected]>
Date:   Thu Oct 31 17:48:50 2024 -0600

    chk ota

commit 451d41f
Author: Uri Herrera <[email protected]>
Date:   Mon Oct 21 16:11:41 2024 -0600

    ...

commit d9f91a0
Author: Uri Herrera <[email protected]>
Date:   Mon Oct 21 16:11:17 2024 -0600

    ensure xone and xpadneo are built

    when a new kernel is added

tmp/nuts-ccu

@@ -421,8 +421,153 @@ update-initramfs -c -k all
 
 
 # -- Update GRUB.
+# -- Whenever we add new parameters, ensure that these are added to existing installations.
+
+GRUB_FILE="/etc/default/grub"
+BACKUP_FILE="/etc/default/grub.bak"
+
+REQUIRED_PARAMS=(
+  "amdgpu.cik_support=1"
+  "amdgpu.ppfeaturemask=0xffffffff"
+  "amdgpu.si_support=1"
+  "amdgpu.vm_update_mode=3"
+  "apparmor=1"
+  "cfi=kcfi"
+  "hardened_usercopy=1"
+  "hpet=disable"
+  "init_on_free=1"
+  "intel_pstate=enable"
+  "libahci.ignore_sss=1"
+  "modprobe.blacklist=iTCO_wdt"
+  "modprobe.blacklist=sp5100_tco"
+  "nosgx"
+  "nvidia_drm.modeset=1"
+  "nvme_core.multipath=Y"
+  "overlayroot=tmpfs:swap=1,recurse=0"
+  "page_alloc.shuffle=1"
+  "quiet"
+  "radeon.cik_support=0"
+  "radeon.si_support=0"
+  "randomize_kstack_offset=on"
+  "rcu_nocbs=all"
+  "rcupdate.rcu_expedited=1"
+  "rcutree.enable_rcu_lazy=1"
+  "security=apparmor"
+  "slab_nomerge"
+  "slub_debug=FZ"
+  "usbcore.autosuspend=-1"
+  "vdso32=0"
+  "vsyscall=none"
+  "zswap.compressor=zstd"
+  "zswap.enabled=1"
+  "zswap.max_pool_percent=20"
+  "zswap.zpool=zsmalloc"
+  "splash"
+)
+
+param_exists() {
+    local target_lower
+    target_lower=$(echo "$1" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+    for existing_param in "${unique_params[@]}"; do
+        local existing_lower
+        existing_lower=$(echo "$existing_param" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+        if [[ "$existing_lower" == "$target_lower" ]]; then
+            return 0
+        fi
+    done
+    return 1
+}
+
+handle_modprobe_blacklist() {
+    local required_param="$1"
+    local key="modprobe.blacklist="
+    if [[ "$required_param" == $key* ]]; then
+        local module
+        module=$(echo "$required_param" | cut -d'=' -f2)
+        local existing_entry=""
+        for i in "${!unique_params[@]}"; do
+            if [[ "${unique_params[i],,}" == modprobe.blacklist=* ]]; then
+                existing_entry="${unique_params[i]}"
+                break
+            fi
+        done
+        if [ -n "$existing_entry" ]; then
+            local modules
+            modules=$(echo "$existing_entry" | cut -d'=' -f2)
+            IFS=',' read -r -a existing_modules <<< "$modules"
+            local module_found=false
+            for em in "${existing_modules[@]}"; do
+                if [[ "${em,,}" == "${module,,}" ]]; then
+                    module_found=true
+                    break
+                fi
+            done
+            if [ "$module_found" = false ]; then
+                existing_modules+=("$module")
+                unique_params=("${unique_params[@]/$existing_entry/}")
+                unique_params+=("modprobe.blacklist=$(IFS=, ; echo "${existing_modules[*]}")")
+            fi
+        else
+            unique_params+=("$required_param")
+        fi
+    else
+        if ! param_exists "$required_param"; then
+            unique_params+=("$required_param")
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+if [ ! -f "$GRUB_FILE" ]; then
+    puts_error "$GRUB_FILE not found, quitting."
+fi
+
+cp "$GRUB_FILE" "$BACKUP_FILE"
+
+current_line=$(grep '^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=' "$GRUB_FILE" || true)
+
+if [ -n "$current_line" ]; then
+    current_params=$(echo "$current_line" | sed -E 's/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="(.*)"/\1/')
+    read -r -a param_array <<< "$current_params"
+
+    unique_params=()
+    for param in "${param_array[@]}"; do
+        param_lower=$(echo "$param" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+        found=false
+        for up in "${unique_params[@]}"; do
+            up_lower=$(echo "$up" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+            if [[ "$up_lower" == "$param_lower" ]]; then
+                found=true
+                break
+            fi
+        done
+        if [ "$found" = false ]; then
+            unique_params+=("$param")
+        fi
+    done
+
+    for req_param in "${REQUIRED_PARAMS[@]}"; do
+        handle_modprobe_blacklist "$req_param"
+    done
+
+    updated_params="${unique_params[*]}"
+else
+    updated_params="${REQUIRED_PARAMS[*]}"
+fi
+
+new_line="GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=\"${updated_params}\""
+
+if grep -q '^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=' "$GRUB_FILE"; then
+    sed -i "s|^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=.*|$new_line|" "$GRUB_FILE"
+    puts_success "Updated GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT in $GRUB_FILE."
+else
+    echo "$new_line" >> "$GRUB_FILE"
+    puts_success "Added GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT to $GRUB_FILE."
+fi
+
+puts_success "Kernel parameters have been successfully added to $GRUB_FILE, continuing..."
 
-if update-grub > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+if command -v update-grub >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    update-grub
     puts_success "Success! GRUB menu was updated, continuing..."
 else
     puts_error "Failed to update GRUB menu, quitting."