diff --git a/tasks/setup-laptop.yml b/tasks/setup-laptop.yml
index 69828e3..bc74a32 100644
--- a/tasks/setup-laptop.yml
+++ b/tasks/setup-laptop.yml
@@ -1,18 +1,134 @@
 # TODO: set fan settings to `quiet` with smbios-thermal-ctl
-# TODO: provision mkinitcpio
-# TODO: provision modprobe
-# TODO: provision sysctl?
-#
-- name: create udev rule
+
+- name: remove the sysctl.d directory
   become: true
   file:
-    path: '/etc/udev/rules.d/00-remove-nvidia.rules'
+    path: /etc/sysctl.d
     state: absent
 
-- name: blacklist kernel module
+- name: recreate the sysctl.d directory
   become: true
   file:
-    path: '/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf'
+    path: /etc/sysctl.d
+    state: directory
+    mode: 755
+
+- name: copy sysctl files
+  become: true
+  template:
+    src: '{{ item.src }}'
+    dest: '{{ item.dest }}'
+  loop:
+    - {
+        src: 'templates/laptop/sysctl/99-sysrq.conf.j2',
+        dest: '/etc/sysctl.d/99-sysrq.conf'
+    }
+    - {
+        src: 'templates/laptop/sysctl/98-forward.conf.j2',
+        dest: '/etc/sysctl.d/98-foward.conf'
+    }
+  notify: reload sysctl configuration
+
+- name: remove the modprobe.d directory
+  become: true
+  file:
+    path: /etc/modprobe.d
     state: absent
-    owner: root
-    group: root
+
+- name: recreate the modprobe.d directory
+  become: true
+  file:
+    path: /etc/modprobe.d
+    state: directory
+    mode: 755
+
+- name: copy kernel parameters template
+  become: true
+  template:
+    src: 'templates/laptop/cmdline.j2'
+    dest: '/etc/kernel/cmdline'
+
+- name: remove the mkinitcpio directories
+  become: true
+  file:
+    path: '{{ item }}'
+    state: absent
+  loop:
+    - /etc/mkinitcpio.conf.d
+    - /etc/mkinitcpio.d
+
+- name: recreate the mkinitcpio directories
+  become: true
+  file:
+    path: '{{ item }}'
+    state: directory
+    mode: 755
+  loop:
+    - /etc/mkinitcpio.conf.d
+    - /etc/mkinitcpio.d
+
+- name: copy mkinitcpio configuration files
+  become: true
+  template:
+    src: '{{ item.src }}'
+    dest: '{{ item.dest }}'
+  loop:
+    - {
+        src: 'templates/laptop/mkinitcpio/99-modules.conf.j2',
+        dest: '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf.d/99-modules.conf'
+    }
+    - {
+        src: 'templates/laptop/mkinitcpio/99-hooks.conf.j2',
+        dest: '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf.d/99-hooks.conf'
+    }
+    - {
+        src: 'templates/laptop/mkinitcpio/linux.preset.j2',
+        dest: '/etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset'
+    }
+    - {
+        src: 'templates/laptop/mkinitcpio/linux-lts.preset.j2',
+        dest: '/etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-lts.preset'
+    }
+
+- name: regenerate initramfs images
+  become: true
+  command: 'mkinitcpio --allpresets'
+  register: mkinitcpio_stats
+
+- name: log mkinitcpio stdout
+  debug:
+    var: mkinitcpio_stats.stdout_lines
+
+- name: create a Linux UEFI boot entry
+  become: true
+  command: efibootmgr \
+    --create \
+    --disk /dev/nvme0n1 \
+    --part 1 \
+    --label 'Arch Linux'  \
+    --loader '\EFI\Linux\linux.efi'\
+    --unicode
+  register: efi_linux_stats
+  when: register_uefi_entry
+
+- name: log efibootmgr stdout
+  debug:
+    var: efi_linux_stats.stdout_lines
+  when: register_uefi_entry
+
+- name: create a Linux LTS UEFI boot entry
+  become: true
+  command: efibootmgr \
+    --create \
+    --disk /dev/nvme0n1 \
+    --part 1 \
+    --label 'Arch Linux LTS'  \
+    --loader '\EFI\Linux\linux-lts.efi'\
+    --unicode
+  register: efi_linux_lts_stats
+  when: register_uefi_entry
+
+- name: log efibootmgr LTS stdout
+  debug:
+    var: efi_linux_lts_stats.stdout_lines
+  when: register_uefi_entry
diff --git a/templates/laptop/cmdline.j2 b/templates/laptop/cmdline.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2aab0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/laptop/cmdline.j2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cryptdevice=UUID=4483183a-4881-4bf6-b20c-3ba918642cc4:cryptlvm root=/dev/VolumeGroup/root rw resume=/dev/VolumeGroup/swap pcie_aspm=nommconf i915.fastboot=1 enable_fbc=1 enable_psr=1 disable_power_well=0 acpi_rev_override=1 bgrt_disable
diff --git a/templates/laptop/mkinitcpio/99-hooks.conf.j2 b/templates/laptop/mkinitcpio/99-hooks.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab81af5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/laptop/mkinitcpio/99-hooks.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# {{ ansible_managed }}
+
+HOOKS=(base udev autodetect microcode modconf kms keyboard keymap consolefont block encrypt lvm2 resume filesystems fsck)
diff --git a/templates/laptop/mkinitcpio/99-modules.conf.j2 b/templates/laptop/mkinitcpio/99-modules.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0095973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/laptop/mkinitcpio/99-modules.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# {{ ansible_managed }}
+
+MODULES=(intel_agp i915 i8k)
diff --git a/templates/laptop/mkinitcpio/linux-lts.preset.j2 b/templates/laptop/mkinitcpio/linux-lts.preset.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71d2550
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/laptop/mkinitcpio/linux-lts.preset.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# {{ ansible_managed }}
+#
+# mkinitcpio preset file for the 'linux' package
+
+PRESETS=('default')
+
+default_uki="/boot/EFI/Linux/linux-lts.efi"
+default_kver="/boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts"
diff --git a/templates/laptop/mkinitcpio/linux.preset.j2 b/templates/laptop/mkinitcpio/linux.preset.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22097bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/laptop/mkinitcpio/linux.preset.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# {{ ansible_managed }}
+#
+# mkinitcpio preset file for the 'linux' package
+
+PRESETS=('default')
+
+default_uki="/boot/EFI/Linux/linux.efi"
+default_kver="/boot/vmlinuz-linux"
diff --git a/templates/laptop/sysctl/98-forward.conf.j2 b/templates/laptop/sysctl/98-forward.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16f90a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/laptop/sysctl/98-forward.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# {{ ansible_managed }}
+net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
diff --git a/templates/laptop/sysctl/99-sysrq.conf.j2 b/templates/laptop/sysctl/99-sysrq.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4c7283
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/laptop/sysctl/99-sysrq.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# {{ ansible_managed }}
+kernel.sysrq = 1
diff --git a/vars/laptop.yml b/vars/laptop.yml
index 98d1d88..cf815f4 100644
--- a/vars/laptop.yml
+++ b/vars/laptop.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ platform_packages:
   - nvidia-prime
   - nvidia-utils
   - lib32-nvidia-utils
+  - systemd-ukify
+  - efibootmgr
+
+register_uefi_entry: false
 
 vpn_default:
   ip: '10.0.0.2'