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Re: D-I Etch+1/2 kernel selection -- arm issue



On Monday 04 February 2008, Frans Pop wrote:
> On Monday 04 February 2008, Frans Pop wrote:
> > There is one issue, which I will detail in a follow-up mail to
> > debian-boot only. The short summary is that for arm the etchnhalf
> > kernel meta packages are currently not considered "installable", so as
> > things stand now the above would not work for arm.
>
> The problem is also valid for armeb, armel and m68k, but those arches are
> not really relevant for Etch+1/2.
>
> Right, so this is what happens. Current kernel selection scripts use one
> of these formats to test whether a kernel is usable (note quoting):
> 1) expr "$1" : '.*-<flavor>.*'
> 2) expr "$1" : '.*-<flavor>'
> 3) expr "$1" : '.*-<flavor>$' OR expr "$1" : ".*-<flavor>\$"
>
> Tests for a lot of arches look like 1), some like 2). But effectively
> those are identical, which is confusing. The "problem" arches use 3).
>
> With tests 1) and 2), basically _any_ postfix after the flavor is
> allowed, which could possibly be considered a bug but I do now make use
> of that fact in the etchnhalf patches.

I'd like to propose the attached patch, which both tightens the kernel 
selection for most arches and solves the issue for Etch+1/2 for arm.
A trivial change in library.sh is needed as well.

The one downside to this patch is that (if I read library.sh correctly) we 
would now disallow custom kernels that follow the Debian naming scheme but 
have an added postfix. Unless of course the user specifies his postfix in 
base-installer/kernel/altmeta.

There could be two other solutions to that:
1) Instead of allowing only a specific postfix, allow _any_ postfix starting
   with a hyphen.
2) For preseeded kernels, don't test against the "filtered" kernel list, but
   only test if the kernel exists by grepping '$KERNEL_LIST.unfiltered'.

Cheers,
FJP

Index: mips.sh
===================================================================
--- mips.sh	(revision 51179)
+++ mips.sh	(working copy)
@@ -14,15 +14,15 @@
 
 arch_check_usable_kernel () {
 	# Subarchitecture must match exactly
-	if expr "$1" : ".*-$2.*" >/dev/null; then return 0; fi
+	if echo "$1" | grep -Eq -- "-$2($3)?$"; then return 0; fi
 	# For 2.6, the r4k-ip22 kernel will do for r5k-ip22 as well
-	if expr "$1" : ".*-2\.6.*-r4k-ip22.*" >/dev/null && \
-	   [ "$2" = r5k-ip22 ]; then
+	if [ "$2" = r5k-ip22 ] && \
+	   echo "$1" | grep -Eq -- "-r4k-ip22($3)?$"; then
 		return 0
 	fi
 	# The 4kc-malta kernel will do for 5kc-malta as well
-	if expr "$1" : ".*-4kc-malta.*" >/dev/null && \
-	   [ "$2" = 5kc-malta ]; then
+	if [ "$2" = 5kc-malta ] && \
+	   echo "$1" | grep -Eq -- "-4kc-malta($3)?$"; then
 		return 0
 	fi
 	return 1
Index: sparc.sh
===================================================================
--- sparc.sh	(revision 51179)
+++ sparc.sh	(working copy)
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 }
 
 arch_check_usable_kernel () {
-	if expr "$1" : '.*-sparc64.*' >/dev/null; then return 0; fi
+	if echo "$1" | grep -Eq -- "-sparc64(-smp)?($3)?$"; then return 0; fi
 	return 1
 }
 
Index: amd64.sh
===================================================================
--- amd64.sh	(revision 51179)
+++ amd64.sh	(working copy)
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
 }
 
 arch_check_usable_kernel () {
-	# Generic kernels can be run on any machine
-	if expr "$1" : '.*-amd64' >/dev/null; then return 0; fi
+	if echo "$1" | grep -Eq -- "-amd64($3)?$"; then return 0; fi
 
 	return 1
 }
Index: arm.sh
===================================================================
--- arm.sh	(revision 51179)
+++ arm.sh	(working copy)
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 arch_check_usable_kernel () {
 	# Netwinder subarch uses footbridge kernel flavor
 	if [ "$2" = "netwinder" ]; then
-		if expr "$1" : ".*-footbridge\$" >/dev/null; then return 0; fi
+		if echo "$1" | grep -Eq -- "-footbridge($3)?$"; then return 0; fi
 	fi
 	# Subarchitecture must match exactly
-	if expr "$1" : ".*-$2\$" >/dev/null; then return 0; fi
+	if echo "$1" | grep -Eq -- "-$2($3)?$"; then return 0; fi
 	return 1
 }
 
Index: powerpc.sh
===================================================================
--- powerpc.sh	(revision 51179)
+++ powerpc.sh	(working copy)
@@ -21,13 +21,21 @@
 }
 
 arch_check_usable_kernel () {
-	# CPU family must match exactly
-	if [ "$2" = powerpc ]; then
-		# powerpc is a substring of powerpc64, so we have to check
-		# this separately
-		if expr "$1" : ".*-powerpc64.*" >/dev/null; then return 1; fi
-	fi
-	if expr "$1" : ".*-$2.*" >/dev/null; then return 0; fi
+	case $2 in
+	    powerpc64)
+		# Allow both powerpc and powerpc64
+		if echo "$1" | grep -Eq -- "-$2(64)?(-smp)?($3)?$"; then
+			return 0
+		fi ;;
+	    powerpc)
+		# Also allow miboot kernels
+		if echo "$1" | grep -Eq -- "-$2(-smp|-miboot)?($3)?$"; then
+			return 0
+		fi ;;
+	    *)
+		# CPU family must match exactly
+		if echo "$1" | grep -Eq -- "-$2(-smp)?($3)?$"; then return 0; fi
+	esac
 	return 1
 }
 
Index: README
===================================================================
--- README	(revision 51179)
+++ README	(working copy)
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     Returns zero if successful, or non-zero otherwise. If non-zero, it
     should print some kind of warning to syslog explaining why.
 
-  arch_check_usable_kernel (kernel, flavour)
+  arch_check_usable_kernel (kernel, flavour, postfix)
 
     Test whether a kernel is usable at all. For the purposes of this test,
     we assume that SMP is usable on UP and vice versa (is this safe?). Some
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
     have subarchitectures that are incompatible at the kernel level. This
     function should cope with both cases.
 
+    The parameter "postfix" is optional. If it has a value, then a kernel
+    which has the postfix appended to its name is considered usable
+    _in addition_ to the kernel without the postfix.
+
     Returns zero if the kernel is usable on this flavour, or non-zero
     otherwise.
 
Index: m68k.sh
===================================================================
--- m68k.sh	(revision 51179)
+++ m68k.sh	(working copy)
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 arch_check_usable_kernel () {
 	# Subarchitecture must match exactly.
-	if expr "$1" : ".*-$2\$" >/dev/null; then return 0; fi
+	if echo "$1" | grep -Eq -- "-$2($3)?$"; then return 0; fi
 	return 1
 }
 
Index: armeb.sh
===================================================================
--- armeb.sh	(revision 51179)
+++ armeb.sh	(working copy)
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 arch_check_usable_kernel () {
 	# Subarchitecture must match exactly
-	if expr "$1" : ".*-$2\$" >/dev/null; then return 0; fi
+	if echo "$1" | grep -Eq -- "-$2($3)?$"; then return 0; fi
 	return 1
 }
 
Index: hppa.sh
===================================================================
--- hppa.sh	(revision 51179)
+++ hppa.sh	(working copy)
@@ -4,12 +4,9 @@
 }
 
 arch_check_usable_kernel () {
-	if expr "$1" : '.*-parisc-' >/dev/null; then return 0; fi
-	if expr "$1" : '.*-parisc$' >/dev/null; then return 0; fi
-	if expr "$1" : '.*-32.*' >/dev/null; then return 0; fi
+	if echo "$1" | grep -Eq -- "-parisc(32)?(-smp)?($3)?$"; then return 0; fi
 	if [ "$2" = parisc ]; then return 1; fi
-	if expr "$1" : '.*-parisc64.*' >/dev/null; then return 0; fi
-	if expr "$1" : '.*-64.*' >/dev/null; then return 0; fi
+	if echo "$1" | grep -Eq -- "-parisc64(-smp)?($3)?$"; then return 0; fi
 
 	# default to usable in case of strangeness
 	warning "Unknown kernel usability: $1 / $2"
Index: i386.sh
===================================================================
--- i386.sh	(revision 51179)
+++ i386.sh	(working copy)
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@
 # Note: the -k7 flavor has been dropped with linux-2.6 (2.6.23-1)
 
 arch_check_usable_kernel () {
-	if expr "$1" : '.*-486.*' >/dev/null; then return 0; fi
+	if echo "$1" | grep -Eq -- "-486($3)?$"; then return 0; fi
 	if [ "$2" = 486 ]; then return 1; fi
-	if expr "$1" : '.*-686.*' >/dev/null; then return 0; fi
+	if echo "$1" | grep -Eq -- "-686(-bigmem)?($3)?$"; then return 0; fi
 	if [ "$2" = 686 ]; then return 1; fi
 	if [ "$2" = k7 ]; then
-		if expr "$1" : '.*-k7.*' >/dev/null; then return 0; fi
+		if echo "$1" | grep -Eq -- "-k7($3)?$"; then return 0; fi
 		return 1
 	fi
 
Index: mipsel.sh
===================================================================
--- mipsel.sh	(revision 51179)
+++ mipsel.sh	(working copy)
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 
 arch_check_usable_kernel () {
 	# Subarchitecture must match exactly
-	if expr "$1" : ".*-$2.*" >/dev/null; then return 0; fi
+	if echo "$1" | grep -Eq -- "-$2($3)?$"; then return 0; fi
 	# The 4kc-malta kernel will do for 5kc-malta as well
-	if expr "$1" : ".*-4kc-malta.*" >/dev/null && \
-	   [ "$2" = 5kc-malta ]; then
+	if [ "$2" = 5kc-malta ] && \
+	   echo "$1" | grep -Eq -- "-4kc-malta($3)?$"; then
 		return 0
 	fi
 	return 1
Index: tests/dotest
===================================================================
--- tests/dotest	(revision 51179)
+++ tests/dotest	(working copy)
@@ -65,6 +65,16 @@
 		fi
 	done
 
+	# An optional postfix should be allowed
+	for kernel in $USABLE; do
+		testname="arch_check_usable_kernel $KERNEL_MAJOR $kernel-test should be usable (with postfix set)"
+		if arch_check_usable_kernel "$kernel-test" "$GOT_FLAVOUR" "-test"; then
+			ok
+		else
+			notok
+		fi
+	done
+
 	for kernel in $UNUSABLE; do
 		testname="arch_check_usable_kernel $KERNEL_MAJOR $kernel should be unusable"
 		if arch_check_usable_kernel "$kernel" "$GOT_FLAVOUR"; then
Index: ppc64.sh
===================================================================
--- ppc64.sh	(revision 51179)
+++ ppc64.sh	(working copy)
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 }
 
 arch_check_usable_kernel () {
-	if expr "$1" : ".*-$2.*" >/dev/null; then return 0; fi
+	if echo "$1" | grep -Eq -- "-$2(-smp)?($3)?$"; then return 0; fi
 	return 1
 }
 
Index: armel.sh
===================================================================
--- armel.sh	(revision 51179)
+++ armel.sh	(working copy)
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 arch_check_usable_kernel () {
 	# Subarchitecture must match exactly
-	if expr "$1" : ".*-$2\$" >/dev/null; then return 0; fi
+	if echo "$1" | grep -Eq -- "-$2($3)?$"; then return 0; fi
 	return 1
 }
 
Index: ia64.sh
===================================================================
--- ia64.sh	(revision 51179)
+++ ia64.sh	(working copy)
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 }
 
 arch_check_usable_kernel () {
-	if expr "$1" : '.*-itanium.*' >/dev/null; then return 0; fi
+	if echo "$1" | grep -Eq -- "-itanium($3)?$"; then return 0; fi
 	if [ "$2" = itanium ]; then return 1; fi
-	if expr "$1" : '.*-mckinley.*' >/dev/null; then return 0; fi
+	if echo "$1" | grep -Eq -- "-mckinley($3)?$"; then return 0; fi
 
 	# default to usable in case of strangeness
 	warning "Unknown kernel usability: $1 / $2"

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