Bug#825110: /pci@f400000/ata-6@d/@0:3,/boot/vmlinux: Unknown or corrupt
tags 825110 - pending
tags 825110 + confirmed
block 825110 by 610206
thanks
On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 9:55 PM, Milan Kupcevic <milan@debian.org> wrote:
> On 05/30/2016 12:20 PM, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
>> On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 12:17:19AM -0400, Milan Kupcevic wrote:
>>> affects 825110 yaboot
>>> tags 825110 pending
>>> thanks
>>>
>>> Yaboot is not able to load files from a partition with metadata_csum and 64bit ext4 features enabled.
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> [...]
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>> Of course if ext4 is being created by default in 64bit mode these days
>> (I have no idea), then the installer may need to be taught to not do
>> that for whatever filesystem /boot is going in.
>>
>
> It seems ext4 is being created by default with 64bit and metadata_csum
> features since stretch beta 6 d-i release. A separate /boot partition
> formatted as ext3 would be a solution; as it was for some time before
> yaboot got support for ext4.
>
> Instead of doing separate /boot we might be better off to adjust
> newworld partition recipe to accommodate grub installation while
> disabling d-i 64bit and metadata_csum features on powerpc to allow for
> installation of yaboot.[0] Once we transition to grub we can get rid of
> yaboot-installer together with ext4 feature limitations. Mathieu is
> volunteering to do some work in this regard.[1]
I think I can send a patch later today for #610206. However I am
clueless for #691207 or #691209.
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