Re: Reproducing cd build

[Frederic Bonnard <frediz@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

Hey again,
it seems that debian-stretch-DI-alpha6-ppc64el-netinst.iso
a615fd2d1c710af1e83ef67d85b8daec was not built with d-i and the above patch
(because it fails :) ).
Do you use a released version of the d-i ? Do you plan to have a new one before
stretch is out ?
Thanks,

F.



On Tue, 24 May 2016 08:22:04 +0200, Frederic Bonnard <frediz@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> Hey,
> tested this morning with the latest daily iso and it works :)
> Thanks,
> 
> F.
> 
> On Mon, 23 May 2016 10:03:12 +0100, Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 08:31:09AM +0200, Frederic Bonnard wrote:
> > >Hi Steve,
> > >
> > >> >diff --git a/build/config/ppc64el.cfg b/build/config/ppc64el.cfg
> > >> >index af0afb7..48c1bbe 100644
> > >> >--- a/build/config/ppc64el.cfg
> > >> >+++ b/build/config/ppc64el.cfg
> > >> >@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ arch_cd_info_dir:
> > >> >                KERNEL /install/vmlinux \
> > >> >                INITRD /install/initrd.gz \
> > >> >        < $(GRUB_CFG_CDROM) > $(TEMP_CD_INFO_DIR)/boot/grub/grub.cfg
> > >> >-       grub-mkimage -O powerpc-ieee1275 -p '(ieee1275/cdrom)/boot/grub' \
> > >> >+       grub-mkimage -O powerpc-ieee1275 -p '()/boot/grub' \
> > >> >                -o $(TEMP_CD_INFO_DIR)/boot/grub/powerpc.elf \
> > >> >                $(GRUB_MODULES) $(GRUB_MODULES_CDROM)
> > >> >        cp -p /usr/lib/grub/powerpc-ieee1275/bootinfo.txt \
> > >> >
> > >> >On PowerVM if no devalias is defined for cdrom in the OF, the current code fails.
> > >> >With the change it will work. I guess that can help also in case the debian installer
> > >> >is ran from a USB key (PowerVM and even qemu from SLOF).
> > >> >I saw afterwards that this has been fixed a long time ago in Ubuntu :
> > >> >https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1334793
> > >> >But it hasn't been pulled in debian :( ; should it be pulled from Ubuntu to keep
> > >> >credits or should I send a patch ?
> > >> 
> > >> Hmmm. Is there a patch to grub2 as well, or just the change in d-i
> > >> build config?
> > >
> > >This modification was enough. I just changed ppc64el.cfg and rebuild the iso
> > >which then worked.
> > 
> > ACK, cool. I've just pushed this change - thanks!
> > 
> > -- 
> > Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
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