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- Subject: [bisected] initramfs-tools generates unbootable initrd.img on IA-64 platform (Itanium)
- From: Émeric Maschino <emeric.maschino@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:18:38 +0200
- Message-id: <CAA9xbM6X57N1K5UPC3=dcW8UUUqFQW08xBZzp8SD7LFjyDYwcw@mail.gmail.com>
Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.99
Severity: grave
As stated in this thread
http://lists.debian.org/debian-ia64/2011/08/msg00001.html, Debian
"Wheezy" Testing cannot be booted at all on IA-64 (current
linux-image-3.0.0-1-mckinley in Testing depends on initramfs-tools
0.99, so initramfs-tools cannot be downgraded to previously working
0.98.8). Hence severity set to grave. Last message displayed on
console is:
[ 17.146492] Freeing unused kernel memory: 1024kB freed
Loading, please wait...
And then, nothing.
Regression has been bisected to commit
8f8299d9ba017d2a5af853a52be37ee50c89fac2 (mkinitramfs: copy over on
build instead of using symlink tree) from maximilian attems,
2011-02-21 (initramfs-tools v0.99 development cycle).
Comparison of last good and first bad generated initrd.img ramdisks show that:
- good one has bin/busybox and bin/sh, bin/sh being a soft link on
bin/busybox and size of bin/busybox matching size of system
/bin/busybox (1320720 bytes)
- bad one has no bin/busybox, only bin/sh (executable, not a link) but
size (199144 bytes) doesn't match size of system /bin/busybox (1320720
bytes). Indeed, analyzing hook-functions and hooks/busybox source
code, it's my understanding that bin/sh should be a copy of system
/bin/busybox and thus should have the same size, right? I don't know
where this 199144 bytes executable comes from.
Applying patch proposed in bug #628374 (initramfs-tools: Recent
changes to hooks break busybox in initrd) to revert changes on busybox
hook doesn't help.
Simply reverting commit 8f8299d9ba017d2a5af853a52be37ee50c89fac2 from
initramfs-tools v0.99 source code doesn't help either as resulting
initramfs-tools binaries generate initrd.img failing to boot system
with kernel panic, probably because of
post-8f8299d9ba017d2a5af853a52be37ee50c89fac2 commits.
The problem is still present in current initramfs-tools git repository.
-- Package-specific info:
-- initramfs sizes
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18M Aug 16 21:45 /boot/initrd.img-2.6.39-2-mckinley
-- /proc/cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=scsi1:/EFI/debian/vmlinuz.old root=UUID=59bf61ca-bdc4-4819-b6c7-5e6f8
057e8be ro
-- resume
RESUME=UUID=d550ead1-5755-40a6-af3a-07725fe4e688
-- /proc/filesystems
ext4
fuseblk
-- lsmod
Module Size Used by
fuse 148263 1
nfsd 580932 2
nfs 667482 0
lockd 148031 2 nfsd,nfs
fscache 78844 1 nfs
auth_rpcgss 80673 2 nfsd,nfs
nfs_acl 5191 2 nfsd,nfs
sunrpc 401530 6 nfsd,nfs,lockd,auth_rpcgss,nfs_acl
ipv6 667084 36
loop 30718 0
radeon 2088892 2
snd_fm801 35165 2
snd_ac97_codec 184761 1 snd_fm801
ac97_bus 1838 1 snd_ac97_codec
ttm 117516 1 radeon
drm_kms_helper 53852 1 radeon
snd_pcm 147663 2 snd_fm801,snd_ac97_codec
snd_page_alloc 11557 1 snd_pcm
snd_tea575x_tuner 8774 1 snd_fm801
videodev 160214 1 snd_tea575x_tuner
media 22901 1 videodev
drm 318125 4 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 10968 1 radeon
fm801_gp 4776 0
gameport 15903 2 fm801_gp
i2c_core 35751 5 radeon,drm_kms_helper,videodev,drm,i2c_algo_bit
power_supply 16323 1 radeon
evdev 20535 4
snd_opl3_lib 19238 1 snd_fm801
snd_timer 42224 2 snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib
snd_hwdep 13629 1 snd_opl3_lib
snd_mpu401_uart 13763 1 snd_fm801
snd_rawmidi 40192 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 10749 2 snd_opl3_lib,snd_rawmidi
snd 102026 13 snd_fm801,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib,s
nd_timer,snd_hwdep,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore 10343 1 snd
ext4 554604 1
mbcache 12842 1 ext4
jbd2 118997 1 ext4
crc16 1479 1 ext4
sd_mod 75886 3
crc_t10dif 1420 1 sd_mod
usbhid 61155 0
hid 134780 1 usbhid
sg 47353 0
sr_mod 32745 0
cdrom 73444 1 sr_mod
ata_generic 5671 0
ohci_hcd 53106 0
pata_cmd64x 10096 0
libata 349825 2 ata_generic,pata_cmd64x
mptspi 27375 2
mptscsih 38872 1 mptspi
ehci_hcd 91574 0
mptbase 116134 2 mptspi,mptscsih
scsi_transport_spi 44772 1 mptspi
usbcore 284414 4 usbhid,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
scsi_mod 252243 7 sd_mod,sg,sr_mod,libata,mptspi,mptscsih,scsi_tra
nsport_spi
tg3 299933 0
e100 64313 0
mii 8419 1 e100
libphy 36137 1 tg3
-- /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
-- /etc/kernel-img.conf
# Kernel image management overrides
# See kernel-img.conf(5) for details
do_symlinks = yes
do_bootloader = yes
do_initrd = yes
link_in_boot = no
-- /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
MODULES=most
BUSYBOX=y
KEYMAP=n
COMPRESS=gzip
BOOT=local
DEVICE=
NFSROOT=auto
-- /etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf
update_initramfs=yes
backup_initramfs=no
-- mkinitramfs hooks
/etc/initramfs-tools/hooks/:
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks:
busybox
dmsetup
keymap
klibc
ntfs_3g
thermal
udev
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: ia64
Kernel: Linux 2.6.39-2-mckinley (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.utf8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on:
ii cpio 2.11-7 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii findutils 4.4.2-1+b1 utilities for finding files--find,
ii klibc-utils 1.5.24-1 small utilities built with klibc f
ii module-init-tools 3.16-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii udev 172-1 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
Versions of packages initramfs-tools recommends:
ii busybox 1:1.18.5-1 Tiny utilities for small and embed
Versions of packages initramfs-tools suggests:
ii bash-completion 1:1.3-1 programmable completion for the ba
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: initramfs-tools
Source-Version: 0.107
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
initramfs-tools, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 638068@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Adam Conrad <adconrad@0c3.net> (supplier of updated initramfs-tools package)
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Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2012 11:07:21 -0600
Source: initramfs-tools
Binary: initramfs-tools
Architecture: all source
Version: 0.107
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian kernel team <debian-kernel@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Adam Conrad <adconrad@0c3.net>
Closes: 638068 659752 677157
Launchpad-Bugs-Fixed: 889584
Description:
initramfs-tools - generic modular initramfs generator
Changes:
initramfs-tools (0.107) unstable; urgency=low
.
[ Michal Suchanek ]
* initramfs-tools: copy_exec quote ${src}
* initramfs-tools: copy_exec add pattern for nonoptimized multiarch
libraries (Closes: #659752)
.
[ Vagrant Cascadian ]
* initramfs-tools Don't override root=/dev/nfs by BOOT=local config
(Closes: #677157)
.
[ Adam Conrad ]
* hooks/klibc: Make us play more nicely with busybox and static bin/sh
(Closes: #638068)
* Kernel versions aren't (necessarily) package versions, so redirect
the whining from dpkg --compare-versions to /dev/null to avoid scary
(and incorrect) warnings. (LP: #889584)
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