Bug#1099655: initramfs-tools 146 generates incorrect initramfs : does not boot, does not find root fs

[Eric Valette <eric.valette@free.fr>]

On 07/03/2025 17:37, Marc Haber wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 06, 2025 at 11:52:57AM +0100, eric wrote:
> > Package: initramfs-tools
> > Version: 0.146
> > Severity: critical
> > Justification: breaks the whole system
> >
> >
> > After updating and generating a new initramfs, it does not find the nvme
> > root fs. Booting previous kernel with previous generated initramfs (0.145)
> > works. Downgrading to 0.145 and rebuilding initramfs makes system work again.
>
> Just for the record, initramfs-tools 0.146 works on my Thinkpad T14
> which also has a NVME disk.
>
> Greetings
> Marc

See additionnal info. What type of compression do you have for initrd 
and modules?

 grep CONFIG_RD /boot/config-6.6.80
CONFIG_RD_GZIP=y
CONFIG_RD_BZIP2=y
CONFIG_RD_LZMA=y
CONFIG_RD_XZ=y
CONFIG_RD_LZO=y
CONFIG_RD_LZ4=y


# CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_NONE is not set
# CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP is not set
CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ=y
# CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_ZSTD is not set

and that's rather strange as the working version, and allthougt the 
config file says

COMPRESS=zstd

it is not respected! Iguess the working one is none and the non working 
one is XZ in initrd.

--eric





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Eric Valette