Bug 2348919

Summary:	Fedora KDE ppc64le images do not boot
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Neal Gompa <ngompa13>
Component:	kiwi	Assignee:	Neal Gompa <ngompa13>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	unspecified
Version:	42	CC:	awilliam, dan, davide, michel, ngompa13
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OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	AcceptedFreezeException
Fixed In Version:	kiwi-10.2.12-1.fc42	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Description Neal Gompa 2025-02-27 21:16:58 UTC

(Description based on https://github.com/OSInside/kiwi/issues/2741)

The Fedora KDE Live ISOs are not bootable on a ppc64le KVM system.

The SLOF firmware reports failed to load CHRP boot loader and E3404: not a bootable device when booting the ISOs in the KVM VM. It is probably because ppc/bootinfo.txt refers to \boot\grub2\powerpc-ieee1275\grub.elf, while in Fedora we have \boot\grub2\powerpc-ieee1275\core.elf instead.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download and boot a Fedora KDE live nightly for ppc64le (from nightly.fedoraproject.org)

Actual Results:  
The SLOF firmware reports failed to load CHRP boot loader and E3404: not a bootable device when booting the ISOs in the KVM VM. It is probably because ppc/bootinfo.txt refers to \boot\grub2\powerpc-ieee1275\grub.elf, while in Fedora we have \boot\grub2\powerpc-ieee1275\core.elf instead.

Expected Results:  
The image boots.

Upstream ticket by Dan Horak: https://github.com/OSInside/kiwi/issues/2741

Comment 1 Fedora Blocker Bugs Application 2025-02-27 21:18:07 UTC

Proposed as a Freeze Exception for 42-beta by Fedora user ngompa using the blocker tracking app because:

 I'd like to have bootable ppc64le live images.

Comment 2 Neal Gompa 2025-02-27 22:12:14 UTC

Here's a sample that has this issue: https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/rawhide/Fedora-Rawhide-20250227.n.0/compose/KDE/ppc64le/iso/Fedora-KDE-Desktop-Live-Rawhide-20250227.n.0.ppc64le.iso

Comment 3 Neal Gompa 2025-02-28 20:19:19 UTC

Upstream fix landed: https://github.com/OSInside/kiwi/pull/2744

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2025-02-28 20:19:38 UTC

FEDORA-2025-b7ced6764d (kiwi-10.2.12-1.fc42) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 42.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-b7ced6764d

Comment 5 Adam Williamson 2025-02-28 23:25:45 UTC

+3 in https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review/issue/1772 , marking accepted FE.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2025-03-01 01:54:55 UTC

FEDORA-2025-b7ced6764d has been pushed to the Fedora 42 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-b7ced6764d`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-b7ced6764d

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2025-03-01 23:46:55 UTC

FEDORA-2025-b7ced6764d (kiwi-10.2.12-1.fc42) has been pushed to the Fedora 42 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.