Bug 668063

Discussed at 2011-04-15 blocker review meeting. We note the feature in question
was dropped. Regardless, standing policy is that bugs which 'break' accepted
features do not automatically qualify as release blockers: such issues are to
be handled through the feature process (i.e. drop the feature in question), not
the release validation process. They only count as blockers if they meet the
blocker criteria, regardless of the feature process. This does not appear to
hit any release criteria.




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Moved bug to Rawhide; this is still an issue for the XenPvopsDom0 feature.

For reference, the desired grub.conf may be produced by hand using something like:

grubby  --add-multiboot=/boot/xen.gz --add-kernel=/boot/vmlinuz-${KERNEL_VERSION} --args="ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_imp-lv_root_64bit LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us" --initrd=/boot/initramfs-${KERNEL_VERSION}.img --title="Fedora (${KERNEL_VERSION})"

Update: This issue needs a fix for F16.

any news about this ?

A bug that is related with respect to getting grubby to work with Xen Dom0 kernels, #658387, has been fixed. However, this bug still seems to result in a missing "module /initramfs-..." line, as noted above. This is my understanding about what is happening:

The kernel RPM runs three times, first as a post-install script:

/sbin/new-kernel-pkg --package kernel%{?-v:-%{-v*}} --install %{KVERREL}%{?-v:.%{-v*}}

and then as a post-transaction script:

/sbin/new-kernel-pkg --package kernel%{?-v:-%{-v*}} --mkinitrd --dracut --depmod --update %{KVERREL}%{?-v:.%{-v*}}
/sbin/new-kernel-pkg --package kernel%{?1:-%{1}} --rpmposttrans %{KVERREL}%{?1:.%{1}}

Because the initramfs has not been created before the first new-kernel-pkg run, new-kernel-pkg/grubby does not create a "module /initramfs-..." line at this point. /sbin/grubby --grub --add-kernel=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.40.4-5.fc15.x86_64 --copy-default --make-default --title Fedora (2.6.40.4-5.fc15.x86_64) --add-multiboot=/boot/xen.gz --args=root=/dev/mapper/vg_imp-lv_root_64bit  --remove-kernel=TITLE=Fedora (2.6.40.4-5.fc15.x86_64).

Next, new-kernel-pkg/grubby creates the initramfs. /sbin/grubby --update-kernel=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.40.4-5.fc15.x86_64 --initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.40.4-5.fc15.x86_64.img --args= SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 KEYTABLE=us. But for some reason, grubby does not update grub.cfg.

Does grubby not recognize the correct grub.cfg record because of the use of the module syntax?

I just tested Fedora 16 RC1. On that release, this bug is somewhat irrelevant. Fedora 16 uses GRUB 2. Bug #728775 has been fixed (grub2-1.99-6.fc16) and so Fedora 16 properly sets up GRUB 2 entries that boot the kernel in Dom0.

grub legacy is still used on EFI machines which more and more big machines are using.

right, we do need serious grub-legacy bugs fixed in F16 still.



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On the comment that 'Fedora 16 uses GRUB 2', I believe this is only true for NEW installs. When I upgraded from f15 to f16, anaconda installed the grub2 packages, but did not switchover the boot loader, even tho' I requested to reinstall the boot loader.

Thus, I believe that users who upgrade are still using legacy grub, as I am, and legacy grub still needs to be bug maintained.

No, upgrading via anaconda usually switches to grub2. If it didn't for you, then the installer failed somehow.



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This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 19 development cycle.
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