Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 211339
typo in some of the kernel packages that add kernel name labels in new stanzas
Last modified: 2007-11-16 20:14:46 EST
Description of problem: There is a typo in the kernel name labels in newly created stanzas within the boot loader config file (e.g. zipl on s390, yaboot on ppc) when installing 2.4.21-47.0.1.EL kernel RPM. Notice how the label for the stanza is missing the 'L' in "EL" in the kernel name: .qa.[root@s390-3as root]# head /etc/zipl.conf [defaultboot] default=linux target=/boot/ [2.4.21-47.0.1.E] image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-47.0.1.EL ramdisk=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-47.0.1.EL.img Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Intstall the errata kernel 2.4.21-47.0.1.EL for ppc and s390(x) arches 2. Open the boot loader configuration file to find an incompleted kernel name label 3. Actual results: Shown above Expected results: Kernel Name = complete kernel version name Additional info: This is problem with the kernel security Asynchronous errata here: http://errata.devel.redhat.com/errata/showrequest.cgi?advisory=2006:0710
This would most likely be a bug in /sbin/zipl, part of the s390utils package. Reassigning appropriately. (If this problem also occurs on ppc64, then an additional BZ should be entered.)
Ernie, I just tried the 2.4.21-37.0.1.EL on s390 and the same problem occurs...so this could very well be a boot loader limitation. It also occurs on ppc64...
Not sure why it gets cut off. I'm not sure if there are any length limitations for sections in zipl.conf, but afaik not. I'll double check with our IBM liasion next time he's here. Read ya, Phil
OK, found the source of the problem: It's actually in grubby (part of mkinitrd) that ofc actually writes zipl.conf. There the title length is limited to 15 btes for lilo, yaboot, silo and zipl conf types. If i remember correctly this was actually really necessary for the RHEL3 kernels for those architectures, but i might confuse something here. Reassigning the bug though to the proper component. Read ya, Phil
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