Bug 470839 - mkinitrd does not create '/dev/hvc0' console device inside initrd
Summary: mkinitrd does not create '/dev/hvc0' console device inside initrd
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: mkinitrd
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Peter Jones
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: F10Blocker, F10FinalBlocker
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-11-10 16:00 UTC by James Laska
Modified: 2013-09-02 06:29 UTC (History)
9 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2008-11-14 23:52:13 UTC
Type: ---
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
fix for hvc devices (532 bytes, patch)
2008-11-10 21:42 UTC, Tom "spot" Callaway 		no flags Details | Diff
add hvc device nodes for all arches (478 bytes, patch)
2008-11-11 22:45 UTC, Tom "spot" Callaway 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description James Laska 2008-11-10 16:00:15 UTC 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #470569 +++

Booting F10 on a IBM PowerPC system with encrypted partitions fails.  It appears that /dev/hvc0 is not created inside the initrd.

By adding the following into the initrd's '/init' script I am able to boot and enter my passphrase.

--- /tmp/init.old	2008-11-10 10:55:11.000000000 -0500
+++ /tmp/init.new	2008-11-10 10:55:24.000000000 -0500
@@ -21,2 +21,3 @@
 mknod /dev/fb c 29 0
+mknod /dev/hvc0 c 229 0
 mknod /dev/tty0 c 4 0

# rpm -q mkinitrd
mkinitrd-6.0.70-1.fc10.ppc

# tty
/dev/hvc0

# ls -ltd /dev/hvc0
crw--w---- 1 root tty 229, 0 2008-11-10 10:52 /dev/hvc0
Comment 1 Tom "spot" Callaway 2008-11-10 21:42:58 UTC 
Created attachment 323121 [details]
fix for hvc devices

Only adds hvc devices on ppc.
Comment 2 Jeremy Katz 2008-11-10 22:10:17 UTC 
HVC is used on more than ppc these days; it's also the console type for pvops Xen guests without a framebuffer.  So we should probably just create them on all arches
Comment 3 Tom "spot" Callaway 2008-11-11 22:45:08 UTC 
Created attachment 323270 [details]
add hvc device nodes for all arches
Comment 4 Peter Jones 2008-11-12 18:34:13 UTC 
Should be fixed in 6.0.71-1 (albeit not with the patch attached.)
Comment 5 Jesse Keating 2008-11-14 23:52:13 UTC 
71-2 is tagged for F10-final, closing bug.
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