Bug 56659 - mkinitrd does not make complete initrd
Summary: mkinitrd does not make complete initrd
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: mkinitrd
Version: 7.2
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Matt Wilson
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-11-23 16:41 UTC by Francois-Xavier 'FiX' KOWALSKI
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:38 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2001-11-27 20:03:14 UTC
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An initrd file made by mkinitrd 3.2.6 (4.82 KB, application/octet-stream)
2001-11-27 20:00 UTC, Bryan Headley
no flags Details

Description Francois-Xavier 'FiX' KOWALSKI 2001-11-23 16:41:54 UTC
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Description of problem:
mkinitrd umount the loop-back file system carrying drivers without flushing
it to the file.  this results in a non-usable initrd image at boot time, so
sometimes a boot failure, when the needed scsi driver is part of the modules.

added a "sync" line just before the "umount $MNTPOINT" fixes the problem.

the root cause is maybe located in the loop.c lopp-back driver itself.  the
bug-fix above is just a work-around.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. compile a new kernel (>=2.4.14)
2. install it (make install && make install_modules)
3. attempt to build a new initrd image with mkinitrd
4. reboot.
	

Actual Results:  in case the root fs is located on a scsi device, whose
driver is not built-into the kernel, the boot sequence fails.

Expected Results:  scsi module found in the loopback image & boot successful

Additional info:

I know that RedHat 7.2 usually only carries kernel 2.4.7 by default. 
However, this fix is a matter of improving the robustness of the mkinitrd
script.

Comment 1 Bryan Headley 2001-11-27 20:00:39 UTC
Created attachment 38824 [details]
An initrd file made by mkinitrd 3.2.6

Comment 2 Bryan Headley 2001-11-27 20:03:09 UTC
An adjunct to the original report. mkinitrd had no problem building 2.4.15's
initrd file. But it failed with 2.4.15-pre1 and beyond. Attached is what it
builds for 2.4.16. I'm going to try Francois-Xavier's suggested patch...

Comment 3 Erik Troan 2002-01-16 20:35:34 UTC
Kernel bug; fixed in 2.4.16; never occured in any real Red Hat release.


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