tag 839882 + confirmed severity 839882 normal retitle 839882 amd64-microcode: please accept tiny-initramfs for recommends thanks
On Thu, 06 Oct 2016, Ricardo Fabian Peliquero wrote: > On Thu, Oct 06, 2016 at 03:21:16PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > On Thu, 06 Oct 2016, Ricardo Fabian Peliquero wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 06, 2016 at 08:13:33AM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh > > > wrote: > > > > On Thu, 06 Oct 2016, Ricardo Fabian Peliquero wrote: > > > > > amd64-microcode recommends dracut or initramfs-tools. Please > > > > > consider recommending virtual package linux-initramfs-tool > > > > > instead. That way, it would include any of these packages: dracut, > > > > > initramfs-tools or tiny-initramfs. > > > > > > > > Have you checked whether tiny-initramfs works for amd64-microcode? > > > > > > Both packages are installed, and tiny-initramfs is working well on my > > > system (needless to say that neither dracut nor initramfs-tools are > > > installed here). Please let me know if there is way to assure you that > > > amd64-microcode is working as expected also. > > > > Send me a copy of your initramfs image (directly, not ot the bug > > report), or check in the kernel logs whether it is in fact > > early-updating the microcode on your AMD processor or not... > > > > I will send the image directly to your email address. Anyway, this is my > filtered dmesg's output: I checked it, and it contains the necessary early-initramfs segment, so it is working. I will do as you requested and change the recommends line to something that will also accept tiny-initramfs. I will look into using the linux-initramfs-tool virtual package, but alternatively I will add tiny-initramfs directly to the recommends line. -- Henrique Holschuh
