Package: autopkgtest Version: 5.10 Severity: important Tag: autopkgtest qemu patch buster vmdb2 Usertags: ppc64el
While using debci, create-tesbed command for backends/qemu launches autopkgtest-build-qemu unstable /var/lib/debci/qemu/unstable-ppc64el.img http://deb.debian.org/debian *ppc64el* backends/qemu/customize.sh 1) it fails with E: Unable to locate package /*linux-image-ppc64el*/ the proper name should be linux-image-powerpc64le, so on line 123 I would add the following entry for architecture ppc64el /* (ppc64el)*//* *//* kernel=linux-image-powerpc64le*//* *//* ;;*/ 2) Then it calls vmdb2 with an entry: grub: bios which calls /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/vmdb/plugins/grub_plugin.py which wants to install package grub_package = 'grub-pc' for grub_target = 'i386-pc' problem is that grub-pc package doesn't exist on ppc64el at least*2 solutions there *- either in autopkgtest-build-qemu conditionally sending the grub: option and install what's needed in customize.sh script either modify vmdb2 to use grub2 package and target=powerpc-ieee1275 _NOTE:_ because grub-install doesn't install on /dev/loop0 - send a message : grub-install: error: the chosen partition is not a PReP partition I was successfull doing /grub-install ... /dev/sda1 but image is not bootable because slash not found - Not a bootable device !/ /A bit stuck right now ! / Thanks for your help Regards -- Thierry Fauck @ fr.ibm.com
