Public bug reported: [Impact] The initramfs-tools hook-functions script cannot translate nvmeXnYpZ to nvmeXnY block device, so it's failing and not building the initram disk.
Upstream solution is composed for at least 2 patches (it's a series, but the 2 below are really the needed ones): commit 3cb744c9 Author: Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> hook-functions: Rewrite block device sysfs lookup to be generic commit 8ac52dc0 Author: Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> hook-functions: Include modules for all components of a multi-disk device Instead of doing the backport, which is huge, we added another sed substitution: currently the script has substitutions for sdX and hdX, in order to convert sda1 to sda, for example. The new substitution converts nvmeXnYpZ to nvmeXnY. It's less intrusive than the full backport, since this is a SRU to Trusty only. [Test Case] To be added. [Regression Potential] If the sed expression was somewhat broken, we could have an issue generating initiramfs for generic block devices, like regular HDDs. [Other Info] This issue is based on Debian bug #785147: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=785147 ** Affects: initramfs-tools Importance: Unknown Status: Fix Released ** Affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: High Assignee: Guilherme G. Piccoli (gpiccoli) Status: In Progress ** Affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu Trusty) Importance: High Assignee: Guilherme G. Piccoli (gpiccoli) Status: In Progress ** Affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Medium Status: Fix Released ** Tags: sts trusty ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Milestone: None => trusty-updates ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #785147 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=785147 ** Also affects: linux via https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=785147 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1771557 Title: NVMe boot drives not supported - failing in generating initramfs Status in initramfs-tools: Fix Released Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in initramfs-tools source package in Trusty: In Progress Status in initramfs-tools source package in Xenial: Fix Released Bug description: [Impact] The initramfs-tools hook-functions script cannot translate nvmeXnYpZ to nvmeXnY block device, so it's failing and not building the initram disk. Upstream solution is composed for at least 2 patches (it's a series, but the 2 below are really the needed ones): commit 3cb744c9 Author: Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> hook-functions: Rewrite block device sysfs lookup to be generic commit 8ac52dc0 Author: Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> hook-functions: Include modules for all components of a multi-disk device Instead of doing the backport, which is huge, we added another sed substitution: currently the script has substitutions for sdX and hdX, in order to convert sda1 to sda, for example. The new substitution converts nvmeXnYpZ to nvmeXnY. It's less intrusive than the full backport, since this is a SRU to Trusty only. [Test Case] To be added. [Regression Potential] If the sed expression was somewhat broken, we could have an issue generating initiramfs for generic block devices, like regular HDDs. [Other Info] This issue is based on Debian bug #785147: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=785147 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/initramfs-tools/+bug/1771557/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
