Re: [PATCH] Core Update 168: Hard-code kernel version to 5.15.35

["Peter Müller" <peter.mueller@ipfire.org>]

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Hello Jon,

thanks for your reply.

Usually, I do push fixes to Core Updates straight into "next". However, I do not have
permission to push into "master" (Michael or Arne need to do this for me), and as soon
as a patch lands there _and_ the nightly builds ran successfully, it is available to
the "testing" channel of upcoming Core Updates.

However, I do not feel sufficiently confident with this patch, which is why I sent it
to the mailing list, and wait for feedback on it before amending.

On a general notice: Any IPFire installation that ran Core Update 167 from the "stable"
channel before (and has been rebooted at least once ever since) can, to my knowledge,
update to Core Update 168 without all the hiccups Adolf and Rob observed. (Please do
let me know if this is wrong.)

Therefore, you do not necessarily have to wait for this patch to land in "master",
presumed your systems ran on Core Update 167 from the "stable" channel before.

Thanks, and best regards,
Peter Müller


> Peter,
> 
> How do I tell when this makes it into the CU 168 testing build?  (The one that Pakfire will pickup & install)
> 
> I will can test this on the Raspberry Pi RPi4B and on the FriendlyArm R2S
> 
> 
> Jon
> 
> 
>> On May 12, 2022, at 12:41 PM, Peter Müller <peter.mueller(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
>>
>> On systems that have previously running on testing, kernel 5.15.32 might
>> still be installed. dracut being called with ${KVER} will then build an
>> inital ramdisk for the wrong kernel, as 5.15.32 might still be running,
>> albeit 5.15.35 has been installed due to the Pakfire procedure when
>> upgrading on testing.
>>
>> Due to lack of hardware, this patch is untested on ARM.
>>
>> https://lists.ipfire.org/pipermail/development/2022-May/013433.html
>>
>> Reported-by: Stefan Schantl <stefan.schantl(a)ipfire.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Peter Müller <peter.mueller(a)ipfire.org>
>> ---
>> config/rootfiles/core/168/update.sh | 8 ++++----
>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/config/rootfiles/core/168/update.sh b/config/rootfiles/core/168/update.sh
>> index d21f648dd..7cc8800b2 100644
>> --- a/config/rootfiles/core/168/update.sh
>> +++ b/config/rootfiles/core/168/update.sh
>> @@ -107,14 +107,14 @@ chmod -v 750 /etc/sudoers.d
>> chmod -v 640 /etc/sudoers.d/*
>>
>> # Rebuild initial ramdisk to apply microcode updates
>> -dracut --regenerate-all --force
>> +dracut --kver="5.15.35-ipfire" --regenerate-all --force
>> case "$(uname -m)" in
>>          armv*)
>> -                mkimage -A arm -T ramdisk -C lzma -d /boot/initramfs-${KVER}-ipfire.img /boot/uInit-${KVER}-ipfire
>> -                rm /boot/initramfs-${KVER}-ipfire.img
>> +                mkimage -A arm -T ramdisk -C lzma -d /boot/initramfs-5.15.35-ipfire.img /boot/uInit-5.15.35-ipfire
>> +                rm /boot/initramfs-5.15.35-ipfire.img
>>                  ;;
>>          aarch64)
>> -                mkimage -A arm64 -T ramdisk -C lzma -d /boot/initramfs-${KVER}-ipfire.img /boot/uInit-${KVER}-ipfire
>> +                mkimage -A arm64 -T ramdisk -C lzma -d /boot/initramfs-5.15.35-ipfire.img /boot/uInit-5.15.35-ipfire
>>                  # dont remove initramfs because grub need this to boot.
>>                  ;;
>> esac
>> -- 
>> 2.35.3
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