Bug#997907: linux-image-arm64: CONFIG_EFI_GENERIC_STUB_INITRD_CMDLINE_LOADER unset in 5.14 kernel

From	Vincent Blut <vincent.debian@free.fr>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#997907: linux-image-arm64: CONFIG_EFI_GENERIC_STUB_INITRD_CMDLINE_LOADER unset in 5.14 kernel
Date	2021-10-26 23:10 +0200
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Hi,

Le 2021-10-26 20:44, Zameer Manji a écrit :
> Package: linux-image-arm64
> Version: 5.14.9-2
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> In bullseye, version 5.10.70-1 has the CONFIG_EFI_GENERIC_STUB_INITRD_CMDLINE_LOADER
> kernel configuration set to 'y'. In bookworm it is unset which disable this feature.
> 
> This kernel configuration parameter allows for the EFI stub of the kernel to
> parse and use a 'initrd=' parameter to set up an initrd when booting from EFI.
> Boot loaders like 'systemd-boot' or 'refind' set this parameter if configured
> to pass an initrd. If the kernel configuration parameter is unset, the
> `initrd=` paramater is ignored, and can result in an unbootable system because
> the initrd has not setup the root filesystem.
> 
> Without the kernel configuaration set, it is not possible to use 'systemd-boot'
> or 'refind' on arm64 as both of these bootloaders assume the kernel will
> handle the 'initrd=' flag and setup the initrd.
> 
> Please consider enabling CONFIG_EFI_GENERIC_STUB_INITRD_CMDLINE_LOADER on
> arm64 so using 'systemd-boot' or 'refind' can continue to work. Until these
> bootloaders have been updated to use an alternative method of passing the
> initrd to the EFI stub, it is not possible to have a booting system.
 
Except on X86, EFI_GENERIC_STUB_INITRD_CMDLINE_LOADER is no longer enabled by
default. Please see [1] for some details. 

Cheers,
Vincent

[1] https://gitlab.com/linux-kernel/stable/-/commit/6edcf9dc2e1aff3aa1f5a69ee420fb30dd0e968a

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Bug#997907: linux-image-arm64: CONFIG_EFI_GENERIC_STUB_INITRD_CMDLINE_LOADER unset in 5.14 kernel Zameer Manji <zmanji@gmail.com> - 2021-10-26 23:00 +0200
  Processed: Re: Bug#997907: linux-image-arm64: CONFIG_EFI_GENERIC_STUB_INITRD_CMDLINE_LOADER  unset in 5.14 kernel "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2021-10-26 23:10 +0200
  Bug#997907: linux-image-arm64: CONFIG_EFI_GENERIC_STUB_INITRD_CMDLINE_LOADER unset in 5.14 kernel Vincent Blut <vincent.debian@free.fr> - 2021-10-26 23:10 +0200
    Bug#997907: linux-image-arm64: CONFIG_EFI_GENERIC_STUB_INITRD_CMDLINE_LOADER unset in 5.14 kernel Zameer Manji <zmanji@gmail.com> - 2021-10-26 23:40 +0200
      Bug#997907: linux-image-arm64: CONFIG_EFI_GENERIC_STUB_INITRD_CMDLINE_LOADER unset in 5.14 kernel Vincent Blut <vincent.debian@free.fr> - 2021-11-19 22:10 +0100
        Bug#997907: linux-image-arm64: CONFIG_EFI_GENERIC_STUB_INITRD_CMDLINE_LOADER unset in 5.14 kernel Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2021-11-23 06:20 +0100
          Bug#997907: linux-image-arm64: CONFIG_EFI_GENERIC_STUB_INITRD_CMDLINE_LOADER unset in 5.14 kernel Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> - 2021-11-23 08:10 +0100
            Bug#997907: linux-image-arm64: CONFIG_EFI_GENERIC_STUB_INITRD_CMDLINE_LOADER unset in 5.14 kernel Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2021-11-23 08:30 +0100
              Bug#997907: linux-image-arm64: CONFIG_EFI_GENERIC_STUB_INITRD_CMDLINE_LOADER unset in 5.14 kernel Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2021-11-28 14:10 +0100
            Bug#997907: linux-image-arm64: CONFIG_EFI_GENERIC_STUB_INITRD_CMDLINE_LOADER unset in 5.14 kernel Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org> - 2023-01-10 10:30 +0100
  Processed: Re: Bug#997907: linux-image-arm64: CONFIG_EFI_GENERIC_STUB_INITRD_CMDLINE_LOADER  unset in 5.14 kernel "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2021-10-26 23:10 +0200
  Processed: Re: Bug#997907: linux-image-arm64: CONFIG_EFI_GENERIC_STUB_INITRD_CMDLINE_LOADER  unset in 5.14 kernel "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2021-11-28 14:10 +0100
  Bug#997907: marked as done (linux-image-arm64: CONFIG_EFI_GENERIC_STUB_INITRD_CMDLINE_LOADER  unset in 5.14 kernel) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2021-11-29 20:10 +0100

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