uki: drop INITRAMFS_IMAGE support #559
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Enabling INITRAMFS_IMAGE and UKI results in the dependency loop. Initramfs depends on the kernel to be packaged, while the kernel's do_install gets dependency on the initramfs do_image_complete task. Drop the whole INITRAMFS_IMAGE support from the uki.bbclass. One should use systemd-boot's initrd support natively. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <[email protected]>
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@lumag we will review and feedback. We have a long weekend. |
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As I understand, systemd-boot's initrd is valid only for Type1. For Type2, initrd is expected to be part of UKI only. Anyways I'll cross check with UEFI engineer and confirm if it is acceptable to have nitrd outside of UKI even for Type#2. |
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@quic-vkraleti I'm not sure, what is Type1 / Type2 here. A reference would be a appreciated. Anyway, currently built-in initrd support is broken, try building such config on your own. |
https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/boot_loader_specification/#the-boot-loader-specification describes details about Type#1 & Type#2 specifications. Goal is to support Type#2 and this mandates initrd to be part of UKI. Regd broken built-in initrd support, can you share more details on how to reproduce? As I see even kernel.bblcass is fetching initrd from INITRAMFS_DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE, which is a soft assignment to DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE. uki.bbclass is also using the same to get initrd. |
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For me it was simple, I enabled |
From build POV, ramdisk image is also another image which by default it pulls in a dependency on do_packagedata task of kernel. Here uki.bbclass is trying to create kernel-uki package, that need ramdisk image to complete. This is the cause for circular dependency. To address this, need to stop creating kernel-uki package and place efi image in deploydir instead. |
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Closed in favour of #562 which provides a better, more complex solution |
Enabling INITRAMFS_IMAGE and UKI results in the dependency loop. Initramfs depends on the kernel to be packaged, while the kernel's do_install gets dependency on the initramfs do_image_complete task.
Drop the whole INITRAMFS_IMAGE support from the uki.bbclass. One should use systemd-boot's initrd support natively.