FS#47447 - [grub] add NVMe support / switch to git snapshots

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Tom Yan (tom.ty89) - Saturday, 19 December 2015, 18:28 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Tuesday, 01 March 2016, 18:11 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Ronald van Haren (pressh)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 7
Private No

Details

Description:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1587728#p1587728

The grub (2.02.beta2) we have does not include the later patch added for proper NVMe support, without it grub-install will appear to run fine but grub will be drop to rescue shell when boot, as long as --boot-directory (by default /boot) is on a partition of a NVMe drive. Since NVMe drive is getting common it is necessary to include this.

Thing is I really think that we should not stay at 2.02.beta2 anymore. It cannot be more obvious that upstream has LONG dropped their release plan. It is awful to cherry-pick patches and included them one by one downstream, like how we deal with the recent-found CVE.
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Closed by  Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Tuesday, 01 March 2016, 18:11 GMT
Reason for closing:  None
Additional comments about closing:  Invalid request in light of new release
Comment by Alberto (0X1A) - Wednesday, 03 February 2016, 16:05 GMT
I just got bit by this trying to install on XPS 15 9550

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