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FS#79115 - [dracut] systemd 254rc2 breaks efi stub booting with dracut

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by freswa (frederik) - Sunday, 16 July 2023, 09:35 GMT
Last edited by freswa (frederik) - Wednesday, 02 August 2023, 06:53 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Giancarlo Razzolini (grazzolini)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:
254rc2 breaks efi stub generation. The generated efi binaries aren't bootable at all (don't get executed by efi).




Additional info:
* package version(s)
254rc2

* config and/or log files etc.
On generation dracut gives these non fatal errors:

objcopy: /var/tmp/dracut.ku25Sp/uefi/linux.efi:.osrel: section below image base
objcopy: /var/tmp/dracut.ku25Sp/uefi/linux.efi:.cmdline: section below image base
objcopy: /var/tmp/dracut.ku25Sp/uefi/linux.efi:.splash: section below image base
objcopy: /var/tmp/dracut.ku25Sp/uefi/linux.efi:.linux: section below image base
objcopy: /var/tmp/dracut.ku25Sp/uefi/linux.efi:.initrd: section below image base

* link to upstream bug report, if any
https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut/issues/2431

Steps to reproduce:
Take 254rc2 and generate an efi stub with dracut. Optionally: Try to boot it.
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Closed by  freswa (frederik)
Wednesday, 02 August 2023, 06:53 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  dracut-059-3
Comment by freswa (frederik) - Sunday, 16 July 2023, 13:40 GMT
Reported upstream: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/28419
Comment by freswa (frederik) - Sunday, 16 July 2023, 16:21 GMT
Since ukify works, the issue is probably with dracut and their calculation of the objcopy addresses. We'll have to wait for the dracut devs (https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut/issues/2431) or send a news before releasing 254 to [core].
Comment by loqs (loqs) - Sunday, 16 July 2023, 22:11 GMT
Is the issue still present in dracut's git HEAD or with https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut/commit/f32e95bcadbc5158843530407adc1e7b700561b1 applied to 059-2?
Comment by freswa (frederik) - Sunday, 16 July 2023, 22:21 GMT
Patch fixes the issue. I guess we need a backport @grazzolini
Thanks a lot @loqs!
Comment by Hanabishi (Hanabishi) - Wednesday, 02 August 2023, 06:02 GMT
And 254 is rolled out into core. We officially in a broken state now.

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