Re: [PATCH] boot install: Partially refactor the logic for detecting bootloader

From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Beru Shinsetsu <windowz414@gnuweeb.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	GNU/Weeb Mailing List <gwml@gnuweeb.org>,
	Alviro Iskandar Setiawan <alviro.iskandar@gnuweeb.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] boot install: Partially refactor the logic for detecting bootloader
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2022 22:20:12 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YjZJDP21H+ngnQb4@zn.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9fa42069edf92d0ca7d64e967e1b9c0030d9a6ec.camel@gnuweeb.org>

On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 04:46:48PM +0300, Beru Shinsetsu wrote:
> > Well, I saw this on SLE15-SP4 (brand new) yesterday while I haven't
> > seen it on previous service packs. So this doesn't look like it has
> > been there since 2007. I'll try to debug it when I get a chance.
> 
> Hmm alright. Good luck from now! Hope everything goes flawlessly.

Here it is:

From arch/x86/boot/install.sh:

...
# User may have a custom install script

if [ -x ~/bin/${INSTALLKERNEL} ]; then exec ~/bin/${INSTALLKERNEL} "$@"; fi
if [ -x /sbin/${INSTALLKERNEL} ]; then exec /sbin/${INSTALLKERNEL} "$@"; fi
...

so distros *usually* should supply a custom, distro-specific
installkernel script which does that. The distros which you are seeing
it on simply don't have that script installed and I need to talk to
distro people as to what the rule there is for supplying such a script
now.

Because most distros should supply it though and those new distros
dropping it looks like some new "strategy" or so.

We'll see.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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