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and subject line Bug#1114521: fixed in mdadm 4.5-4
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regarding mdadm: Reproducible fix: always load efivarfs
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Package: mdadm
Version: 4.4-12
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Hello maintainers of mdadm,
While reproducing the issue in #1110729, I found out that the generation
of live images result in different images, depending on whether they are
built on a host booted via BIOS or UEFI.
Attached you'll find a patch that always includes the efivarfs modules
in the initrd.img
With kind regards,
Roland Clobus
diff --git a/debian/mdadm.initramfs-hook b/debian/mdadm.initramfs-hook
index b69159d..be4f826 100644
--- a/debian/mdadm.initramfs-hook
+++ b/debian/mdadm.initramfs-hook
@@ -66,10 +66,9 @@ for module in linear multipath raid0 raid1 raid456 raid5 raid6 raid10; do
done
# load efivars for Intel RST IMSM, see Bug#962844
+force_load efivarfs || true
if [ -e /sys/firmware/efi ]
then
- force_load efivarfs || true
-
if ! ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/* > /dev/null 2>&1
then
mount -t efivarfs -o rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime efivarfs /sys/firmware/efi/efivars || true
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Source: mdadm
Source-Version: 4.5-4
Done: Daniel Baumann <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
mdadm, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
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pp.
Daniel Baumann <[email protected]> (supplier of updated mdadm package)
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Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2026 04:17:16 +0100
Source: mdadm
Architecture: source
Version: 4.5-4
Distribution: sid
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Daniel Baumann <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Daniel Baumann <[email protected]>
Closes: 1114521
Changes:
mdadm (4.5-4) sid; urgency=medium
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* Always including efivarfs to have generic initramfs, thanks to Roland
Clobus <[email protected]> (Closes: #1114521).
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