Package: src:xen Version: 4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11 Severity: minor
Dear Maintainer, the GRUB configuration file /etc/defaults/grub.d/xen.cfg contains incorrect examples: 1. Bad syntax for dom0 memory allocation settings: https://xenbits.xen.org/docs/unstable/misc/xen-command-line.html#list Bad syntax (max value is ignored this way): dom0_mem=<size>[M]:max=<size>[M] Correct syntax: dom0_mem=<size>[M],max:<size>[M] 2. Bad syntax for earlyprintk usage: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt Bad syntax: earlyprintk=xenboot Correct syntax: earlyprintk=xen Please correct the examples to avoid confusion for users new to Xen (like myself). Thanks, Gergely -- System Information: Debian Release: 9.6 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-8-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=UTF-8 (charmap=locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory ANSI_X3.4-1968), LANGUAGE=en_US:en (charmap=locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) xen-hypervisor-4.8-amd64 depends on no packages. Versions of packages xen-hypervisor-4.8-amd64 recommends: ii xen-utils-4.8 4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11 xen-hypervisor-4.8-amd64 suggests no packages. -- Configuration Files: /etc/default/grub.d/xen.cfg changed: XEN_OVERRIDE_GRUB_DEFAULT=1 echo "Including Xen overrides from /etc/default/grub.d/xen.cfg" GRUB_CMDLINE_XEN="dom0_mem=2048M,max:2048M dom0_max_vcpus=1 dom0_vcpus_pin console=vga" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_XEN_REPLACE="$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX earlyprintk=xen console=hvc0" if [ "$XEN_OVERRIDE_GRUB_DEFAULT" = "" ]; then echo "WARNING: GRUB_DEFAULT changed to boot into Xen by default!" echo " Edit /etc/default/grub.d/xen.cfg to avoid this warning." XEN_OVERRIDE_GRUB_DEFAULT=1 fi if [ "$XEN_OVERRIDE_GRUB_DEFAULT" = "1" ]; then GRUB_DEFAULT="Debian GNU/Linux, with Xen hypervisor" fi