Package: u-boot-menu
Version: 4.0.3
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
X-Debbugs-Cc: undef <debian@undef.tools>
Dear Maintainer,
Currently the initrd section of the generated extlinux.conf will only use
discovered
initrd.img-* files from /boot. However, some systems (discovered on the
PinePhone Pro,
but other reclaimed Android devices are affected) require a custom "miniramfs"
to be used.
Would it be possible to include the ability to manually set the initrd record in
/etc/default/u-boot? The attached patch allows a static configuration which
will be used
for all kernels. An alternative would be setting "/miniramfs-${_VERSION}".
Thanks for considering,
Undef.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 11.2
APT prefers stable-security
APT policy: (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 5.16.11-1.fc32.qubes.x86_64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages u-boot-menu depends on:
ii linux-base 4.6
u-boot-menu recommends no packages.
Versions of packages u-boot-menu suggests:
pn flash-kernel <none>
-- no debconf information
*** 0001-Allow-configuration-of-initrd-file.patch
>From 14daba63b9c1036b7672f144d29a848e306992b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Undef <debian@undef.tools>
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2022 00:02:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Allow configuration of initrd file
Some devices have initrd requirements that cause the standard
initrd.img-${_VERSION} to fail to boot. For example, the PinePhone Pro
will fail to boot with large initrd files, solved by using a
miniramfs[0] to chainload the real initrd.
This allows specifying the INITRD manually in /etc/default/u-boot. If
the configuration is either not present or empty, the existing initrd
discovery functionality will continue to be used.
[0] https://gitlab.com/mobian1/miniramfs
---
u-boot-update | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/u-boot-update b/u-boot-update
index da92918..4d3b395 100755
--- a/u-boot-update
+++ b/u-boot-update
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ U_BOOT_TIMEOUT="${U_BOOT_TIMEOUT:-50}"
U_BOOT_MENU_LABEL="${U_BOOT_MENU_LABEL:-${PRETTY_NAME:-Debian GNU/Linux
kernel}}"
U_BOOT_PARAMETERS="${U_BOOT_PARAMETERS:-ro quiet}"
U_BOOT_FDT_DIR="${U_BOOT_FDT_DIR:-/usr/lib/linux-image-}"
+U_BOOT_INITRD="${U_BOOT_INITRD:-}"
# Find parameter for root from fstab
if [ -z "${U_BOOT_ROOT}" ]
@@ -169,7 +170,10 @@ do
_NUMBER="${_NUMBER:-0}"
_ENTRY="${_ENTRY:-1}"
- if [ -e /boot/initrd.img-${_VERSION} ]
+ if [ -n "${U_BOOT_INITRD}" ]
+ then
+ _INITRD="initrd ${U_BOOT_INITRD}"
+ elif [ -e /boot/initrd.img-${_VERSION} ]
then
_INITRD="initrd ${_BOOT_DIRECTORY}/initrd.img-${_VERSION}"
else
--
2.30.2
