Hi! Has any information surfaced about the cloudimg kernel and virtio-
scsi?

After thinking about this for some time, I propose that the "initrdfail"
design isn't ultimately helpful and should be reverted, because: (1) It
substantially increases the complexity of grub.cfg, (2) it is not clear
that any value is being added (but maybe I am just not aware of the
scenarios where it is valuable), and (3) it has the effect of masking
legitimate problems (like the ones being discussed in this ticket). More
on that here:

The actual design intention is to have a kernel that boots correctly on
the first try. The cloud images, in fact, should be shipping to boot
correctly on the first try. These fail/success/fail/success/etc. boot
sequences experienced by myself and @decui are nonsensical and don't
really contribute value. A fail/success/fail/success/etc. is not an
acceptable workaround, because it breaks things, and it's also just
hiding the actual problem: that the kernel hasn't shipped with the right
drivers, or the wrong kernel was bundled with an image. These are two
definite disadvantages of the "initrdfail" design as it is currently.
I'm open to hearing feedback.

Thanks,
David

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