Public bug reported:
---Problem Description---
A KVM guest fails to find the zipl boot menu index if the "zIPL" magic value is
listed at the end of a disk block.
---System Hang---
System sits in disabled wait, last console display
LOADPARM=[ ]
Using virtio-blk.
Using ECKD scheme (block size 4096), CDL
VOLSER=[0X0067]
---Steps to Reproduce---
1. Install Distro KVM guest from ISO on a DASD, e.g. using virt-install, my
invocation was
$ virt-install --name secguest2 --memory 2048 --disk
path=/dev/disk/by-path/ccw-0.0.af6a --cdrom /var/lib/libvirt/images/xxxxxx.iso
2. Select DHCP networking and ASCII console, and accept all defaults of
the installer
3. Let the installer reboot after the installation completes
It is possible to recover by editing the domain XML with an explicit loadparm
to select a boot menu entry. E.g. I changed the disk definition to
<disk type='block' device='disk'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none' io='native'/>
<source dev='/dev/disk/by-path/ccw-0.0.af6a'/>
<target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
<boot order='1' loadparm='1'/>
<address type='ccw' cssid='0xfe' ssid='0x0' devno='0xaf6a'/>
</disk>
The patches are now upstream:
5f97ba0c74cc ("pc-bios/s390-ccw: fix off-by-one error")
468184ec9024 ("pc-bios/s390-ccw: break loop if a null block number is reached")
Current versions of qemu within Ubuntu
focal (20.04LTS) 1:4.2-3ubuntu6 [ports]: arm64 armhf ppc64el s390x
focal-updates (metapackages): 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.14: amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el s390x
groovy (20.10) (metapackages): 1:5.0-5ubuntu9 [ports]: arm64 armhf ppc64el s390x
groovy-updates (metapackages): 1:5.0-5ubuntu9.6: amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el s390x
hirsute (metapackages): 1:5.2+dfsg-9ubuntu1: amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el
s390x
git-commits will apply seamlessley for the requested levels if not already
integrated
** Affects: ubuntu-z-systems
Importance: Medium
Assignee: Skipper Bug Screeners (skipper-screen-team)
Status: New
** Affects: qemu (Ubuntu)
Importance: Medium
Assignee: Canonical Server Team (canonical-server)
Status: New
** Tags: architecture-s39064 bugnameltc-192200 severity-medium
targetmilestone-inin20042
** Tags added: architecture-s39064 bugnameltc-192200 severity-medium
targetmilestone-inin20042
** Changed in: ubuntu
Assignee: (unassigned) => Skipper Bug Screeners (skipper-screen-team)
** Package changed: ubuntu => qemu (Ubuntu)
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[UBUNTU 20.04] KVM guest fails to find zipl boot menu index
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