[SRU] flash-kernel needs to support 'raspi' kernel flavors

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Test package available from ppa:waveform/flash-kernel at:

https://launchpad.net/~waveform/+archive/ubuntu/flash-kernel/+packages

Built from branch at:

https://code.launchpad.net/~waveform/ubuntu/+source/flash-kernel/+git/flash-kernel/+ref/pi-changes

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This bug was fixed in the package flash-kernel - 3.98ubuntu12

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flash-kernel (3.98ubuntu12) focal; urgency=medium

  * Support "raspi" kernel flavor in addition to "raspi2" (LP: #1868071)
  * Permit initrd to be missing in flash-kernel and the pi u-boot script
    (LP: #1867791)
  * Backport optional initrd changes from upstream to reduce our delta
  * Move the container test from initramfs and kernel hooks to main to prevent
    flash-kernel ever running in a container (LP: #1863145)
  * Remove FLASH_KERNEL_SKIP; it's no longer used in livecd-rootfs

 -- Dave Jones <email address hidden> Mon, 23 Mar 2020 14:10:03 +0000

When can we get this into Bionic? We're about to land a 5.4 raspi kernel...

Test package for SRU to bionic is built in:

https://launchpad.net/~waveform/+archive/ubuntu/flash-kernel

From the branch at:

https://code.launchpad.net/~waveform/ubuntu/+source/flash-kernel/+git/flash-kernel/+ref/sru-raspi-bionic

Hello Juerg, or anyone else affected,

Accepted flash-kernel into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flash-kernel/3.98ubuntu11~18.04.2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-bionic to verification-done-bionic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-bionic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

I have pinged Dave before he went off for holidays about this, and this was his answer:

19:31 @sil2100 that's the one for the +raspi flavour change - yes, that should be fine - I tested that yesterday IIRC (but memory's a bit fuzzy from yesterday!)

Indeed I see images building correctly. It's just a flavor addition so let's get this released.

This bug was fixed in the package flash-kernel - 3.98ubuntu11~18.04.2

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flash-kernel (3.98ubuntu11~18.04.2) bionic; urgency=medium

  * Support "raspi" kernel flavor in addition to "raspi2" (LP: #1868071)

 -- Dave Jones <email address hidden> Wed, 01 Jul 2020 13:38:22 +0000

The verification of the Stable Release Update for flash-kernel has completed successfully and the package is now being released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.