fixrtc prefers root=/dev/ram over systempart= if the latter is set

Bug #1443329 reported by Oliver Grawert
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Critical
Oliver Grawert
initramfs-tools-ubuntu-touch (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Critical
Oliver Grawert

Bug Description

when both, root= and systempart= are set on the cmdline (specifically if root= points to /dev/ram) the root= parameter will always be preferred. for an immediate solution there was a fix uploaded in initramfs-tools to make root=/dev/ram ignored when systempart= is set in 0.103ubuntu15.

while this helps in the specific case of phones that hardcode root=/dev/ram on their kernel commandline, we need to consider if it makes sense to always ignore root= if systempart is set or if there is any sane combination of systempart= and root= that would require us to keep root=.

Oliver Grawert (ogra)
summary: - fixrtc allows setting of root= at the same time as systempart=
+ fixrtc allows setting of root=/dev/ram at the same time as systempart=
summary: - fixrtc allows setting of root=/dev/ram at the same time as systempart=
+ fixrtc prefers root=/dev/ram over systempart= if the latter is set
Oliver Grawert (ogra)
Changed in initramfs-tools (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Critical
assignee: nobody → Oliver Grawert (ogra)
status: New → In Progress
Oliver Grawert (ogra)
Changed in initramfs-tools-ubuntu-touch (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Oliver Grawert (ogra)
importance: Undecided → Critical
status: New → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package initramfs-tools - 0.103ubuntu15

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initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu15) vivid; urgency=medium

  * scripts/local-premount/fixrtc: if systempart= is set, we do not want to
    take root=/dev/ram into account even if it is defined on the kernel
    cmdline (LP: #1443329)
 -- Oliver Grawert <email address hidden> Mon, 13 Apr 2015 10:30:58 +0200

Changed in initramfs-tools (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package initramfs-tools-ubuntu-touch - 0.93

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initramfs-tools-ubuntu-touch (0.93) vivid; urgency=medium

  * no-change rebuild to pick up new initramfs-tools (LP: #1443329)
 -- Oliver Grawert <email address hidden> Mon, 13 Apr 2015 15:38:21 +0200

Changed in initramfs-tools-ubuntu-touch (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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