Installation of GRUB 2.06-2ubuntu17 fails on riscv64

[Heinrich Schuchardt]

Installation of GRUB 2.06-2ubuntu17 fails on riscv64

$ sudo grub-install --version
grub-install (GRUB) 2.06-2ubuntu17
$ sudo grub-install
Installing for riscv64-efi platform.
grub-install: error: relocation 0x13 is not implemented yet.
$ uname -a
Linux system 6.2.0-19-generic #19.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 31 12:41:53 UTC 2023 riscv64 riscv64 riscv64 GNU/Linux

My system is an HiFive SiFive Unmatched running Ubuntu Mantic but the problem should be reproducible in QEMU too.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.10
Package: grub2-common 2.06-2ubuntu17
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.2.0-19.19.1-generic 6.2.6
Uname: Linux 6.2.0-19-generic riscv64
ApportVersion: 2.26.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: riscv64
CasperMD5json:
 {
   "result": "skip"
 }
Date: Fri Jun 2 17:09:55 2023
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-04-19 (44 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 23.04 "Lunar Lobster" - Release riscv64 (20230417)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=vt220
SourcePackage: grub2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Heinrich Schuchardt (xypron)]

In upstream GRUB, grub-core/kern/riscv/dl.c:191 support for R_RISCV_CALL_PLT (= 0x13) is implemented.
See commit 403d6540cd60 ("RISC-V: Handle R_RISCV_CALL_PLT reloc")

[Julian Andres Klode (juliank)]

I have applied the fix to git and built packages in ppa:ubuntu-uefi-team/ubuntu/ppa.

[Julian Andres Klode (juliank)]

Uploaded as https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/2.06-2ubuntu18

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package grub2 - 2.06-2ubuntu18

---------------
grub2 (2.06-2ubuntu18) mantic; urgency=medium

  * Cherry-pick "RISC-V: Handle R_RISCV_CALL_PLT reloc" (LP: #2022379)
  * Drop i386 from grub-efi-amd64* (LP: #2020907)
  * Turn depends on grub-efi-amd64/arm64 unversioned

 -- Julian Andres Klode <email address hidden> Mon, 05 Jun 2023 18:55:05 +0200