Ubuntu18.04[P9, WSP]: Not able to configure 2MB hugepage while installation as i provided default_hugepagesz=2MB hugepagesz=2MB huegpage=20000 while installation cmdline

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== Comment: #0 - Praveen K. Pandey <email address hidden> - 2018-03-01 02:06:35 ==
Problem Description:
 Not able to configure 2MB hugepage while installation as i provided default_hugepagesz=2MB hugepagesz=2MB huegpage=20000 while installation cmdline

Reproducible Step:
1- Try to install Ubutnu18.04 using neboot image
2- Pass hugepage info while installation

Kernel :
http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ubuntu-ports/dists/bionic-proposed/main/installer-ppc64el/current/images/netboot/ubuntu-installer/ppc64el/vmlinux

Initrd:
http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ubuntu-ports/dists/bionic-proposed/main/installer-ppc64el/current/images/netboot/ubuntu-installer/ppc64el/initrd.gz

Boot Param :

auto console=ttyS0 console-setup/layoutcode=us BOOTIF=70-e2-84-14-24-54 netcfg/disable_autoconfig=true netcfg/choose_interface=auto netcfg/get_nameservers=<ip> netcfg/get_ipaddress=<ip> netcfg/get_netmask=<ip> netcfg/get_gateway=<ip> netcfg/get_hostname=ltc-wspoon4 netcfg/get_domain=aus.stglabs.ibm.com priority=low default_hugepagesz=2MB hugepagesz=2MB huegpage=20000

3- Install system and boot

4- check huge page setting in cmdline as well in meminfo

LOG:
root@ltc-wspoon4:~# cat /proc/cmdline
root=UUID=06d5c342-2565-4df3-b7fc-eac365604469 ro quiet splash
root@ltc-wspoon4:~#
root@ltc-wspoon4:~# cat /proc/meminfo | grep -i huge
AnonHugePages: 0 kB
ShmemHugePages: 0 kB
HugePages_Total: 0
HugePages_Free: 0
HugePages_Rsvd: 0
HugePages_Surp: 0
Hugepagesize: 2048 kB
root@ltc-wspoon4:~#

Regards
Praveen

== Comment: #4 - Praveen K. Pandey <email address hidden> - 2018-03-18 23:59:07 ==
Hi
   I tried again with today's daily build still facing same issue

below is kernel,Initrd and Boot Param details
Kernel :
http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ubuntu-ports/dists/bionic-proposed/main/installer-ppc64el/current/images/netboot/ubuntu-installer/ppc64el/vmlinux

Initrd:
http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ubuntu-ports/dists/bionic-proposed/main/installer-ppc64el/current/images/netboot/ubuntu-installer/ppc64el/initrd.gz

Boot Param :
auto console=ttyS0 console-setup/layoutcode=us BOOTIF=70-e2-84-14-24-54 netcfg/disable_autoconfig=true netcfg/choose_interface=auto netcfg/get_nameservers=<ip> netcfg/get_ipaddress=<ip> netcfg/get_netmask=<ip> netcfg/get_gateway=<ip> netcfg/get_hostname=ltc-wspoon4 netcfg/get_domain=aus.stglabs.ibm.com default_hugepagesz=2MB hugepagesz=2MB hugepages=20000

Regards
Praveen

== Comment: #5 - Kalpana Shetty <email address hidden> - 2018-03-19 02:17:31 ==
Does this work on an already installed OS?

== Comment: #11 - Praveen K. Pandey <email address hidden> - 2018-03-26 04:00:26 ==
(In reply to comment #6)
> Hi Praveen,
> Can you provide logs for this when you retried. And output of cat
> /proc/meminfo.

HI

  Please find below details

root@ltc-wspoon4:~# cat /proc/cmdline
root=UUID=0266024d-8ea3-4132-ad62-b49befd6f8d9 ro quiet splash crashkernel=2G-4G:320M,4G-32G:512M,32G-64G:1024M,64G-128G:2048M,128G-:4096M@128M
root@ltc-wspoon4:~# cat /proc/meminfo | grep -i Huge
AnonHugePages: 0 kB
ShmemHugePages: 0 kB
HugePages_Total: 0
HugePages_Free: 0
HugePages_Rsvd: 0
HugePages_Surp: 0
Hugepagesize: 2048 kB
root@ltc-wspoon4:~#

@kalpana yes it worked in already installed OS .

Regards
Praveen

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Default Comment by Bridge

[Frank Heimes (fheimes)]

I assume you tool the "Boot Param" data listed above from within an d-i installer shell?
Can you please also provide the installer logs (full content of /var/log/installer)? thx

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

The debian-installer requires a delimiter on the kernel commandline to separate boot options for the installer, from options to the kernel that you want to be carried forward post-installation.

Does this work if you instead boot with:

auto console=ttyS0 console-setup/layoutcode=us BOOTIF=70-e2-84-14-24-54 netcfg/disable_autoconfig=true netcfg/choose_interface=auto netcfg/get_nameservers=<ip> netcfg/get_ipaddress=<ip> netcfg/get_netmask=<ip> netcfg/get_gateway=<ip> netcfg/get_hostname=ltc-wspoon4 netcfg/get_domain=aus.stglabs.ibm.com --- default_hugepagesz=2MB hugepagesz=2MB hugepages=20000

?

(You might also wish to place the console=ttyS0 option after this separator.)

This behavior is documented at <https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/installation-guide/ppc64el/ch05s03.html>.

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------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2018-04-15 14:36 EDT-------
@Praveen: what is the update on this?

[Andrew Cloke (andrew-cloke)]

Praveen, have you tried the suggestion made in comment #3. Does that resolve your issue?
If so, please close this bug.

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------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2018-04-24 02:42 EDT-------
(In reply to comment #20)
> Praveen, have you tried the suggestion made in comment #3. Does that resolve
> your issue?
> If so, please close this bug.

Praveen: your immediate attention is required. Please attend this bug.

[Manoj Iyer (manjo)]

Based on Comments #5 and #6 I am making this as wont fix. Please reopen if this is still a valid issue.