Always kexecs on shutdown/reboot
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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kexec-tools (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
|
Andy Whitcroft | ||
Intrepid |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Jaunty |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Andy Whitcroft |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: kexec-tools
When I have kexec-tools installed, it seems to trigger a kexec whenever I shut down or reboot. This doesn't seem like sensible default behavior, and my reading of the init script seems to indicate that it's not intentional. It happens nonetheless, though.
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SRU Justification [Jaunty]
Impact: when kexec-tools is installed reboot is optimised using kexec, the user no longer drops to bios nor sees their bootloader menus. this should be an opt-in change as the user may install kexec to get crash dump functionality and is not expecting reboot to be altered.
Fix Description: change the default to disable use of kexec for reboot by default for new installations, for upgrades from versions before this fix switch it off.
Risks: the change of default may affect previous installs
TEST CASE: install kexec-tools and reboot, the bios and bootloader are skipped before this fix, but should not be skipped after it. Please also make sure to test upgrades from a system that already had kexec-tools installed.
Changed in kexec-tools (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
description: | updated |
tags: | added: regression-release |
Changed in kexec-tools (Ubuntu Jaunty): | |
assignee: | nobody → Andy Whitcroft (apw) |
status: | New → In Progress |
description: | updated |
Changed in kexec-tools (Ubuntu Jaunty): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
tags: |
added: verification-done removed: verification-needed |
Targeting for intrepid, as this makes linux-crashdump unusable