arm64/efi support
Bug #1435663 reported by
dann frazier
This bug affects 2 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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efibootmgr (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Trusty |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
dann frazier | ||
Utopic |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
grub-installer (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Trusty |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
dann frazier | ||
Utopic |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
dann frazier | ||
grub2 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Trusty |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
dann frazier | ||
Utopic |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
grub2-signed (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Trusty |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Utopic |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
libdebian-installer (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Trusty |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
dann frazier | ||
Utopic |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
dann frazier | ||
partman-auto (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Trusty |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
dann frazier | ||
Utopic |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
dann frazier | ||
partman-efi (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Trusty |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
dann frazier | ||
Utopic |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
dann frazier |
Bug Description
[Impact]
It is currently not possible to install EFI-based arm64 systems.
[Test Case]
Install an arm64 system with d-i. On reboot you should have a new "ubuntu" entry in the EFI boot menu that starts GRUB and boots into Linux. This can be tested in QEMU if hardware is not available:
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Note that kernel support is also required, so you'll need to use an LTS Enablement kernel.
[Regression Risk]
Most of the required changes involve enabling builds/backporting code that will only run on previously-
Related branches
Changed in libdebian-installer (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
assignee: | nobody → dann frazier (dannf) |
Changed in efibootmgr (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Changed in efibootmgr (Ubuntu Utopic): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Changed in efibootmgr (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu Utopic): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu Utopic): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Changed in libdebian-installer (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Changed in libdebian-installer (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in libdebian-installer (Ubuntu Utopic): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in partman-auto (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Changed in partman-efi (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Changed in partman-efi (Ubuntu Utopic): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in partman-efi (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in partman-auto (Ubuntu Utopic): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in partman-auto (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in libdebian-installer (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | dann frazier (dannf) → nobody |
Changed in efibootmgr (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
assignee: | nobody → dann frazier (dannf) |
Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
assignee: | nobody → dann frazier (dannf) |
Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu Utopic): | |
assignee: | nobody → dann frazier (dannf) |
Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
assignee: | nobody → dann frazier (dannf) |
Changed in libdebian-installer (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
assignee: | nobody → dann frazier (dannf) |
Changed in libdebian-installer (Ubuntu Utopic): | |
assignee: | nobody → dann frazier (dannf) |
Changed in partman-auto (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
assignee: | nobody → dann frazier (dannf) |
Changed in partman-auto (Ubuntu Utopic): | |
assignee: | nobody → dann frazier (dannf) |
Changed in partman-efi (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
assignee: | nobody → dann frazier (dannf) |
Changed in partman-efi (Ubuntu Utopic): | |
assignee: | nobody → dann frazier (dannf) |
Changed in efibootmgr (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Changed in partman-efi (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in partman-efi (Ubuntu Utopic): | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in partman-auto (Ubuntu Utopic): | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in partman-auto (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in libdebian-installer (Ubuntu Utopic): | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in libdebian-installer (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu Utopic): | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
tags: |
added: verification-done-utopic verification-needed-trusty removed: verification-needed |
Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
tags: |
added: verification-done verification-done-trusty removed: verification-needed-trusty |
tags: | removed: verification-needed |
Changed in grub2-signed (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | New → Fix Committed |
Changed in grub2-signed (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Changed in grub2-signed (Ubuntu Utopic): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
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Adding a proposed backport patch for grub2. Note that this is blocked on the efibootmgr SRU, otherwise it would make grub-efi-arm64-bin uninstallable.