Forwarding my reply from this other relevant thread[1]: > Hi, > It looks like some people[1,2] including myself are running into an issue > where the `guix system reconfigure` command fails, presumably because > `KEXEC_FILE_DEBUG` is not supported in older kernel configurations. > > The output of reconfiguring my system is the same as Simen's[2] ending in: > > ``` > To complete the upgrade, run 'herd restart SERVICE' to stop, > upgrade, and restart each service that was not automatically restarted. > Run 'herd status' to view the list of services on your system. > WARNING: (guile-user): imported module (guix build utils) overrides core > binding `delete' > guix system: error: kexec-load-file: Invalid argument > ``` > > My system runs a custom kernel configuration that I created via `make > menuconfig` in the kernel repo. I suspect the issue lies here: > > ``` > (define (kexec-loading-program os) > "Return a program that calls 'kexec_file_load' to allow rebooting into OS > via 'kexec'." > (let ((root-device (file-system-device > (operating-system-root-file-system os)))) > (program-file > "kexec-load-system.scm" > (with-imported-modules '((guix build syscalls)) > #~(begin > (use-modules (guix build syscalls))
> (let ((kernel (open-fdes #$(operating-system-kernel-file os) > O_RDONLY)) > (initrd (open-fdes #$(operating-system-initrd-file os) > O_RDONLY))) > (kexec-load-file kernel initrd > (string-join > (list #$@(operating-system-kernel-arguments > os root-device))) > KEXEC_FILE_DEBUG))))))) > ``` > > This is the relevant snippet from my kernel configuration: > > ``` > # > # Kexec and crash features > # > CONFIG_CRASH_CORE=y > CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE=y > CONFIG_KEXEC=y > CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE=y > CONFIG_KEXEC_JUMP=y > CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP=y > CONFIG_CRASH_HOTPLUG=y > CONFIG_CRASH_MAX_MEMORY_RANGES=8192 > # end of Kexec and crash features > # end of General setup > ``` > > [1] https://issues.guix.gnu.org/75320 > [2] https://issues.guix.gnu.org/75211 [1] https://issues.guix.gnu.org/75027 -- Boogs
