On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 09:43 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:39:58 -0400 (EDT), Vincent Danjean wrote:
> > On 07/06/2010 17:37, Stephen Powell wrote:
> >> But for a kernel install or reconfigure, it is the responsibility of the
> >> kernel maintainer scripts to invoke the bootloader. See also, for example,
> >> linux-image-2.6.26-2-s390.postinst, where zipl is assigned as the
> >> bootloader
> >> on line 38. This really is an "open and shut case", if only I can the
> >> kernel
> >> people to actually look at it! Please look at it!
> >
> > If I recall correctly, kernel maintainers have introduced
> > /etc/kernel/post{inst,rm}.d/ in order to avoid to hardcode each possible
> > bootloader in their script.
> > Can't lilo provide a script here ?
>
> do_bootloader = yes
>
> in /etc/kernel-img.conf means "run the historic boot loader for this
> platform".
> For the i386 platform (and amd64) the historic boot loader is lilo. For
> the s390 platform, that boot loader is zipl. The kernel maintainer scripts
> for the s390 platform still specify zipl as the boot loader
>
> my $loader = "zipl"; # lilo, silo, quik, palo, vmelilo,
> nettrom, arcboot, or delo
>
> so that
>
> do_bootloader = yes
>
> in /etc/kernel-img.conf will work. The kernel maintainer scripts for i386
> and amd64
> for Lenny and beyond specify a null string. That is inconsistent. It should
> specify
>
> my $loader = "lilo"; # lilo, silo, quik, palo, vmelilo,
> nettrom, arcboot, or delo
>
> for consistency between platforms.
[...]This code and the file /etc/kernel-img.conf are vestiges of kernel-package which are gradually being removed from the official kernel packages. Therefore I don't think we should reinstate this idea of the default loader but we should change the code so that it doesn't silently fail if do_loader is set and loader is not. All packages that need to react to kernel installation or removal should install appropriate hook scripts in the directories under /etc/kernel instead of relying on specific support in the kernel maintainer scripts. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.
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