I guess the next question is why dmidecode being run as root is required on a cloud init? What happens when arches don't have DMI data?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to dmidecode in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1858615 Title: dmidecode triggers system reboot on Inforce 6640 Status in cloud-init: Invalid Status in dmidecode package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: Device: Inforce 6640 https://www.inforcecomputing.com/products/single-board-computers-sbc/qualcomm-snapdragon-820-inforce-6640-sbc SoC: Snapdragon 820 sysname='Linux', nodename='ubuntu', release='4.15.0-1069-snapdragon', version='#76-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 26 16:10:14 UTC 2019', machine='aarch64' The issue is caused by following commit. Inforce 6640 doesn't have functional demidecode. System will reboot when executing dmidecode. commit 3416e2ee7f65defdb15aab861a85767d13e8c34c Author: Robert Schweikert <rjsch...@suse.com> Date: Sat Oct 29 09:29:53 2016 -0400 dmidecode: Allow dmidecode to be used on aarch64 aarch64 systems have functional dmidecode, so allow that to be used. - aarch64 has support for dmidecode as well To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1858615/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
