Bug#1033737: flash-kernel: Unable to run flash-kernel on EFI-based systems

2023-04-18 Thread Daniel Abrecht
In my image builder, I just mount a tmpfs over /sys/firmware to hide it: https://github.com/Daniel-Abrecht/dpa-image-builder/blob/22a18b8108d07ef72595f5217fd196cd01ddb71f/script/chns#L100 An Image builder shouldn't mess with the hosts firmware anyway.

Bug#1033737: flash-kernel: Unable to run flash-kernel on EFI-based systems

2023-04-17 Thread Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues
Hi, Quoting Isaac True (2023-04-17 10:49:20) > > Why would you have to run flash-kernel again? > > When it's being initially installed it won't have the additional command line > flag that forces it to ignore the EFI check, so it won't run and you would > have to run it manually afterwards with

Bug#1033737: flash-kernel: Unable to run flash-kernel on EFI-based systems

2023-04-17 Thread Isaac True
> Why would you have to run flash-kernel again? When it's being initially installed it won't have the additional command line flag that forces it to ignore the EFI check, so it won't run and you would have to run it manually afterwards with the flag. I agree that an env variable/config file

Bug#1033737: flash-kernel: Unable to run flash-kernel on EFI-based systems

2023-04-16 Thread Vagrant Cascadian
On 2023-04-16, Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues wrote: > On Fri, 31 Mar 2023 13:52:45 + Isaac True wrote: >> As part of our CI/CD system, we are building images for target devices. The >> images are set up in virtual machines which boot using EFI, but flash-kernel >> installation always

Bug#1033737: flash-kernel: Unable to run flash-kernel on EFI-based systems

2023-04-15 Thread Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues
Control: tag -1 + patch Hi, On Fri, 31 Mar 2023 13:52:45 + Isaac True wrote: > As part of our CI/CD system, we are building images for target devices. The > images are set up in virtual machines which boot using EFI, but flash-kernel > installation always fails as it detects that the

Bug#1033737: flash-kernel: Unable to run flash-kernel on EFI-based systems

2023-03-31 Thread Isaac True
Alternatively, this could be an environment variable to allow flash-kernel to run non-interactively on an EFI system (such as when installing/updating with apt, or after updating the initrd). --- diff -Nru flash-kernel-3.106/debian/changelog flash-kernel-3.106+nmu1/debian/changelog ---

Bug#1033737: flash-kernel: Unable to run flash-kernel on EFI-based systems

2023-03-31 Thread Isaac True
Package: flash-kernel Version: 3.106 Severity: normal File: flash-kernel X-Debbugs-Cc: isaac@is.having.coffee Dear Maintainer, As part of our CI/CD system, we are building images for target devices. The images are set up in virtual machines which boot using EFI, but flash-kernel installation