Bug#926539: rootskel: steal-ctty no longer works on s390x
On 18.04.21 17:27, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: > Is this bug still valid to be open? > > The mentioned commit landed in 5.3-rc1, 4.19.54 and as well 4.9.183. Unfortunately the daily debian-installer build (on Linux 5.10.0-6-s390x) is still broken on qemu-system-s390x. So the s390x part is still true. Kind regards Philipp Kern
Bug#926539: rootskel: steal-ctty no longer works on s390x
Is this bug still valid to be open? The mentioned commit landed in 5.3-rc1, 4.19.54 and as well 4.9.183. Regards, Salvatore
Bug#926539: rootskel: steal-ctty no longer works on s390x
On 5/20/20 1:18 PM, Philipp Kern wrote: > But then I keep wondering how representative qemu is. Is VT220 SCLP even > something you get on a real z machine? Not that we shouldn't fix qemu, > of course. But Hercules might be closer to the real thing in this regard. Hercules shows the exact same behavior. I also don't think the emulation is relevant as the underlying issue is a naming inconsistency in the kernel which is only present on s390x and used to be present on sparc64. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Bug#926539: rootskel: steal-ctty no longer works on s390x
On 20.05.20 12:42, Valentin Vidić wrote: > On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 11:19:53AM +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: >> Ah, sorry. I was seeing the cached version of the thread, refreshing helped. >> >> In any case, the SPARC kernel maintainer (Dave Miller) had the same argument >> that it would potentially break existing setups but eventually I could >> convince him that the change was right. >> >> Not sure which distributions he has in mind. > > It is hard to tell, but it seems the current state is hardcoded > in different places: > > https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2017-May/msg00068.html > https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/linuxonibm/com.ibm.linux.z.lhdd/lhdd_r_console_sum.html > > I think it would be better to make debian-installer smarter about > this since we will probably run into the same problem again with > a different architecture/driver. qemu-system-s390x is probably the least representative here. I recall that the consoles for z/VM and LPAR were actually different. As alluded to by the thread LPAR uses SCLP while you get 3215 on z/VM. I'm all for making d-i smarter. But I think we should start by trying to back merge all the improvements Canonical made on Ubuntu instead of Debian as part of their s390x contract. Maybe trying ubuntu-installer and seeing if that works correctly would be a good start. But then I keep wondering how representative qemu is. Is VT220 SCLP even something you get on a real z machine? Not that we shouldn't fix qemu, of course. But Hercules might be closer to the real thing in this regard. Kind regards Philipp Kern
Bug#926539: rootskel: steal-ctty no longer works on s390x
On 5/20/20 12:42 PM, Valentin Vidić wrote: > It is hard to tell, but it seems the current state is hardcoded > in different places: > > https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2017-May/msg00068.html This wouldn't cause breakage as with your change, the console name would actually be ttysclp0. > https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/linuxonibm/com.ibm.linux.z.lhdd/lhdd_r_console_sum.html Well, IBM could just update their documentation. > I think it would be better to make debian-installer smarter about > this since we will probably run into the same problem again with > a different architecture/driver. It was only SPARC which had this issue as well and where it was fixed. For all the other architectures, the console and driver names already match. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Bug#926539: rootskel: steal-ctty no longer works on s390x
On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 11:19:53AM +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Ah, sorry. I was seeing the cached version of the thread, refreshing helped. > > In any case, the SPARC kernel maintainer (Dave Miller) had the same argument > that it would potentially break existing setups but eventually I could > convince him that the change was right. > > Not sure which distributions he has in mind. It is hard to tell, but it seems the current state is hardcoded in different places: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2017-May/msg00068.html https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/linuxonibm/com.ibm.linux.z.lhdd/lhdd_r_console_sum.html I think it would be better to make debian-installer smarter about this since we will probably run into the same problem again with a different architecture/driver. -- Valentin
Bug#926539: rootskel: steal-ctty no longer works on s390x
On 5/20/20 11:17 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > I don't see any discussion in this thread. I would like to know the reasoning > why kernel upstream thinks that this naming inconsistency is correct. It > makes no sense, in my opinion and it can potentially trigger more problems. Ah, sorry. I was seeing the cached version of the thread, refreshing helped. In any case, the SPARC kernel maintainer (Dave Miller) had the same argument that it would potentially break existing setups but eventually I could convince him that the change was right. Not sure which distributions he has in mind. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Bug#926539: rootskel: steal-ctty no longer works on s390x
Hi! On 5/20/20 11:00 AM, Valentin Vidić wrote: > Similar change for console name on s390x was not accepted: > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/5/19/854 > > so please fix in rootskel. I don't see any discussion in this thread. I would like to know the reasoning why kernel upstream thinks that this naming inconsistency is correct. It makes no sense, in my opinion and it can potentially trigger more problems. Also, this bug report should be merged with the other one that I referenced yesterday. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Bug#926539: rootskel: steal-ctty no longer works on s390x
Similar change for console name on s390x was not accepted: https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/5/19/854 so please fix in rootskel. -- Valentin
