** Description changed: [Impact] - * u-boot-sifive package currently does not upgrade bootloader on loader1/loader2 partitions. - - * there have now been bugs identified, meaning that upgrading u-boot is required to upgrade from v5.8 kernel to v5.11 (i.e. either in-focal, or from focal to hirsute). + * u-boot-sifive package currently does not upgrade bootloader on + loader1/loader2 partitions. - * Add maintainer script that identifies if the machine one is running + * there have now been bugs identified, meaning that upgrading u-boot is + required to upgrade from v5.8 kernel to v5.11 (i.e. either in-focal, or + from focal to hirsute). + + * Add maintainer script that identifies if the machine one is running on is unleashed or unamtched, and appropriately upgrades the bootloader on loader1/loader2 partitions. [Test Plan] - * Boot older unleashed or unmatched image + * Boot older unleashed or unmatched image - * Upgrade u-boot-sifive to latest package + * Check version strings of loader1/loader2 partitions - * Reboot, and observe on the serial console that u-boot version number + $ sudo strings /dev/disk/by-partlabel/loader* | grep 202 | grep U-Boot + + * Upgrade u-boot-sifive to latest package + + * Check version strings of loader1/loader2 partitions, they should have + changed + + $ sudo strings /dev/disk/by-partlabel/loader* | grep 202 | grep U-Boot + + * Reboot, and observe on the serial console that u-boot version number is incremented to the latest one. - * Repeat the test twice, once with unleashed board, once with unmatched + * Repeat the test twice, once with unleashed board, once with unmatched board - * Upgrade the package under qemu VM and observe no side-effects / no + * Upgrade the package under qemu VM and observe no side-effects / no attempts to upgrade anything. [Where problems could occur] - * It is not possible to atomically upgrade loader1 and loader2 simultaniously. - * A backup of loader1 and loader2 partitions is not stored anywhere. - * Thus in case of errors rollback of older u-boot is not performed. - * However if dd of one or the other partition fails, it is unlikely that one can restore the backup. + * It is not possible to atomically upgrade loader1 and loader2 simultaniously. + * A backup of loader1 and loader2 partitions is not stored anywhere. + * Thus in case of errors rollback of older u-boot is not performed. + * However if dd of one or the other partition fails, it is unlikely that one can restore the backup.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1936370 Title: u-boot-sifive does not upgrade u-boot on disk To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/u-boot/+bug/1936370/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
