[meta-intel] [PATCH 1/1] conf/machine/intel-*: Add rootwait to APPEND variables

Saul Wold saul.wold at intel.com
Mon Apr 25 19:11:18 PDT 2016


On Mon, 2016-04-25 at 20:00 -0700, California Sullivan wrote:
> When using the init-install-efi.sh scripts from oe-core to install to
> a
> USB stick, we do not get the "rootwait" kernel command line option.
> Without the rootwait option we get a kernel panic when
> attempting to boot from the installed USB stick.
> 
> This patch adds rootwait to the kernel command line of all intel-*
> MACHINEs as a temporary workaround. This could potentially impact
> boot
> times with devices that do not require it, but in testing with a
> Silverjaw lure and SSD on a MinnowBoard Max, it did not have a
> noticable
> impact.
> 
I am trying this with grub-efi and gummiboot and it still seems to fail
for me.  I am using a USB stick with a Silverjaw lure with mSATA ssd.

Also, will you have an OE-Core patch for master and backport for
Korgoth?

Sau!

> Signed-off-by: California Sullivan <california.l.sullivan at intel.com>
> ---
>  conf/machine/intel-core2-32.conf  | 2 +-
>  conf/machine/intel-corei7-64.conf | 2 +-
>  conf/machine/intel-quark.conf     | 2 +-
>  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/conf/machine/intel-core2-32.conf b/conf/machine/intel-
> core2-32.conf
> index d2a4c30..5f8ee24 100644
> --- a/conf/machine/intel-core2-32.conf
> +++ b/conf/machine/intel-core2-32.conf
> @@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ XSERVER ?= "${XSERVER_X86_BASE} \
>  
>  SYSLINUX_OPTS = "serial 0 115200"
>  SERIAL_CONSOLES = "115200;ttyS0 115200;ttyPCH0"
> -APPEND += "console=ttyS0,115200 console=ttyPCH0,115200 console=tty0"
> +APPEND += "rootwait console=ttyS0,115200 console=ttyPCH0,115200
> console=tty0"
>  
>  PACKAGE_INSTALL_append_pn-core-image-minimal-initramfs = " linux-
> firmware-i915"
> diff --git a/conf/machine/intel-corei7-64.conf b/conf/machine/intel-
> corei7-64.conf
> index 8c7a21d..30d492f 100644
> --- a/conf/machine/intel-corei7-64.conf
> +++ b/conf/machine/intel-corei7-64.conf
> @@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ XSERVER ?= "${XSERVER_X86_BASE} \
>  
>  SYSLINUX_OPTS = "serial 0 115200"
>  SERIAL_CONSOLE = "115200 ttyS0"
> -APPEND += "console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0"
> +APPEND += "rootwait console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0"
>  
>  PACKAGE_INSTALL_append_pn-core-image-minimal-initramfs = " linux-
> firmware-i915"
> diff --git a/conf/machine/intel-quark.conf b/conf/machine/intel-
> quark.conf
> index 9db17a5..68e1199 100644
> --- a/conf/machine/intel-quark.conf
> +++ b/conf/machine/intel-quark.conf
> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ MACHINE_FEATURES += "intel-ucode"
>  MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += "kernel-modules linux-firmware"
>  
>  SERIAL_CONSOLE = "115200 ttyS1"
> -APPEND += "console=ttyS1,115200 console=tty0"
> +APPEND += "rootwait console=ttyS1,115200 console=tty0"
>  
>  EFI_PROVIDER = "gummiboot"
>  


More information about the meta-intel mailing list