From alguien at respiranto.de Thu Feb 25 16:34:26 2021 From: alguien at respiranto.de (=?UTF-8?Q?Einhard_Leichtfu=c3=9f?=) Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 17:34:26 +0100 Subject: [Assist] linux-libre-lts does not boot with now-default zstd initrd compression Message-ID: <6a8246ea-1b02-c463-2b9b-918d34cf9b25@respiranto.de> Hi, this should be a bug report, but I repeatedly failed creating an issue on the bug-tracker, being given the following error / warning messages: > Sorry, in order to prevent spam, there are posting constraints on members newer than 2 days, and with fewer than 2 posts. Please try again in 20 minutes. > Sorry, that post has too many non-dictionary words. Consider putting long command-line outputs and URLs into a file and attaching it with the 'Browse' button below. (Neither waiting t: 20min < t < 2d, nor moving the URLs to a file helped.) mkinitcpio switched to zstd as default compression algorithm with version 30, as announced in the Arch news [0]. This happened knowing that, on Arch, linux-lts moved to version 5.10, with support for zstd. However, on Parabola, linux-libre-lts is still at version 5.4, without support for zstd. Furthermore, on armv7h, linux-libre is at version 5.8, also without support for zstd. Hence, machines updated to the latest versions of mkinitcpio and linux-libre-lts (or linux-libre on armv7h), and the default mkinitcpio.conf will refuse to boot that kernel. The natural workaround is to set COMPRESSION to some other value in mkinitcpio.conf and to subsequently rebuild the initrd. It is worth noting that linux-libre-lts is recommended in the Installation Guide [1]. I suggest making an announcement in the news and/or adapting the default mkinitcpio.conf. Regards, Einhard [0] https://archlinux.org/news/moving-to-zstandard-images-by-default-on-mkinitcpio/ [1] https://wiki.parabola.nu/Installation_Guide#Install_a_kernel From bill-auger at peers.community Fri Feb 26 22:19:19 2021 From: bill-auger at peers.community (bill-auger) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2021 17:19:19 -0500 Subject: [Assist] linux-libre-lts does not boot with now-default zstd initrd compression In-Reply-To: <6a8246ea-1b02-c463-2b9b-918d34cf9b25@respiranto.de> References: <6a8246ea-1b02-c463-2b9b-918d34cf9b25@respiranto.de> Message-ID: <20210226171919.64932a87@parabola.localdomain> the message was just too complex for an initial post from a new user - if you tell me your bug tracker login, i can remove the restriction From alguien at respiranto.de Fri Feb 26 22:26:06 2021 From: alguien at respiranto.de (=?UTF-8?Q?Einhard_Leichtfu=c3=9f?=) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2021 23:26:06 +0100 Subject: [Assist] linux-libre-lts does not boot with now-default zstd initrd compression In-Reply-To: <20210226171919.64932a87@parabola.localdomain> References: <6a8246ea-1b02-c463-2b9b-918d34cf9b25@respiranto.de> <20210226171919.64932a87@parabola.localdomain> Message-ID: <807e89eb-c36f-bb42-d7a9-7dc705a21bf2@respiranto.de> On 26/02/2021 23:19, bill-auger wrote: > the message was just too complex for an initial post from a new > user - if you tell me your bug tracker login, i can remove the > restriction It's "respiranto". Thanks. > _______________________________________________ > Assist mailing list > Assist at lists.parabola.nu > https://lists.parabola.nu/mailman/listinfo/assist > From bill-auger at peers.community Fri Feb 26 22:56:10 2021 From: bill-auger at peers.community (bill-auger) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2021 17:56:10 -0500 Subject: [Assist] linux-libre-lts does not boot with now-default zstd initrd compression In-Reply-To: <807e89eb-c36f-bb42-d7a9-7dc705a21bf2@respiranto.de> References: <6a8246ea-1b02-c463-2b9b-918d34cf9b25@respiranto.de> <20210226171919.64932a87@parabola.localdomain> <807e89eb-c36f-bb42-d7a9-7dc705a21bf2@respiranto.de> Message-ID: <20210226175610.0e0f325a@parabola.localdomain> bone, via mesa?oj al la cimspuradilo estas senlima, nun From alguien at respiranto.de Fri Feb 26 23:40:26 2021 From: alguien at respiranto.de (=?UTF-8?Q?Einhard_Leichtfu=c3=9f?=) Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2021 00:40:26 +0100 Subject: [Assist] linux-libre-lts does not boot with now-default zstd initrd compression In-Reply-To: <20210226175610.0e0f325a@parabola.localdomain> References: <6a8246ea-1b02-c463-2b9b-918d34cf9b25@respiranto.de> <20210226171919.64932a87@parabola.localdomain> <807e89eb-c36f-bb42-d7a9-7dc705a21bf2@respiranto.de> <20210226175610.0e0f325a@parabola.localdomain> Message-ID: On 26/02/2021 23:56, bill-auger wrote: > bone, via mesa?oj al la cimspuradilo estas senlima, nun Multan dankon! Mi nun sendis la mesa?on sukcese.