Hello, I submitted this patch set back in May and have not heard anything. I noticed it also has not been merged into the GRUB tree. Is there some issue with the patches that I still need to fix? If so, please let me know so I can make the corrections and submit an updated patch set.
Thanks, Nicholas Vinson On 05/14/2017 09:26 AM, Nicholas Vinson wrote: > This is an updated patch set for PARTUUID support. I've retested > against GRUB 2.03 and found no errors. Because including Steve Kenton's > patches in the last iteration caused confusion, I have removed them from > this version. I have also removed the flex-2.6.3 compatibility patch as > flex-2.6.4 has been released and is not affected by the same issues. > > Thanks, > Nicholas Vinson > > Changes from Patch v3: > - Removed flex-2.6.3 compatibility patch > > - Removed Steve Kenton's patch > > Changes from Patch v2: > - Added flex-2.6.3 compatibility patch > > - Fixed a GPT partition read error > > - Added Steve Kenton's patch > > - Changed struct grub_part_gpt_type name to struct > grub_part_gpt_part_guid > > - Changed grub_part_gpt_type_t typedef name to grub_part_gpt_guid_t > > - Added sprint_gpt_guid to Steve Kenton's patch > > - Updated v1 and Steve Kenton's patch to use similar methods when > reading partition GUIDs. > > Changes from Patch v1: > - Added GRUB_ENABLE_LINUX_PARTUUID variable description to grub.texi > > - Removed added gpt_part_guid copy logic from > grub_gpt_partition_map_iterate() > > - Removed added NT disk signature copy logic from > grub_partition_msdos_iterate() > > - Removed modifications to partition number increment logic > > - Removed added guid union definition. > > - Added GRUB_ENABLE_LINUX_PARTUUID to grub-mkconfig.in export list > > - Moved PRINT_GPT_PARTTYPE printing logic to print_gpt_guid() > function in grub-probe.c > > - Updated PRINT_GPT_PARTTYPE case to call print_gpt_guid() function > in grub-probe.c. > > - Created probe_partuuid() function in grub-probe.c > > - Updated print == PRINT_PARTUUID check logic in probe() to call > probe_partuuid(). > > - Updated UUID logic in 10_linux.in to enable root=PARTUUID feature > only if GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID is not set to true, > and GRUB_DEVICE_PARTUUID is not empty, GRUB_ENABLE_LINUX_PARTUUID > is set to true. > > Hello, > > This is a request to add PARTUUID detection support grub-probe for MBR > and GPT partition schemes. The Linux kernel supports mounting the root > filesystem by Linux device name or by the Partition [GU]UID. GRUB's > mkconfig, however, currently only supports specifying the rootfs in the > kernel command-line by Linux device name unless an initramfs is also > present. When an initramfs is present GRUB's mkconfig will set the > kernel's root parameter value to either the Linux device name or to the > filesystem [GU]UID. > > Therefore, the only way to protect a Linux system from failing to boot > when its Linux storage device names change is to either manually edit > grub.cfg or /etc/default/grub and append root=PARTUUID=xxx to the > command-line or create an initramfs that understands how to mount > devices by filesystem [G]UID and let grub-mkconfig pass the filesystem > [GU]UID to the initramfs. > > The goal of this patch set is to enable root=PARTUUID=xxx support in > grub-mkconfig, so that users don't have to manually edit > /etc/default/grub or grub.cfg, or create an initramfs for the sole > purpose of having a robust bootloader configuration for Linux. > > Thanks, > Nicholas Vinson > > Nicholas Vinson (3): > Update grub_gpt_partentry; centralize guid prints > Add PARTUUID detection support to grub-probe > Update grub script template files > > docs/grub.texi | 13 +++++++ > grub-core/disk/ldm.c | 2 +- > grub-core/partmap/gpt.c | 4 +-- > include/grub/gpt_partition.h | 8 ++--- > util/grub-install.c | 2 +- > util/grub-mkconfig.in | 3 ++ > util/grub-probe.c | 81 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- > util/grub.d/10_linux.in | 13 +++++-- > 8 files changed, 101 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) >
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