Re: LUKS2 support in Guix

2024-03-03 Thread Fabio Natali
Hi Maxim, On 2024-03-02, 22:08 -0500, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > Is there something preventing us from updating GRUB to benefit from > full LUKS2 support? That I don't know. There seems to be a patch that updates to GRUB 2.12 already, see other message in this thread. If the patch can be made ups

Re: LUKS2 support in Guix

2024-03-03 Thread Fabio Natali
Hi Josselin, Thanks for getting back to me. On 2024-03-02, 22:23 +0100, Josselin Poiret wrote: > I have a patch locally upgrading Grub, but it's not in upstreaming > shape yet and I haven't had much time to work on it recently. I am > running it though, and it's working quite well. Would anyon

Re: LUKS2 support in Guix

2024-03-02 Thread Maxim Cournoyer
Hello, Fabio Natali writes: > On 2024-03-02, 10:41 +0300, Oleg Pykhalov wrote: >> I also lost some time due to this incorrect statement. > > Brilliant, thanks Felix and Oleg. > > FWIW, micro-patch submitted here⁰. > > Let's see what the patch reviewer thinks. I'm not terribly happy about > "dow

Re: LUKS2 support in Guix

2024-03-02 Thread Josselin Poiret
Hi Fabio and everyone, Fabio Natali writes: > On 2024-03-02, 10:41 +0300, Oleg Pykhalov wrote: >> I also lost some time due to this incorrect statement. > > Brilliant, thanks Felix and Oleg. > > FWIW, micro-patch submitted here⁰. > > Let's see what the patch reviewer thinks. I'm not terribly ha

Re: LUKS2 support in Guix

2024-03-02 Thread Fabio Natali
On 2024-03-02, 10:41 +0300, Oleg Pykhalov wrote: > I also lost some time due to this incorrect statement. Brilliant, thanks Felix and Oleg. FWIW, micro-patch submitted here⁰. Let's see what the patch reviewer thinks. I'm not terribly happy about "downgrading" the manual's recommendation from LU

Re: LUKS2 support in Guix

2024-03-01 Thread Oleg Pykhalov
Hi, Felix Lechner via "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." writes: > On Fri, Mar 01 2024, Fabio Natali wrote: > >> could it be worth to amend the manual to say that it has to be LUKS1 > > Based on the many folks who trip over this, especially on IRC, that > seems like a gre

Re: LUKS2 support in Guix

2024-03-01 Thread Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
Hi Fabio, On Fri, Mar 01 2024, Fabio Natali wrote: > could it be worth to amend the manual to say that it has to be LUKS1 Based on the many folks who trip over this, especially on IRC, that seems like a great idea! Kind regards Felix

LUKS2 support in Guix

2024-03-01 Thread Fabio Natali
Hi 👋, I wasn't able to use a LUKS2+PBKDF2 encrypted partition when setting up a machine recently. I understand this isn't supported by the version of GRUB currently shipped in Guix. Basically, with a LUKS2+PBKDF2 drive, you get stuck at boot with no chance for GRUB to detect the relevant partitio