Hello scotte, or anyone else affected, Accepted initramfs-tools into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs- tools/0.122ubuntu8.4 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance! ** Also affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu Z-series) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed ** Tags added: verification-needed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to initramfs-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1631474 Title: No networking with initramfs-tools 0.122ubuntu8.3 and ip=dhcp boot option Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in initramfs-tools source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Status in initramfs-tools source package in Yakkety: Fix Committed Status in initramfs-tools source package in z-series: Fix Committed Bug description: [Impact] * 0.122ubuntu8.3 of initramfs-tools no longer correctly processed ip=dhcp or ip=:::::eth0:dhcp * Regression-updates * The fix better parses the ip= command line argument. [Test Case] * Create a machine that boots using an nfsroot. * Use ip=:::::eth0:dhcp on the kernel command line. To set up networking. * Discover that the device never comes up because, networking is not configured correctly. [Regression Potential] * Regressions potential is limited to machines using ip={""|::::*|on|any|dhcp} on the kernel command line. As this is already broken regression potential is minimal. This is common on machines that use nfsroot or otherwise pxe boot. [Other Info] * There are a number of other issues in this code base that are not solved by this fix. - The ?*:?*:?*:?*: use case falls through to the default case, and likely breaks there. As such static assignment via ip= appears broken - * The networking configuration does not strictly follow the kernel documentation as described https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt . This should be fixed. ====================Original Bug Description Follows================== initramfs-tools 0.122ubuntu8.3 introduced a serious regression where networking is not initialized when the boot option "ip=dhcp" is provided. We are seeing this problem in AWS, but cannot confirm if this issue is specific to AWS or will occur with different hardware or in different environments. Removing "ip=dhcp" from the boot options with 0.122ubuntu8.3 results in networking being configured. The issue does not occur with 0.122ubuntu8.2 or previous versions when "ip=dhcp" is set. AWS has no console so debugging is not a trivial task. I do have a console log with some output, and will update this bug shortly with it. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1631474/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
