** Description changed: + [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 + conifgured 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. + + [Other Info] + + * There are a number of other issues in this code base that are not solved by this fix. + * 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.
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