- Package:
- release.debian.org
- Source:
- release.debian.org
- Submitter:
- Ben Hutchings
- Date:
- 2025-06-16 09:39:01 UTC
- Severity:
- normal
Please unblock package initramfs-tools [ Reason ] - Fix boot from SCSI on s390x - Fix missing versioned Breaks from initramfs-tools-bin to initramfs-tools-core [ Impact ] - Boot failure on some s390x systems (bug #1107689) - Possible file loss in some odd package upgrade and removal sequences (Debian policy chapter 7 footnote 3) [ Tests ] - Many boot configurations are covered by autopkgtests - Boot from SCSI on s390x will be tested manually (TBD) [ Risks ] These are small and localised changes with low risk of regresion. [ Checklist ] [X] all changes are documented in the d/changelog [X] I reviewed all changes and I approve them [X] attach debdiff against the package in testing [ Other info ] unblock initramfs-tools/0.148.2
Unblocked.
On Fri, 13 Jun 2025 01:46:31 +0200 Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote: [...] [...] Unfortunately it doesn't appear to be possible to emulate zFCP devices in QEMU, so I couldn't test boot from SCSI.. I did verify that the zfcp module does again get included in the initramfs. Ben.
Yes, this is only supported on the real hardware. All QEMU can do is provide virtio devices, no traditional mainframe devices. I did as well. Also we have a user report of now working systems: | 08:57:58 < waldi> pranav: please open a bug report against initramfs-tools. please try https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/initramfs-tools/-/merge_requests/175 | 08:58:09 < pranav> Ok. Thanks a lot | 09:13:38 < pranav> waldi: Yep it is now booting up fine. Bastian