[Bug 1183056] New: Leap 15.3 kernel cannot load on a system with 32-bit UEFI
http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1183056 Bug ID: 1183056 Summary: Leap 15.3 kernel cannot load on a system with 32-bit UEFI Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Distribution Version: Leap 15.3 Hardware: Other OS: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Kernel Assignee: kernel-bugs@opensuse.org Reporter: nwr10cst-oslnx@yahoo.com QA Contact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/78.0 Build Identifier: I see this as related to bug 1172292 It seems impossible to load a Leap 15.3 kernel with 32-bit UEFI firmware. I tried several ways, but could not boot the installer. I eventually installed to a KVM virtual machine using legacy booting. I then took the installed memory image, and converted that to using 32-bit UEFI with ovmf-ia32-{code,vars}.bin firmware. And that still would not boot. I now have it successfully booting with kernel-default-5.3.18-lp152.63.1 which is a kernel from Leap 15.2. But it will not boot with the Leap 15.3 kernel. I'll grant that this is not an officially supported setup. Reproducible: Always -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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--- Comment #3 from Neil Rickert
Did the grub2 menu show? Was there any error message when loading Leap 15.3 kernel?
Yes, the grub2 menu shows just fine. I then see: Loading Linux 5.3.18-47-default ... Loading initial ramdisk ... And, after that, nothing. It just stays there showing those lines. I did install both kernel 5.3.18-lp152.66-default from Leap 15.2, and kernel -5.11.2-1-default from Tumbleweed. And those boot as expected. So I think it is a difference in the way that kernels are built for the Jump project (or for SLE) compared to the way that they are built for openSUSE. Sorry, but I don't know how to add to the "qemu" command. I'm using KVM and "virt-manager", so I am not directly running the "qemu" command. For completeness, I should add that I am booting with "grub2-i386-efi-2.04-lp152.7.12.1.noarch.rpm" (from Leap 15.2). Anything newer will not boot 5.3 kernels (see bug 1177009 ). Newer grub2 versions will boot the Tumbleweed kernel, but not the Leap 15.2 kernels. (Only marginally related -- bug 1183063 seems to also be because of the difference between how SLE/Jump kernels are built and how openSUSE kernels are built). -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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Jens K.
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--- Comment #7 from Neil Rickert
Isn't this a duplicate of https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1172292?
No, it isn't. Bug 1172292 is about the general problem of support for these systems. However, if you can manage to get it booted, then it does work. This bug is about a more specific problem, that the 15.3 kernel won't load, even if you get around the other difficulties. I actually have Leap 15.3 working in a VM with 32-bit EFI. However, I have to use either the Tumbleweed kernel or the Leap 15.2 kernel. I cannot get the 15.3 kernel to load. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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