From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4D1FB1382C5 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2020 15:54:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CF429E0953; Mon, 8 Jun 2020 15:54:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (mail.digimed.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 73F89E0936 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2020 15:54:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (fenchurch.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id B33E9688F9 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2020 16:54:40 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2020 16:54:34 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo-sources 5.7.x Message-ID: <20200608165434.3ef06dc9@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: References: <5608959.lOV4Wx5bFT@peak> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.5 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/rdm47mow7oMdvt.tPjAGCXT"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha256 X-Archives-Salt: d8478e02-760e-4a23-a855-b49a7fbddae0 X-Archives-Hash: b6ec10b2b4f473aa8cda394662ee15f3 --Sig_/rdm47mow7oMdvt.tPjAGCXT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 11:38:03 -0400, Rich Freeman wrote: > > # cat /boot/loader/entries/30-gentoo-5.7.1.conf > > title Gentoo Linux 5.7.1 > > linux /vmlinuz-5.7.1-gentoo > > options root=3D/dev/nvme0n1p4 initrd=3D/intel-uc.img net.ifnames=3D0 > > raid=3Dnoautodetect > > > > That file hasn't changed, other than the kernel version. > > > > On booting with that setup, I got an error immediately (from the UEFI > > BIOS, I assume) complaining of an invalid parameter. A few seconds > > later the kernel panicked because it couldn't find the root device. =20 >=20 > Can you have your initrd launch a shell? I'm not sure if the > nomenclature for the root device has changed. It is also possible > you're missing some kernel option needed (maybe an NVME option got > renamed and you answered the new option No?). >=20 > If it is running the initrd then you probably can get it to launch a > shell and then you can poke around and see what it is doing. That's not an initrd with a shell though, it's just the intel microcode update. You would need an additional dracut (or similar) generated initrd to do what you suggest. --=20 Neil Bothwick I am McCoy of Bo...Damnit! I'm a doctor, not a collective! --Sig_/rdm47mow7oMdvt.tPjAGCXT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEE8k9T/rX16EJxEKG692eFu0QSMJgFAl7eXzsACgkQ92eFu0QS MJhfGQ//VJ+GHrG9hnDBDFgd9B4TbdhBIuAVDGwuIfBPAsEDSupCHwNHDarA4h/l tR4n+2fM3iTNrh9wDtijBqmSmS1nWNVvNepVybX1YGgWb5NP2Q3921VTz5MI8p8K mIiT2sqbWy5gUHwLTTBlEN/fgmcPYBNyNkWAG3skyZsaQkuqypUn6k7Of+Cskt2V 2t3sJT66j8i5XMckGMc7tUUh43vcoRCjUqKmJpgVvLuvSS1E48UQk/VQvohVtJaq rCwpqdsk6E+eZFJgYG65k0hsZP+Orv3lLZAZV1zPGfrbhOtmnbdAJ3Z0faSQt17c msOO4wsfQ/tYjqQpPfUWr4yiWKj35SidO3AGlMIwKkZujLFuIFx++A/bcqtFS3WH Z7luUD5emKcbNhuT4esbRdSu2wmiCg0gV9JXTGepMzyx4fwVXpNaBjaSDx5Bsp3U vwcXwz9AkVUKR9b6Z7jo76G/zqLbqSMKKaZuLtiyHbxaBnuFfGojAAM31jIOWIBF rsrpZFcyz6AA43xUN1JdPYyny9yLh5IWB37Oxq9AWdAjWSUrziESzr5WyqIQhSFH ODHqa4A6Lqm0UzZ2C0W76DfxGfCji9+AAZAEcpeiDSfT7KZjcbRB7os3L1PteVzi 3BcVL1E4k/LeFNQaRLOdEOZGMF9Ciczd3p9Gf8EgXFTQqFJlUNo= =MoCP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/rdm47mow7oMdvt.tPjAGCXT--