[Bug 1663337] Re: base-installer did not pick hwe kernel during automatic preseed

Adam Conrad adconrad at 0c3.net
Thu Feb 9 23:27:56 UTC 2017 

The default kernel is chosen by a baked-in preseed:

d-i     base-installer/kernel/altmeta   string hwe-16.04

When you use your own preseed, that one goes away, so you need to either
specify that in your own, or add that to your boot cmdline, etc.

One could argue it's perhaps a general d-i misfeature that preseeds
aren't additive/intersectional, but rather just override entirely, but
that's a broader bug than this one.

(Patches welcome for improving this situation, but it's how HWE d-i has
worked on x86 since precise or lucid, so certainly not a new behaviour
here on s390x)

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Title:
  base-installer did not pick hwe kernel during automatic preseed

Status in debian-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When doing fully automated preseed, without specifying any specific
  kernel for the target, the non-hwe kernel got installed in target;
  even though the hwe installer was used.

  Installing things interactively resulted in the hwe kernel being
  installed.

  Feb  9 12:17:51 kernel: [    0.372511] Linux version 4.8.0-36-generic
  (buildd at z13-011) (gcc version 5.4.0 20160609 (Ubuntu
  5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4) ) #36~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Sun Feb 5 09:41:06
  UTC 2017 (Ubuntu 4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1-generic 4.8.11)

  Feb  9 12:17:57 anna[1780]: DEBUG: retrieving base-installer 1.158ubuntu2.1
  Feb  9 12:17:57 anna[1780]: 2017-02-09 12:17:57 URL:http://us.ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports//pool/main/b/base-installer/base-installer_1.158ubuntu2.1_s390x.udeb [142622/142622] -> "/var/cache/anna/base-installer_1.158ubuntu2.1_s390x.udeb" [1]
  Feb  9 12:17:57 anna[1780]: 2017-02-09 12:17:57 URL:http://us.ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports//pool/main/b/base-installer/bootstrap-base_1.158ubuntu2.1_s390x.udeb [100946/100946] -> "/var/cache/anna/bootstrap-base_1.158ubuntu2.1_s390x.udeb" [1]
  Feb  9 12:18:52 base-installer: Hit:1 http://us.ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports xenial InRelease
  Feb  9 12:18:52 base-installer: Get:2 http://us.ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB]
  Feb  9 12:18:52 base-installer: Get:3 http://us.ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports xenial/main Translation-en [568 kB]
  Feb  9 12:18:52 base-installer: Get:4 http://us.ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports xenial/restricted Translation-en [2908 B]
  Feb  9 12:18:52 base-installer: Get:5 http://us.ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports xenial-updates/main s390x Packages [397 kB]
  Feb  9 12:18:52 base-installer: Get:6 http://us.ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports xenial-updates/main Translation-en [188 kB]
  Feb  9 12:18:52 base-installer: Get:7 http://us.ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports xenial-updates/restricted s390x Packages [64 B]
  Feb  9 12:18:52 base-installer: Get:8 http://us.ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports xenial-updates/restricted Translation-en [2396 B]
  Feb  9 12:18:52 base-installer: Get:9 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]
  Feb  9 12:18:53 base-installer: Get:10 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports xenial-security/main s390x Packages [173 kB]
  Feb  9 12:18:53 base-installer: Get:11 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports xenial-security/main Translation-en [88.1 kB]
  Feb  9 12:18:53 base-installer: Get:12 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports xenial-security/restricted s390x Packages [64 B]
  Feb  9 12:18:53 base-installer: Get:13 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports xenial-security/restricted Translation-en [2272 B]
  Feb  9 12:18:53 base-installer: Fetched 1625 kB in 0s (2454 kB/s)
  Feb  9 12:18:53 base-installer: Reading package lists...
  Feb  9 12:18:53 base-installer: 
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-virtual usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-generic-hwe-16.04 usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-generic-hwe-16.04-edge usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-virtual-hwe-16.04 usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-virtual-hwe-16.04-edge usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-extra-virtual usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-virtual usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-extra-4.4.0-21-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-extra-virtual-hwe-16.04 usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-extra-virtual-hwe-16.04-edge usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04 usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04-edge usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04 usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04-edge usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-extra-4.4.0-22-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-extra-4.4.0-24-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-extra-4.4.0-28-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-extra-4.4.0-31-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-extra-4.4.0-34-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-extra-4.4.0-36-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-extra-4.4.0-38-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-extra-4.4.0-42-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-extra-4.4.0-43-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-extra-4.4.0-47-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-extra-4.4.0-51-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-extra-4.4.0-53-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-extra-4.4.0-57-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-extra-4.4.0-59-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-extra-4.4.0-62-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-extra-4.8.0-28-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-extra-4.8.0-30-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-extra-4.8.0-32-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-extra-4.8.0-34-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-extra-4.8.0-36-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-4.8.0-36-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-4.8.0-34-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-4.8.0-32-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-4.8.0-30-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-4.8.0-28-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-4.4.0-62-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-4.4.0-59-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-4.4.0-57-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-4.4.0-53-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-4.4.0-51-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-4.4.0-47-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-4.4.0-43-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-4.4.0-42-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-4.4.0-38-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-4.4.0-36-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-4.4.0-34-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-4.4.0-31-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-4.4.0-28-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-4.4.0-24-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-4.4.0-22-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-4.4.0-21-generic usable on s390x
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: Found kernels 'linux-generic,linux-virtual,linux-generic-hwe-16.04,linux-generic-hwe-16.04-edge,linux-virtual-hwe-16.04,linux-virtual-hwe-16.04-edge,linux-image-extra-virtual,linux-image-generic,linux-image-virtual,linux-image-extra-4.4.0-21-generic,linux-image-extra-virtual-hwe-16.04,linux-image-extra-virtual-hwe-16.04-edge,linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04,linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04-edge,linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04,linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04-edge,linux-image-extra-4.4.0-22-generic,linux-image-extra-4.4.0-24-generic,linux-image-extra-4.4.0-28-generic,linux-image-extra-4.4.0-31-generic,linux-image-extra-4.4.0-34-generic,linux-image-extra-4.4.0-36-generic,linux-image-extra-4.4.0-38-generic,linux-image-extra-4.4.0-42-generic,linux-image-extra-4.4.0-43-generic,linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic,linux-image-extra-4.4.0-47-generic,linux-image-extra-4.4.0-51-generic,linux-image-extra-4.4.0-53-generic,linux-image-extra-4.4.0-57-generic,linux-image-extra-4.4.0-59-generic
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: arch_kernel candidates: linux-generic linux-image-generic linux-virtual linux-image-virtual
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: arch_kernel: linux-generic (present)
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: Using kernel 'linux-generic'
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: warning: Failed to get debconf answer 'base-installer/kernel/linux/initrd'.
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: Setting do_initrd='yes'.
  Feb  9 12:18:55 base-installer: info: Setting link_in_boot='yes'.
  Feb  9 12:19:15 base-installer: info: Installing queued packages into /target/.
  Feb  9 12:20:44 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/90base-installer

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