[Bug 1978923] [NEW] SRU flash-kernel to add support for RISC-V boards

[Alexandre Ghiti]

Public bug reported:

[Impact]

The image for the StarFive VisionFive and the Nezha boards will be
available in 22.04.1: in order to be able to boot using UEFI, we need
flash-kernel to install the DTBs to the right location for GRUB to load,
so we need to add those boards to the flash-kernel database.

[Test Plan]

I tested the version that built here [1] on the VisionFive board, and
flash-kernel worked correctly:

ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg -i flash-kernel_3.104ubuntu11~ppa0_riscv64.deb        
Selecting previously unselected package flash-kernel.                            
(Reading database ... 94352 files and directories currently installed.)          
Preparing to unpack flash-kernel_3.104ubuntu11~ppa0_riscv64.deb ...              
Unpacking flash-kernel (3.104ubuntu11~ppa0) ...                                  
Setting up flash-kernel (3.104ubuntu11~ppa0) ...                                 
Installing new version of config file /etc/flash-kernel/bootscript/bootscr.uboot-generic ...
Using DTB: starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb                            
Installing /lib/firmware/5.17.0-1001-starfive/device-tree/starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb into /boot/dtbs/5.17.0-1001-starfive/starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb
Taking backup of jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.                              
Installing new jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.                                
flash-kernel: deferring update (trigger activated)                               
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.140ubuntu13) ...                      
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.17.0-1001-starfive               
 Using DTB: starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb                           
Installing /lib/firmware/5.17.0-1001-starfive/device-tree/starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb into /boot/dtbs/5.17.0-1001-starfive/starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb
Taking backup of jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.                              
Installing new jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.                                
Installing /lib/firmware/5.17.0-1001-starfive/device-tree/starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb into /boot/dtbs/5.17.0-1001-starfive/starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb
Taking backup of jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.                              
Installing new jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.                                
System running in EFI mode, skipping.                                            
Processing triggers for man-db (2.10.2-1) ...                                    
Processing triggers for flash-kernel (3.104ubuntu11~ppa0) ...                    
Using DTB: starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb                            
Installing /lib/firmware/5.17.0-1001-starfive/device-tree/starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb into /boot/dtbs/5.17.0-1001-starfive/starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb
Taking backup of jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.                              
Installing new jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.                                
System running in EFI mode, skipping.

[1]
https://launchpad.net/~alexghiti/+archive/ubuntu/riscv/+sourcepub/13689678/+listing-
archive-extra

[Where problems could occur]

The changes are board-specific so it should not alter the behaviour on
other boards and unfortunately, I tried flash-kernel on a non-working
kernel as the kernel team is still working on it, but the changes are
straightforward enough.

[Other Info]

I added support for the LicheeRV board although not officially supported, but as it works well with our current kernel, we'd better have it available.
Note that I dropped the ~22.04.1 suffix and moved to 3.104ubuntu11 as @waveform has just uploaded 3.106ubuntu1 into kinetic (which already contains the support for those boards).

** Affects: flash-kernel (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

- [Impact]                                                                         
-                                                                                  
- The image for the StarFive VisionFive and the Nezha boards will be available in 22.04.1: in order to be able to boot using UEFI, we need flash-kernel to install the DTBs to the right location for GRUB to load, so we need to add those boards to the flash-kernel database.
-                                                                                  
- [Test Plan]                                                                      
-                                                                                  
- I tested the version that built here [1] on the VisionFive board, and flash-kernel worked correctly:
-                                                                                  
- ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg -i flash-kernel_3.104ubuntu10~22.04.1ubuntu1~ppa0_riscv64.deb 
- Selecting previously unselected package flash-kernel.                            
- (Reading database ... 94352 files and directories currently installed.)          
+ [Impact]
+ 
+ The image for the StarFive VisionFive and the Nezha boards will be
+ available in 22.04.1: in order to be able to boot using UEFI, we need
+ flash-kernel to install the DTBs to the right location for GRUB to load,
+ so we need to add those boards to the flash-kernel database.
+ 
+ [Test Plan]
+ 
+ I tested the version that built here [1] on the VisionFive board, and
+ flash-kernel worked correctly:
+ 
+ ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg -i flash-kernel_3.104ubuntu10~22.04.1ubuntu1~ppa0_riscv64.deb
+ Selecting previously unselected package flash-kernel.
+ (Reading database ... 94352 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to unpack flash-kernel_3.104ubuntu10~22.04.1ubuntu1~ppa0_riscv64.deb ...
- Unpacking flash-kernel (3.104ubuntu10~22.04.1ubuntu1~ppa0) ...                   
- Setting up flash-kernel (3.104ubuntu10~22.04.1ubuntu1~ppa0) ...                  
+ Unpacking flash-kernel (3.104ubuntu10~22.04.1ubuntu1~ppa0) ...
+ Setting up flash-kernel (3.104ubuntu10~22.04.1ubuntu1~ppa0) ...
  Installing new version of config file /etc/flash-kernel/bootscript/bootscr.uboot-generic ...
- Using DTB: starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb                            
+ Using DTB: starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb
  Installing /lib/firmware/5.17.0-1001-starfive/device-tree/starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb into /boot/dtbs/5.17.0-1001-starfive/starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb
- Taking backup of jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.                              
- Installing new jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.                                
- flash-kernel: deferring update (trigger activated)                               
- Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.140ubuntu13) ...                      
- update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.17.0-1001-starfive               
-  Using DTB: starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb                           
+ Taking backup of jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.
+ Installing new jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.
+ flash-kernel: deferring update (trigger activated)
+ Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.140ubuntu13) ...
+ update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.17.0-1001-starfive
+  Using DTB: starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb
  Installing /lib/firmware/5.17.0-1001-starfive/device-tree/starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb into /boot/dtbs/5.17.0-1001-starfive/starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb
- Taking backup of jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.                              
- Installing new jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.                                
+ Taking backup of jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.
+ Installing new jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.
  Installing /lib/firmware/5.17.0-1001-starfive/device-tree/starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb into /boot/dtbs/5.17.0-1001-starfive/starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb
- Taking backup of jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.                              
- Installing new jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.                                
- System running in EFI mode, skipping.                                            
- Processing triggers for man-db (2.10.2-1) ...                                    
- Processing triggers for flash-kernel (3.104ubuntu10~22.04.1ubuntu1~ppa0) ...     
- Using DTB: starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb                            
+ Taking backup of jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.
+ Installing new jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.
+ System running in EFI mode, skipping.
+ Processing triggers for man-db (2.10.2-1) ...
+ Processing triggers for flash-kernel (3.104ubuntu10~22.04.1ubuntu1~ppa0) ...
+ Using DTB: starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb
  Installing /lib/firmware/5.17.0-1001-starfive/device-tree/starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb into /boot/dtbs/5.17.0-1001-starfive/starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb
- Taking backup of jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.                              
- Installing new jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.                                
- System running in EFI mode, skipping.                                            
-                                                                                  
- [1] https://launchpad.net/~alexghiti/+archive/ubuntu/distro/+sourcepub/13687767/+listing-archive-extra
-                                                                                  
- [Where problems could occur]                                                     
-                                                                                  
- The changes are board-specific so it should not alter the behaviour on other boards and unfortunately, I tried flash-kernel on a non-working kernel as the kernel team is still working on it, but the changes are straightforward enough.
-                                                                                  
-                                                                                  
- [Other Info]                                                                     
-                                                                                  
+ Taking backup of jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.
+ Installing new jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.
+ System running in EFI mode, skipping.
+ 
+ [1]
+ https://launchpad.net/~alexghiti/+archive/ubuntu/distro/+sourcepub/13687767/+listing-
+ archive-extra
+ 
+ [Where problems could occur]
+ 
+ The changes are board-specific so it should not alter the behaviour on
+ other boards and unfortunately, I tried flash-kernel on a non-working
+ kernel as the kernel team is still working on it, but the changes are
+ straightforward enough.
+ 
+ [Other Info]
+ 
  I added support for the LicheeRV board although not officially supported, but as it works well with our current kernel, we'd better have it available.
- Note that I think we can drop the ~22.04.1 suffix and move to 3.104ubuntu11 as @waveform has just uploaded 3.106ubuntu1 into kinetic.
+ Note that I think we can drop the ~22.04.1 suffix and move to 3.104ubuntu11 as @waveform has just uploaded 3.106ubuntu1 into kinetic (which already contains the support for those boards).

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Title:
  SRU flash-kernel to add support for RISC-V boards

Status in flash-kernel package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  [Impact]

  The image for the StarFive VisionFive and the Nezha boards will be
  available in 22.04.1: in order to be able to boot using UEFI, we need
  flash-kernel to install the DTBs to the right location for GRUB to
  load, so we need to add those boards to the flash-kernel database.

  [Test Plan]

  I tested the version that built here [1] on the VisionFive board, and
  flash-kernel worked correctly:

  ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg -i flash-kernel_3.104ubuntu11~ppa0_riscv64.deb        
  Selecting previously unselected package flash-kernel.                            
  (Reading database ... 94352 files and directories currently installed.)          
  Preparing to unpack flash-kernel_3.104ubuntu11~ppa0_riscv64.deb ...              
  Unpacking flash-kernel (3.104ubuntu11~ppa0) ...                                  
  Setting up flash-kernel (3.104ubuntu11~ppa0) ...                                 
  Installing new version of config file /etc/flash-kernel/bootscript/bootscr.uboot-generic ...
  Using DTB: starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb                            
  Installing /lib/firmware/5.17.0-1001-starfive/device-tree/starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb into /boot/dtbs/5.17.0-1001-starfive/starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb
  Taking backup of jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.                              
  Installing new jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.                                
  flash-kernel: deferring update (trigger activated)                               
  Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.140ubuntu13) ...                      
  update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.17.0-1001-starfive               
   Using DTB: starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb                           
  Installing /lib/firmware/5.17.0-1001-starfive/device-tree/starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb into /boot/dtbs/5.17.0-1001-starfive/starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb
  Taking backup of jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.                              
  Installing new jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.                                
  Installing /lib/firmware/5.17.0-1001-starfive/device-tree/starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb into /boot/dtbs/5.17.0-1001-starfive/starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb
  Taking backup of jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.                              
  Installing new jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.                                
  System running in EFI mode, skipping.                                            
  Processing triggers for man-db (2.10.2-1) ...                                    
  Processing triggers for flash-kernel (3.104ubuntu11~ppa0) ...                    
  Using DTB: starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb                            
  Installing /lib/firmware/5.17.0-1001-starfive/device-tree/starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb into /boot/dtbs/5.17.0-1001-starfive/starfive/jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb
  Taking backup of jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.                              
  Installing new jh7100-starfive-visionfive-v1.dtb.                                
  System running in EFI mode, skipping.

  [1]
  https://launchpad.net/~alexghiti/+archive/ubuntu/riscv/+sourcepub/13689678/+listing-
  archive-extra

  [Where problems could occur]

  The changes are board-specific so it should not alter the behaviour on
  other boards and unfortunately, I tried flash-kernel on a non-working
  kernel as the kernel team is still working on it, but the changes are
  straightforward enough.

  [Other Info]

  I added support for the LicheeRV board although not officially supported, but as it works well with our current kernel, we'd better have it available.
  Note that I dropped the ~22.04.1 suffix and moved to 3.104ubuntu11 as @waveform has just uploaded 3.106ubuntu1 into kinetic (which already contains the support for those boards).

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