[Bug 2092205] Re: Using /etc/flash-kernel/machine in risc-v images does not permit building generic images

[Steve Langasek]

To really consider the result a more generic image we would really need
to see that on first boot it boots successfully but your test plan
doesn't cover this.  Can we please have a test plan that provides end-
to-end first boot coverage of both the old currently working model and
the new one?

** Changed in: livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  Using /etc/flash-kernel/machine in risc-v images does not  permit
  building generic images

Status in livecd-rootfs package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  In live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/disk-image-uefi-non-cloud.binary we currently write file /etc/flash-kernel/machine to control which device-tree is copied to /boot and in subsequently to generate a devicetree command in grub.cfg.
  So 
  We have only one image for the VisionFive 2 board but there are two revisions (1.2A, 1.3B) which require different device-trees.

  Instead of writing /etc/flash-kernel/machine, all device-trees of the
  current kernel could be copied to /boot/efi/dts/. U-Boot will then
  search this directory for a file called $filename and load it.
  Whenever the kernel will be updated, flash-kernel will copy the
  updated device-tree to /boot and GRUB will pick it up.

  [ Impact ]

  * This lets us build more generic images

  [ Test Plan ]

  * After creating risc-v images with the proposed solution, it can be
  checked that all the device trees are in /boot/dtbs, that the kernel
  is correctly exposing the machine from the firmware provided device
  tree in /proc/device-tree/model, and that grub.cfg has no device tree
  entry yet. It can be then checked that after a kernel update the file
  /boot/dtb-$kernel_version is created and a device tree entry is
  created by update-grub.

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