[Bug 2083176] Re: grub-efi/install_devices becoming stale due to by-id/nvme-eui.* symlinks disappearing

[Chris Coulson]

> I didn't quite get as far as understanding why the BOGUS NID matters
and what that breaks, or what is fixed by the change, fully.

The issue is that the unique identifiers are meant to be unique between
drives, but some specific SSDs do not report unique values, which makes
them difficult to identify if you have more than one in the same
machine. The quirk makes the kernel generate a unique value by including
the serial number instead.

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Title:
  grub-efi/install_devices becoming stale due to by-id/nvme-eui.*
  symlinks disappearing

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  A family member just sent me this dialog that popped up when they
  installed their updates today. I'm not sure how a regular user is
  supposed to be able to handle what is presented here. Do they check
  the box? What happens if they don't?

  Heck, even I don't know what the proper action is here.

  This dialog box needs to be removed and a safe default needs to be
  applied automatically during upgrades.

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