Bug#550319: [Sony-vaio-z-series] Bug#550319: grub-pc: grub2 does not honor quoted kernel command line arguments
ajmctaggart
ajmctaggart at gmail.com
Fri Oct 9 13:51:21 UTC 2009
Norbert,
Obviously you are the expert here, not me. But, in my recent Googling, I
did discover this thread, that although I haven't used, does it fit your
needs?
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1244790.html
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1244790.html
Regards,
Anthony
On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 11:37 PM, Norbert Preining <preining at logic.at> wrote:
> Package: grub-pc
> Version: 1.97~beta4-1
> Severity: important
>
> As you can see below my kernel cmd line is
> linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-rc3 root=/dev/sda3 ro
> acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci
> so there are quotes around the argument for acpi_osi.
>
> Unfortunately grub-pc does NOT honor that quotes and strips them
> before passing that to the kernel as can be seen from the boot messages:
>
> [ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-rc3
> root=/dev/sda3 ro acpi_osi=!Windows 2006 nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci
>
> To be sure I added a printk to params.c from the kernel that shows that
> current argument and value:
> [ 0.000000] DDDD param=BOOT_IMAGE, val=.../boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-rc3...
> [ 0.000000] DDDD param=root, val=.../dev/sda3...
> [ 0.000000] DDDD param=ro, val=...<NULL>...
> [ 0.000000] DDDD param=acpi_osi, val=...!Windows...
> [ 0.000000] DDDD param=2006, val=...<NULL>...
> [ 0.000000] DDDD param=nmi_watchdog, val=...0...
> [ 0.000000] DDDD param=reboot, val=...pci...
>
> Here we go, that is completely hosed.
>
> That is in fact a SERIOUS bug and a severe regression against grub1 where
> it was working.
>
> No combinations of \\\""" '"'" or whatever could convince grub2 to take
> the quotes over to the kernel.
>
> Please consider this a serious bug, forward it upstream.
>
>
> -- Package-specific info:
>
> *********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
> /dev/sda3 / ext3 rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,data=writeback 0 0
> /dev/sda2 /xp fuseblk
> rw,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096 0 0
> /dev/loop0 /media/TLDVD iso9660 ro,relatime 0 0
> *********************** END /proc/mounts
>
> *********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
> (hd0) /dev/sda
> *********************** END /boot/grub/device.map
>
> *********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg
> #
> # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
> #
> # It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
> # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
> #
>
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
> set default=0
> if terminal_input console ; then true ; else
> # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
> # understand terminal_input
> terminal console
> fi
> if terminal_output console ; then true ; else
> # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
> # understand terminal_output
> terminal console
> fi
> set timeout=5
> ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
>
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
> set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
> set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
> ### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
>
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
> menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.32-rc3" {
> insmod ext2
> set root=(hd0,3)
> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set
> 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8
> linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-rc3 root=/dev/sda3 ro
> acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-rc3
> }
> menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.32-rc3 (recovery mode)" {
> insmod ext2
> set root=(hd0,3)
> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set
> 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8
> linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-rc3 root=/dev/sda3 ro single
> acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-rc3
> }
> menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.31.2-rc1" {
> insmod ext2
> set root=(hd0,3)
> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set
> 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8
> linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.2-rc1 root=/dev/sda3 ro
> acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31.2-rc1
> }
> menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.31.2-rc1 (recovery mode)" {
> insmod ext2
> set root=(hd0,3)
> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set
> 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8
> linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.2-rc1 root=/dev/sda3 ro single
> acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31.2-rc1
> }
> menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.31" {
> insmod ext2
> set root=(hd0,3)
> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set
> 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8
> linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31 root=/dev/sda3 ro acpi_osi="!Windows
> 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31
> }
> menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.31 (recovery mode)" {
> insmod ext2
> set root=(hd0,3)
> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set
> 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8
> linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31 root=/dev/sda3 ro single
> acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31
> }
> menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30" {
> insmod ext2
> set root=(hd0,3)
> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set
> 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8
> linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30 root=/dev/sda3 ro acpi_osi="!Windows
> 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30
> }
> menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30 (recovery mode)" {
> insmod ext2
> set root=(hd0,3)
> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set
> 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8
> linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30 root=/dev/sda3 ro single
> acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30
> }
> ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
>
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
> menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
> insmod ext2
> set root=(hd0,3)
> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set
> 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8
> linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
> }
> menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
> insmod ext2
> set root=(hd0,3)
> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set
> 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8
> linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
> }
> ### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
>
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
> ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
>
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
>
> # For booting Microsoft Windows
> menuentry "Microsoft XP" {
> set root=(hd0,2)
> drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
> chainloader +1
> }
>
> menuentry "Windows Vista Rescue Partition" {
> set root=(hd0,1)
> chainloader +1
> }
>
> # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type
> the
> # menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to
> change
> # the 'exec tail' line above.
> ### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
> *********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: squeeze/sid
> APT prefers unstable
> APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
>
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-rc3 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
> Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
>
> Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
> ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.27 Debian configuration
> management sy
> ii grub-common 1.97~beta4-1 GRand Unified Bootloader,
> version
> ii libc6 2.9-27 GNU C Library: Shared
> libraries
> ii ucf 3.0022 Update Configuration File:
> preserv
>
> grub-pc recommends no packages.
>
> Versions of packages grub-pc suggests:
> ii desktop-base 5.0.5 common files for the Debian
> Deskto
> ii genisoimage 9:1.1.9-1 Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM
> filesystem
>
> -- debconf information:
> grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
> * grub2/linux_cmdline: acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci
> * grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
> grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false
> * grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/sda
> grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
> grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
> * grub2/linux_cmdline_default:
>
>
>
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