15401 2024-02-15 10:06:34 +0000 testimage fails with linux-yocto-tiny and poky/custom distro 2024-02-23 10:53:22 +0000 1 1 7 Build System, Metadata & Runtime OE-Core Scripts and Tools unspecified x86 Multiple RESOLVED NOTABUG Medium+ normal 5.0 M4 1 kweihmann ross.burton randy.macleod ross.burton --- --- No (bug/feature does not impact docs) oldest_to_newest 98203 0 kweihmann 2024-02-15 10:06:34 +0000 Using PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux-yocto-tiny" in combination with poky or a custom distro (everything but poky-tiny) results in a not bootable qemu image. Tested setup MACHINE = qemuarm64 DISTRO = poky PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux-yocto-tiny" bitbake core-image-minimal && bitbake core-image-minimal testimage -------- Error from testimage run [ 0.396777] netconsole: network logging started [ 0.431873] Sending DHCP requests ., OK [ 0.440728] IP-Config: Got DHCP answer from 10.0.2.2, my address is 10.0.2.15 [ 0.442005] IP-Config: Complete: [ 0.442561] device=eth0, hwaddr=52:54:00:12:35:02, ipaddr=10.0.2.15, mask=255.255.255.0, gw=10.0.2.2 [ 0.444344] host=10.0.2.15, domain=, nis-domain=(none) [ 0.445194] bootserver=10.0.2.2, rootserver=10.0.2.2, rootpath= [ 0.445245] nameserver0=10.0.2.3 [ 0.450137] clk: Disabling unused clocks [ 0.460883] List of all partitions: [ 0.461578] 0100 6144 ram0 [ 0.461613] (driver?) [ 0.462619] fe00 519844 vda [ 0.462650] driver: virtio_blk [ 0.464035] No filesystem could mount root, tried: [ 0.464061] vfat [ 0.464384] [ 0.464739] VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(254,0) [ 0.465118] User configuration error - no valid root filesystem found [ 0.465629] Kernel panic - not syncing: Invalid configuration from end user prevents continuing [ 0.466326] SMP: stopping secondary CPUs [ 0.466928] Kernel Offset: disabled [ 0.467272] CPU features: 0x0,00000000,34000000,0000400b [ 0.467878] Memory Limit: 1024 MB [ 0.468411] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Invalid configuration from end user prevents continuing ]--- ---- With linux-yocto everything works like expected 98256 1 randy.macleod 2024-02-22 15:33:31 +0000 Ross, you were going to triage this bug report... 98315 2 ross.burton 2024-02-23 10:53:22 +0000 The tiny configuration of linux-yocto is an *example* of how to build a minimal system. It's tightly coupled with poky-tiny, notably the list of file systems in the kernel are limited and it expects to be booted with an initramfs. Basically, it's not expected that any of the -tiny pieces will 'just work' in isolation.