[poky] [PATCH] qemu conf: Fix kernel module autoloading for uvesafb on genericx86

Burton, Ross ross.burton at intel.com
Thu Sep 7 09:19:55 PDT 2017


I think this is causing the failures I'm seeing on the autobuilder with
generix86 machine:

ERROR: linux-yocto-4.12.7+gitAUTOINC+42965d664f_d09f2ce584-r0 do_package:
Please ensure module uvesafb is listed in KERNEL_MODULE_PROBECONF since
module_conf_uvesafb is set

Ross

On 5 September 2017 at 23:08, Alejandro Hernandez <
alejandro.hernandez at linux.intel.com> wrote:

> After commit e8b1c653946ef921b65d47e52aea0dc530ef4286, we started seeing
> errors like the following during boot on genericx86 machines:
>
> uvesafb: failed to execute /sbin/v86d
> uvesafb: probe of uvesafb.0 failed with error -22
> uvesafb: vbe_init() failed with -22
> uvesafb: Getting VBE info block failed (eax=0x4f00, err=-2)
>
> These were caused because the uvesa module was being loaded during boot,
> when it is only meant to be loaded on qemu according to:
> 6af89812e8a9931ffed63768ed85367519bf7aef
>
> Since genericx86-common.inc includes qemuboot-x86, the module also tries
> to be loaded on genericx86 machines, this patch removes the instruction
> from
> qemuboot-x86 and adds it in specific to both qemux86 machines confs so
> it is correctly loaded only on those.
>
> [YOCTO #11879]
>
> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Hernandez <alejandro.hernandez at linux.intel.com>
> ---
>  meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc | 2 --
>  meta/conf/machine/qemux86-64.conf          | 3 +++
>  meta/conf/machine/qemux86.conf             | 3 +++
>  3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc
> b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc
> index 0596e2ed3fb..100d0ccfd1f 100644
> --- a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc
> +++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc
> @@ -14,7 +14,5 @@ QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "vga=0
> uvesafb.mode_option=${UVESA_MODE} oprofile.tim
>  # Add the 'virtio-rng-pci' device otherwise the guest may run out of
> entropy
>  QB_OPT_APPEND = "-vga vmware -show-cursor -usb -device usb-tablet -device
> virtio-rng-pci"
>
> -KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "uvesafb"
> -KERNEL_MODULE_PROBECONF += "uvesafb"
>  UVESA_MODE ?= "640x480-32"
>  module_conf_uvesafb = "options uvesafb mode_option=${UVESA_MODE}"
> diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemux86-64.conf
> b/meta/conf/machine/qemux86-64.conf
> index ff6e5491bbc..a270d6698f3 100644
> --- a/meta/conf/machine/qemux86-64.conf
> +++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemux86-64.conf
> @@ -29,5 +29,8 @@ MACHINE_FEATURES += "x86 pci"
>
>  MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += "v86d"
>
> +KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "uvesafb"
> +KERNEL_MODULE_PROBECONF += "uvesafb"
> +
>  WKS_FILE ?= "directdisk.wks"
>  do_image_wic[depends] += "syslinux:do_populate_sysroot
> syslinux-native:do_populate_sysroot mtools-native:do_populate_sysroot
> dosfstools-native:do_populate_sysroot"
> diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemux86.conf b/meta/conf/machine/qemux86.
> conf
> index f8b09c37f29..5c6539b95f3 100644
> --- a/meta/conf/machine/qemux86.conf
> +++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemux86.conf
> @@ -28,5 +28,8 @@ MACHINE_FEATURES += "x86 pci"
>
>  MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += "v86d"
>
> +KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "uvesafb"
> +KERNEL_MODULE_PROBECONF += "uvesafb"
> +
>  WKS_FILE ?= "directdisk.wks"
>  do_image_wic[depends] += "syslinux:do_populate_sysroot
> syslinux-native:do_populate_sysroot mtools-native:do_populate_sysroot
> dosfstools-native:do_populate_sysroot"
> --
> 2.12.3
>
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