Re: [OE-core][PATCH v3 1/8] bootimg_pcbios: support grub hybrid boot

["Mathieu Dubois-Briand" <mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com>]

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Hi Vincent,

Here is the log file, but there isn't much.

About build host, this is not a docker, so I believe I have no easy way
to provide you with a reproducible setup.

Configuration can be seen here: https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/api/v2/logs/3445173/raw_inline

Best regards,
Mathieu

On Sun Sep 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM CEST, Vincent Davis Jr wrote:
> Okay
>
> Is there anyway I can see
>
> qemu_boot_log.20250907083922?
>
> Also assuming we are running in a docker container.
>
> May I see the Docker file.
>
> Ran v3 against latest poky using an ubuntu docker container after cherry
> picking v3 commits into it.
>
> DISTRO = "poky"
> MACHINE = "qemux86-64" I believe not near computer.
>
> My docker file and docker compose file
>
> https://github.com/under-view/docker-builds/blob/master/containers/yocto-project/ubuntu-24.04/Dockerfile
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> https://github.com/under-view/docker-builds/blob/master/composes/default-compose.yaml
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 7, 2025, 10:02 AM Mathieu Dubois-Briand <
> mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri Sep 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM CEST, Vincent Davis Jr wrote:
>> > If caller wants to primarily leverage
>> > grub as the primary boot loader current
>> > oe-core doesn't support booting grub when
>> > the boot firmware is legacy BIOS based and
>> > the partition table format is GPT based.
>> >
>> > Issue GPT header reside where core.img
>> > should be located (at byte 512).
>> >
>> > To navigate around issue core.img was
>> > moved to a seperate partition.
>> >
>> > If disk is a GPT disk caller must specify
>> > the file system type as none and set the
>> > partition type as BIOS boot. No filesystem
>> > will be created on partition. This also
>> > allows wic plugin to know where to dd
>> > core.img.
>> >
>> > Unfortunately No deep dive into grub-install
>> > was perform to know the exact bytes changed
>> > in hybrid boot case. To see the change in
>> > bytes generated boot.img + core.img was compared
>> > to boot.img + core.img after grub-install was
>> > executed using the xxd command.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Vincent Davis Jr <vince@underview.tech>
>> > ---
>>
>> Hi Vincent,
>>
>> We still have the same failure as on v2. Still happening with selftests
>> running on debian host, so there might be something related to the host
>> configuration.
>>
>> ERROR: Qemu log output from
>> /srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/oe-selftest-debian/build/build-st-2287526/tmp/work/qemux86_64-poky-linux/core-image-minimal/1.0/testimage/qemu_boot_log.20250907083922:
>> SeaBIOS (version rel-1.16.3-0-ga6ed6b701f0a-prebuilt.qemu.org)
>> ...
>> iPXE (http://ipxe.org) 00:02.0 CA00 PCI2.10 PnP PMM+0EFC6560+0EF26560 CA00
>> Press Ctrl-B to configure iPXE (PCI 00:02.0)...
>> ...
>> Booting from Hard Disk..
>> 2025-09-07 08:56:24,256 - oe-selftest - INFO - 9: 79/94 577/639 (1085.73s)
>> (0 failed) (wic.Wic2.test_grub_install_biosplusefi_qemu)
>> 2025-09-07 08:56:24,265 - oe-selftest - INFO -
>> testtools.testresult.real._StringException: Traceback (most recent call
>> last):
>>   File
>> "/srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/oe-selftest-debian/build/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py",
>> line 390, in runqemu
>>     qemu.start(params=qemuparams, ssh=ssh, runqemuparams=runqemuparams,
>> launch_cmd=launch_cmd, discard_writes=discard_writes)
>>   File
>> "/srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/oe-selftest-debian/build/meta/lib/oeqa/targetcontrol.py",
>> line 179, in start
>>     raise RuntimeError("%s - FAILED to start qemu - check the task log and
>> the boot log" % self.pn)
>> RuntimeError: core-image-minimal - FAILED to start qemu - check the task
>> log and the boot log
>>
>> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/35/builds/2280
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mathieu
>>
>> --
>> Mathieu Dubois-Briand, Bootlin
>> Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
>> https://bootlin.com
>>
>>




-- 
Mathieu Dubois-Briand, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com


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iPXE (http://ipxe.org) 00:02.0 CA00 PCI2.10 PnP PMM+0EFC6560+0EF26560 CA00
Press Ctrl-B to configure iPXE (PCI 00:02.0)...\r                                                                               


Booting from Hard Disk..