Revert GRUB2 patch causing boot failure on some old x86_64 BIOSes #3324
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GRUB 2.12 release contains a change of the loader [1] used for loading the kernel on x86_64 platform. This change was identified to cause boot failure on some old Intel Atom boards with the NM10 chipset, and possibly some others. Revert this patch before we get a more proper fix for the issue. [1] https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/commit/?id=cfbfae1aef0694b416aa199291cfef7596cdfc20 Fixes #3305
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@sairon on my HP T620 i had the Grub update installed and have the issue. Somehow i also cant boot a usb ubuntu bootable anymore. The screen stays black after selecting try out Ubuntu. Do you have any idea how to fix the issue on Grub now? Edit: I fixed it, i used Boot-Repair-Disk. Ubuntu or Lubuntu or any other linux did not want to start (Black screen). But Boot-Repair-Disk did, i used it to exchange the bootia32.efi and bootx64.efi for the older 2.11 version. HA started back up and i updated to 2.13. |
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not good, after the update my intel atom setup got stuck with 12.2 and claiming the 12.3 update still avalable. So I updated again... and still stuck in 12.2 |
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…OSes (#3324)" This reverts commit 478538e. For HAOS release 13.0 the patch that diverges our GRUB build from upstream to fix boot on some old Atom boards should be reverted. While this patch fixed issues on some boards, it significantly changes how the kernel is loaded with GRUB 2.12 and causes issues on other, more recent devices. There's a call to action for users of those old boards in #3305 to gather information which should result in upstream patch targeted specifically to the boards affected [1]. Fixes #3348 [1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2024-07/msg00009.html
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Previous revert of GRUB2 change that introduced usage of the generic EFI loader for all x86 boards in #3324 caused regressions, the one confirmed is #3348. This commit adds a specific patch that identifies the broken platforms based on SMBIOS data gathered in #3305 and falls back to the legacy loader there. Tested on Intel D525MW (falls back) and QEMU (no fallback).
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…3498) * Use GRUB2 legacy loader only on some Intel Atom boards specifically Previous revert of GRUB2 change that introduced usage of the generic EFI loader for all x86 boards in #3324 caused regressions, the one confirmed is #3348. This commit adds a specific patch that identifies the broken platforms based on SMBIOS data gathered in #3305 and falls back to the legacy loader there. Tested on Intel D525MW (falls back) and QEMU (no fallback). * Enable GRUB's smbios module Having smbios command in GRUB can help in future debugging, e.g. to add more CPUs that should use the linux loader fallback.
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GRUB 2.12 release contains a change of the loader [1] used for loading the kernel on x86_64 platform. This change was identified to cause boot failure on some old Intel Atom boards with the NM10 chipset, and possibly some others. Revert this patch before we get a more proper fix for the issue.
[1] https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/commit/?id=cfbfae1aef0694b416aa199291cfef7596cdfc20
Fixes #3305