[v4] wic/plugins: gate root= with creator.rootdev for efi-isar and pcbios-isar

Message ID 20260410090813.3501355-1-gouravsingh@siemens.com
State Awaiting Upstream
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Series [v4] wic/plugins: gate root= with creator.rootdev for efi-isar and pcbios-isar | expand

Commit Message

Gourav Singh April 10, 2026, 9:08 a.m. UTC
Checks for creator.rootdev not being None were missing and would cause
the kernel command line to read "root=None". When using the Discoverable
Partitions Specification, we really want no root= parameter on the
kernel command line (and root=None is anyhow not a valid option).

A patch has been sent to upstream OE wic plugins to apply these changes:
https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/yocto-patches/topic/wic_patch_wic_plugins/118740415

Signed-off-by: Cedric Hombourger <cedric.hombourger@siemens.com>
Signed-off-by: Gourav Singh <gouravsingh@siemens.com>
---
 .../lib/wic/plugins/source/bootimg-efi-isar.py  |  7 ++++---
 .../wic/plugins/source/bootimg-pcbios-isar.py   | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

--
2.39.5

Comments

Jan Kiszka April 10, 2026, 10:32 a.m. UTC | #1
On 10.04.26 11:08, 'Gourav Singh' via isar-users wrote:
> Checks for creator.rootdev not being None were missing and would cause
> the kernel command line to read "root=None". When using the Discoverable
> Partitions Specification, we really want no root= parameter on the
> kernel command line (and root=None is anyhow not a valid option).
> 
> A patch has been sent to upstream OE wic plugins to apply these changes:
> https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/yocto-patches/topic/wic_patch_wic_plugins/118740415
> 

Unless an issue is critical or an update causes regressions, we normally
sync by pulling in an upstream version of wic and then aligning our
derivatives to it.

Jan

> Signed-off-by: Cedric Hombourger <cedric.hombourger@siemens.com>
> Signed-off-by: Gourav Singh <gouravsingh@siemens.com>
> ---
>  .../lib/wic/plugins/source/bootimg-efi-isar.py  |  7 ++++---
>  .../wic/plugins/source/bootimg-pcbios-isar.py   | 17 ++++++++++++-----
>  2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/meta/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/bootimg-efi-isar.py b/meta/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/bootimg-efi-isar.py
> index 6bc78d42..d68a8ff3 100644
> --- a/meta/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/bootimg-efi-isar.py
> +++ b/meta/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/bootimg-efi-isar.py
> @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class BootimgEFIPlugin(SourcePlugin):
>                          (get_bitbake_var("KERNEL_IMAGETYPE"), get_bitbake_var("INITRAMFS_LINK_NAME"))
> 
>              label = source_params.get('label')
> -            label_conf = "root=%s" % creator.rootdev
> +            label_conf = f"root={creator.rootdev}" if creator.rootdev else ""
>              if label:
>                  label_conf = "LABEL=%s" % label
> 
> @@ -201,7 +201,8 @@ class BootimgEFIPlugin(SourcePlugin):
>              boot_conf += "linux /%s\n" % kernel
> 
>              label = source_params.get('label')
> -            label_conf = "LABEL=Boot root=%s" % creator.rootdev
> +            label_conf = "LABEL=Boot"
> +            label_conf += f" root={creator.rootdev}" if creator.rootdev else ""
>              if label:
>                  label_conf = "LABEL=%s" % label
> 
> @@ -366,7 +367,7 @@ class BootimgEFIPlugin(SourcePlugin):
> 
>              with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp_dir:
>                  label = source_params.get('label')
> -                label_conf = "root=%s" % creator.rootdev
> +                label_conf = f"root={creator.rootdev}" if creator.rootdev else ""
>                  if label:
>                      label_conf = "LABEL=%s" % label
> 
> diff --git a/meta/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/bootimg-pcbios-isar.py b/meta/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/bootimg-pcbios-isar.py
> index d5040b72..e12cba83 100644
> --- a/meta/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/bootimg-pcbios-isar.py
> +++ b/meta/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/bootimg-pcbios-isar.py
> @@ -140,14 +140,21 @@ class BootimgPcbiosIsarPlugin(SourcePlugin):
> 
>              syslinux_conf += "KERNEL " + kernel + "\n"
> 
> -            syslinux_conf += "APPEND label=boot root=%s %s\n" % \
> -                             (creator.rootdev, bootloader.append)
> +            # Check if rootdev exists
> +            root_param = f"root={creator.rootdev}" if creator.rootdev else ""
> +
> +            syslinux_conf += f"APPEND label=boot {root_param} {bootloader.append}\n"
> 
>              # if we are using an initrd, smuggle it in
>              if initrd:
> -                syslinux_conf = syslinux_conf.replace(
> -                    " root=%s " % (creator.rootdev),
> -                    " root=%s initrd=%s " % (creator.rootdev, initrd))
> +                if root_param:
> +                    syslinux_conf = syslinux_conf.replace(
> +                        root_param,
> +                        f"{root_param} initrd={initrd} ")
> +                else:
> +                    syslinux_conf = syslinux_conf.replace(
> +                        " label=boot ",
> +                        f" label=boot initrd={initrd} ")
> 
>          logger.debug("Writing syslinux config %s/hdd/boot/syslinux.cfg",
>                       cr_workdir)
> --
> 2.39.5
>

Patch

diff --git a/meta/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/bootimg-efi-isar.py b/meta/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/bootimg-efi-isar.py
index 6bc78d42..d68a8ff3 100644
--- a/meta/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/bootimg-efi-isar.py
+++ b/meta/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/bootimg-efi-isar.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@  class BootimgEFIPlugin(SourcePlugin):
                         (get_bitbake_var("KERNEL_IMAGETYPE"), get_bitbake_var("INITRAMFS_LINK_NAME"))

             label = source_params.get('label')
-            label_conf = "root=%s" % creator.rootdev
+            label_conf = f"root={creator.rootdev}" if creator.rootdev else ""
             if label:
                 label_conf = "LABEL=%s" % label

@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@  class BootimgEFIPlugin(SourcePlugin):
             boot_conf += "linux /%s\n" % kernel

             label = source_params.get('label')
-            label_conf = "LABEL=Boot root=%s" % creator.rootdev
+            label_conf = "LABEL=Boot"
+            label_conf += f" root={creator.rootdev}" if creator.rootdev else ""
             if label:
                 label_conf = "LABEL=%s" % label

@@ -366,7 +367,7 @@  class BootimgEFIPlugin(SourcePlugin):

             with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp_dir:
                 label = source_params.get('label')
-                label_conf = "root=%s" % creator.rootdev
+                label_conf = f"root={creator.rootdev}" if creator.rootdev else ""
                 if label:
                     label_conf = "LABEL=%s" % label

diff --git a/meta/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/bootimg-pcbios-isar.py b/meta/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/bootimg-pcbios-isar.py
index d5040b72..e12cba83 100644
--- a/meta/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/bootimg-pcbios-isar.py
+++ b/meta/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/bootimg-pcbios-isar.py
@@ -140,14 +140,21 @@  class BootimgPcbiosIsarPlugin(SourcePlugin):

             syslinux_conf += "KERNEL " + kernel + "\n"

-            syslinux_conf += "APPEND label=boot root=%s %s\n" % \
-                             (creator.rootdev, bootloader.append)
+            # Check if rootdev exists
+            root_param = f"root={creator.rootdev}" if creator.rootdev else ""
+
+            syslinux_conf += f"APPEND label=boot {root_param} {bootloader.append}\n"

             # if we are using an initrd, smuggle it in
             if initrd:
-                syslinux_conf = syslinux_conf.replace(
-                    " root=%s " % (creator.rootdev),
-                    " root=%s initrd=%s " % (creator.rootdev, initrd))
+                if root_param:
+                    syslinux_conf = syslinux_conf.replace(
+                        root_param,
+                        f"{root_param} initrd={initrd} ")
+                else:
+                    syslinux_conf = syslinux_conf.replace(
+                        " label=boot ",
+                        f" label=boot initrd={initrd} ")

         logger.debug("Writing syslinux config %s/hdd/boot/syslinux.cfg",
                      cr_workdir)