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Guix doesn't boot with LUKS root partition

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Message #43 received at 48649-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
Cc: 48649-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Juraj Hlista <juraj <at> juraj.me>
Subject: Re: bug#48649: Guix doesn't boot with LUKS root partition
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2021 00:11:23 -0400

Hello,

Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr> writes:

> Juraj Hlista 写道：
>> Not sure how the i915 module is related to LUKS though.
>
> Not, all all.  You should see the same apparent ‘freeze’ when booting
> the system without LUKS with ‘--repl’ on the kernel command line.
>
> Linux prompts for the LUKS passphrase early, and (obviously :-) before
> the root file system is mounted.  The kernel needs to display this
> prompt.  The root file system contains all drivers. See the deadlock?
>
> Adding i915 to the initrd will ensure that it is loaded before the
> initrd tries to mount / and asks you for the passphrase, so 
> everything will work fine.  Building i915 into the kernel would have
> the same effect.

Seems this issue was about not having a required video driver in the
init RAM disk, rather than LUKS support.

Closing.

Glad you got it solved!

Maxim

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