GNU bug report logs - #75211
guix system: error: kexec-load-file: Invalid argument

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Simen Endsjø <contact <at> simendsjo.me>

Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:41:01 UTC

Severity: important

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: nathan <nathan_mail <at> nborghese.com>
Cc: contact <at> simendsjo.me, 75211 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#75211: guix system: error: kexec-load-file: Invalid argument
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2025 11:35:23 +0100
Hi,

nathan <nathan_mail <at> nborghese.com> skribis:

> He is using linux-6.6, which is the same version as guix's linux-lts.
>
> This is probably because older kernels don't support the KEXEC_FILE_DEBUG flag that is passed to kexec-load-file unconditionally.
> To fix, remove the use of KEXEC_FILE_DEBUG in guix/scripts/system/reconfigure.scm
> I didn't test it, but it makes sense.

Oh, that makes sense.

I’ll propose a patch to remove it.

Thanks,
Ludo’.




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