Current arm64 6.6.79 (6.6) image is faulty
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Description
Minimal reproducer:
$ echo "FROM ghcr.io/cilium/ci-kernels:6.6.79" | docker buildx build --platform linux/arm64 --quiet --pull --output="./ci-kernels/arm64/6.6.79/" -
$ qemu-system-aarch64 -nographic -append "console=ttyAMA0" -M virt -cpu cortex-a57 -m 4G -kernel ./ci-kernels/arm64/6.6.79/boot/vmlinuz
If one replace 6.6.79 with 6.6.41 in the above reproducer one can verify that the previous kernel image was working fine.
With the 6.6.79 image qemu-system-aarch64 does not even try to boot the kernel, as far as I can tell.
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Research direction
Start with the minimal Docker buildx and qemu-system-aarch64 reproducer in the issue, comparing the 6.6.79 image with 6.6.41 on linux/arm64. Investigate why qemu does not attempt to boot the newer kernel; done means the 6.6.79 image boots successfully with the supplied command or the fault is clearly identified.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- docker, linux, shell
- Domain
- build-system, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100