diff --git a/0003-Support-legacy-MBR-as-part-of-UEFI.patch b/0003-Support-legacy-MBR-as-part-of-UEFI.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ffd7118 --- /dev/null +++ b/0003-Support-legacy-MBR-as-part-of-UEFI.patch @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +From 2050395b053e4813da20f1c3bc39d74a8e45803f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 +From: Peter Robinson +Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2019 20:57:59 +0000 +Subject: [PATCH] Support legacy MBR (msdos) as part of UEFI to enable hybrid + builds + +The UEFI spec supports legacy MBR (msdos) in section 5.2 of the UEFI 2.7 spec [1]. +There's a number of use cases where we might boot on a UEFI device but want to +support, but not by default, the creation of images using legacy MBR partitions. +One of these use cases is cloud images where we can produce a single image +tha will run on UEFI supported, including secure-boot, clouds but also +support AWS which only supports MBR partitioning schemes [2] and in the current +config anaconda fails the install where this is a perfectly valid and widely +supported deployment mechanism. + +So enable the ability to use legacy msdos partitioning schemes, but don't use +it for default installs, so people may consume this mechanism using kickstarts +rather than having the install fail for a valid use case. + +[1] https://uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/UEFI%20Spec%202_7_A%20Sept%206.pdf +[2] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vm-import/latest/userguide/vmie_prereqs.html + +Signed-off-by: Peter Robinson +--- + blivet/formats/disklabel.py | 2 +- + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) + +diff --git a/blivet/formats/disklabel.py b/blivet/formats/disklabel.py +index 75867d6a..8186d1a1 100644 +--- a/blivet/formats/disklabel.py ++++ b/blivet/formats/disklabel.py +@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ def get_platform_label_types(cls): + elif arch.is_efi() and arch.is_arm(): + label_types = ["msdos", "gpt"] + elif arch.is_efi() and not arch.is_aarch64(): +- label_types = ["gpt"] ++ label_types = ["gpt", "msdos"] + elif arch.is_s390(): + label_types = ["msdos", "dasd"] + diff --git a/python-blivet.spec b/python-blivet.spec index 04f9108..b94491b 100644 --- a/python-blivet.spec +++ b/python-blivet.spec @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Version: 3.1.2 #%%global prerelease .b2 # prerelease, if defined, should be something like .a1, .b1, .b2.dev1, or .c2 -Release: 2%{?prerelease}%{?dist} +Release: 3%{?prerelease}%{?dist} Epoch: 1 License: LGPLv2+ Group: System Environment/Libraries @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Group: System Environment/Libraries Source0: http://github.com/storaged-project/blivet/archive/%{realname}-%{realversion}.tar.gz Patch0: 0001-force-lvm-plugin.patch Patch1: 0002-Dont-crash-if-blockdev-mpath-plugin-isnt-available.patch +Patch2: 0003-Support-legacy-MBR-as-part-of-UEFI.patch # Versions of required components (done so we make sure the buildrequires # match the requires versions of things). @@ -192,6 +193,9 @@ configuration. %endif %changelog +* Mon Mar 11 2019 Vojtech Trefny - 3.1.2-3 +- Support legacy MBR (msdos) as part of UEFI to enable hybrid builds + * Mon Mar 04 2019 Vojtech Trefny - 3.1.2-2 - Don't crash if blockdev mpath plugin isn't available (dlehman)