Ship Fedora GRUB as well as (or instead of) upstream GRUB for pvgrub2-pvh

[DemiMarie]

How to file a helpful issue

The problem you're addressing (if any)

Fedora used Boot Loader Spec (BLS). Qubes OS must use deprecated tools to ensure that the dom0-provided GRUB works with Fedora guests.

The solution you'd like

Use Fedora’s fork of GRUB, which should work fine.

The value to a user, and who that user might be

Easier use of in-VM kernels and less maintenance burden for the Qubes team.

Completion criteria checklist

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[marmarek]

<rant> The whole issue wouldn't exist, if Fedora would (at least try to) upstream their changes, instead of using a "standard" that in fact is very Fedora-specific mechanism.</rant>

[DemiMarie]

<rant> The whole issue wouldn't exist, if Fedora would (at least try to) upstream their changes, instead of using a "standard" that in fact is very Fedora-specific mechanism.</rant>

Per @Conan-Kudo several other distributions use Fedora’s patches.

[Conan-Kudo]

<rant> The whole issue wouldn't exist, if Fedora would (at least try to) upstream their changes, instead of using a "standard" that in fact is very Fedora-specific mechanism.</rant>

Don't complain to Fedora, complain that the maintainers don't have time to actually process patch submissions for GRUB because their time is taken away doing their jobs (which aren't GRUB).

[DemiMarie]

<rant> The whole issue wouldn't exist, if Fedora would (at least try to) upstream their changes, instead of using a "standard" that in fact is very Fedora-specific mechanism.</rant>

Don't complain to Fedora, complain that the maintainers don't have time to actually process patch submissions for GRUB because their time is taken away doing their jobs (which aren't GRUB).

I didn’t see any BLS patches on the GRUB mailing list.

[Conan-Kudo]

My understanding is it never got far enough as a lot of the patches to prep for it didn't get reviewed in the far past. But we can ask @nfrayer and @lsandov1 (the new maintainers of GRUB in Fedora) to make a new push for upstreaming.

[lsandov1]

@Conan-Kudo @DemiMarie and team, I am working on categorizing and preparing patch series to be sent to upstream. I started this task recently but hopefully soon some (those distro-agnostic) patches will land into the grub-devel ML.

[marmarek]

I am working on categorizing and preparing patch series to be sent to upstream. I started this task recently but hopefully soon some (those distro-agnostic) patches will land into the grub-devel ML.

Thank you!

[DemiMarie]

Is this actually waiting for upstream This issue is waiting for something from an upstream project to arrive in Qubes. Remove when closed. ? The RFE is to offer a GRUB with Fedora’s downstream patches, which isn’t blocked on any upstream as the patches are all available in Fedora’s SRPM. If the plan is to instead wait for the patches to be accepted upstream, this would be R: declined Resolution: While a legitimate bug or proposal, it has been decided that no action will be taken. .

[andrewdavidwong]

@DemiMarie: Not sure. That was just my best guess at the most appropriate classification.