[Bug 1048763] Re: grub-mkconfig/probe gives incorrect device name on PowerPC

[Phillip Susi]

I'm pretty sure that it should be "hd0".  Can you be more specific about
"doesn't work" and do you mean to say that changing to "hd" fixes it?

Can you get to the grub prompt and just run an ls command and list the
results?

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Title:
  grub-mkconfig/probe gives incorrect device name on PowerPC

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Hi, in my grub.cfg created with grub-mkconfig I have repeated lines
  like this:

   set root='(hd0,apple4)'
   search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root big-long-number-1000

  I'm on PowerPC and the 'hd0' I think should be just 'hd' (the
  openfirmware devalias).

  Tracing this back through the code I find it comes from
  prepare_grub_to_access_device (in grub-mkconfig_lib.in) which calls
  grub-probe (and this is where the hd0 comes from).  I haven't delved
  any further than this yet (I'm very rusty at reading code).  Obviously
  it would be great to fix grub-probe for PowerPC, but there is an
  obvious and easy solution in prepare_grub_to_access_device.  Currently
  the code is:

    # If there's a filesystem UUID that GRUB is capable of identifying, use it;
    # otherwise set root as per value in device.map.
    echo "set root='`"${grub_probe}" --device "${device}" --target=drive`'"
    if fs_uuid="`"${grub_probe}" --device "${device}" --target=fs_uuid 2> /dev/null`" ; then
      echo "search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ${fs_uuid}"
    fi

  I think there should be an else in there.  Currently it sets root
  using the device map and then immediatly overrides it with the UUID.
  I can't see why it should be done twice.  It should be one or the
  other: use the device map OR the UUID.  This would also make grub.cfg
  files shorter and easier to read.

  If you need anymore info let me know!  Thanks

  lsb_release -rd
  Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
  Release: 12.04

  dpkg -l | grep grub
  ii grub-common 1.99-21ubuntu3.1 GRand Unified Bootloader (common files)
  ii grub-ieee1275 1.99-21ubuntu3.1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (Open Firmware version)
  ii grub-ieee1275-bin 1.99-21ubuntu3.1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (Open Firmware binaries)
  ii grub2-common 1.99-21ubuntu3.1 GRand Unified Bootloader (common files for version 2)

  
  EDIT: changed the elseif to just else

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