[Bug 1878705] Re: Fix multiple initrds support in grub.conf

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

** Description changed:

- Fix multiple initrds support in grub.conf.
+ [Impact]
  
- Such that one can correctly use early initrd support.
+  * When attempting to use multiple initrd, update-grub generates invalid
+ grub.cfg configuration.
+ 
+ [Test Case]
+ 
+  * sudo touch /boot/microcode.cpio
+  * sudo update-grub
+  * grep microcode.cpio /boot/grub/grub.cfg
+ initrd	/ microcode.cpio initrd.img-5.4.0-37-generic
+ 
+ Observe that the initrd stanzas are incorrect. Instead they should be
+ _both_ absolute valid filepaths from grub prefix location, i.e.
+ 
+ initrd /microcode.cpio /initrd.img-5.4.0-37-generic
+ 
+  # ensure one cleans up the system after testing
+  * sudo rm /boot/microcode.cpio
+  * sudo update-grub
+ 
+ [Regression Potential]
+ 
+  * 2.04 upstream release supports multiple initrds correctly, but the
+ ubuntu-only patches incorrectly changed the behaviour of grub-mkconfig
+ breaking this support. This SRU fixes this. Since currently multiple
+ initrd support is broken, nobody is using it. But hopefully it will
+ become usable after this SRU and will be used by default in certain
+ configurations.

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Title:
  Fix multiple initrds support in grub.conf

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [Impact]

   * When attempting to use multiple initrd, update-grub generates
  invalid grub.cfg configuration.

  [Test Case]

   * sudo touch /boot/microcode.cpio
   * sudo update-grub
   * grep microcode.cpio /boot/grub/grub.cfg
  initrd	/ microcode.cpio initrd.img-5.4.0-37-generic

  Observe that the initrd stanzas are incorrect. Instead they should be
  _both_ absolute valid filepaths from grub prefix location, i.e.

  initrd /microcode.cpio /initrd.img-5.4.0-37-generic

   # ensure one cleans up the system after testing
   * sudo rm /boot/microcode.cpio
   * sudo update-grub

  [Regression Potential]

   * 2.04 upstream release supports multiple initrds correctly, but the
  ubuntu-only patches incorrectly changed the behaviour of grub-mkconfig
  breaking this support. This SRU fixes this. Since currently multiple
  initrd support is broken, nobody is using it. But hopefully it will
  become usable after this SRU and will be used by default in certain
  configurations.

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