genesis boot failing on Intel E810 NIC cards using xCAT 2.16.4 version about xcat-core HOT 5 OPEN

@gurevichmark can you help me in this?

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@abhishek-sa1 This is more of a kernel module loading issue vs. genesis or xcat issue.

For fixing the issue please check on the following:

• Which linux kernel version are you using for building the genesis image?
• Is the driver for the card compiled into that kernel or is it a separate module file (.ko in /lib/modules/KERNEL_VERSION/ )?

When the kernel loads on the target machine, it initializes all the hardware for which the drivers are built-in. For hardware without built-in drivers, the kernel needs to be informed which drivers to load, usually via a manual insmod (or better modprobe which handles inter-module dependencies), or via config containing the module names to load from

• /etc/modprobe.d/*.conf
• /etc/modules-load.d/*.conf

Adding such files into the genesis tree and then rebuilding the image may solve your problem, as the mods are in the genesis tree, from what you have shown above.

Note: Please paste text instead of screenshots: it makes the task of selecting and checking so much easier.

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@samveen
I am using kernel version 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8.x86_64 and xCAT is running on RHEL 8.6 OS with x86_64 architecture.

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dracut-install: ERROR: installing 'dhclient'
dracut: FAILED: /usr/lib/dracut/dracut-install -D /var/tmp/dracut.PSkuHN/initramfs -a mkswap df ifenslave ssh-keygen scp clear dhclient lldpad
dracut-install: ERROR: installing 'rngd'
dracut: FAILED: /usr/lib/dracut/dracut-install -D /var/tmp/dracut.PSkuHN/initramfs -a rngd

Noticed above error while buidling rpm in x86_64 architecture and RHEL 8.6 OS.

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@abhishek-sa1 with a quick check on google gave me https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2054092

Would you also review the availability of the rngd command on the build system?

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