[Bug 1835660] Re: initramfs unpacking failed

** Tags added: oem-priority originate-from-1896145 sutton

** Changed in: oem-priority
Importance: Undecided => Low

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Title:
initramfs unpacking failed

Status in OEM Priority Project:
New
Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed

Bug description:
"initramfs unpacking failed: Decoding failed", message appears on
boot up.

If I "update-initramfs" using gzip instead of lz, then boot up passes
without decoding failed message.

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However, we currently believe that the decoding error reported in
dmesg is actually harmless and has no impact on usability on the
system.

Switching from lz4 to gzip compression, simply papers over the
warning, without any benefits, and slows down boot.

Kernel should be fixed to correctly parse lz4 compressed initrds, or
at least lower the warning, to not be user visible as an error.

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