Allow an external kernel to be used to boot guests.

Required for armv7 guests.

diff --git a/mclu_boot.ml b/mclu_boot.ml
index 16b8ac9..5aa8290 100644 (file)
--- a/mclu_boot.ml
+++ b/mclu_boot.ml
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ Try: `mclu on %s'\n" hostname hostname;
   let remote_template_wrapper = sprintf "/tmp/mclu%s.sh" (string_random8 ()) in
   let xml_template_wrapper = sprintf "/tmp/mclu%s.sh" (string_random8 ()) in
   let remote_image = sprintf "/var/tmp/%s.%s" name extension in
+  let remote_external_kernel_dir = sprintf "/var/tmp/%s.boot" name in
+  let remote_external_kernel = sprintf "/var/tmp/%s.boot/kernel" name in
+  let remote_external_initrd = sprintf "/var/tmp/%s.boot/initrd" name in
 
   (* Get ready to generate the guest XML. *)
   let vcpus = !vcpus in
@@ -184,9 +187,23 @@ Try: `mclu on %s'\n" hostname hostname;
   <memory unit='KiB'>%Ld</memory>
   <currentMemory unit='KiB'>%Ld</currentMemory>
   <vcpu>%d</vcpu>
+" name (memory /^ 1024L) (memory /^ 1024L) vcpus in
+
+    let xml = xml ^ "\
   <os>
     <type>hvm</type>
     <boot dev='hd'/>
+" in
+
+    let xml = xml ^
+      if template_info.Template.needs_external_kernel then
+        sprintf "\
+    <kernel>%s</kernel>
+    <initrd>%s</initrd>
+" remote_external_kernel remote_external_initrd
+      else "" in
+
+    let xml = xml ^ "\
   </os>
   <features>
     <acpi/>
@@ -203,7 +220,7 @@ Try: `mclu on %s'\n" hostname hostname;
   <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
   <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
   <devices>
-" name (memory /^ 1024L) (memory /^ 1024L) vcpus in
+" in
 
     let xml = xml ^ sprintf "\
   <disk type='file' device='disk'>
@@ -270,6 +287,8 @@ Try: `mclu on %s'\n" hostname hostname;
       let fpf fs = fprintf chan fs in
       fpf "#!/bin/sh\n";
       fpf "export format=%s\n" (quote format);
+      fpf "export initrd=%s\n" (quote remote_external_initrd);
+      fpf "export kernel=%s\n" (quote remote_external_kernel);
       fpf "export mac_addr=%s\n" (quote mac_addr);
       fpf "export memory_kb=%Ld\n" (memory /^ 1024L);
       fpf "export name=%s\n" (quote name);
@@ -326,7 +345,8 @@ Try: `mclu on %s'\n" hostname hostname;
   let () =
     let chan = open_out remote_template_wrapper in
     let fpf fs = fprintf chan fs in
-    fpf "#!/bin/sh\n";
+    fpf "#!/bin/bash\n";
+    fpf "set -e\n";
     (* XXX Don't hard-code network_bridge here. *)
     fpf "export LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND_SETTINGS=network_bridge=br0\n";
     fpf "export base_image=%s\n" (quote template_info.Template.base_image);
@@ -342,6 +362,15 @@ Try: `mclu on %s'\n" hostname hostname;
     | tz -> fpf "export timezone=%s\n" (quote (sprintf "--timezone %s" tz))
     );
     fpf "%s build\n" remote_template;
+    if template_info.Template.needs_external_kernel then (
+      fpf "rm -rf %s\n" (quote remote_external_kernel_dir);
+      fpf "mkdir %s\n" (quote remote_external_kernel_dir);
+      fpf "pushd %s\n" (quote remote_external_kernel_dir);
+      fpf "virt-builder --get-kernel %s\n" (quote remote_image);
+      fpf "ln vmlinuz-* kernel\n";
+      fpf "ln init* initrd\n";
+      fpf "popd\n";
+    );
     close_out chan;
     Unix.chmod remote_template_wrapper 0o755 in
 

diff --git a/template.ml b/template.ml
index 428ffe4..4db0b66 100644 (file)
--- a/template.ml
+++ b/template.ml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ type template_info = {
   disk_bus : string option;
   network_model : string option;
   has_xml_target : bool;
+  needs_external_kernel : bool;
 }
 
 let probe ?(verbose = false) filename =
@@ -138,10 +139,17 @@ let probe ?(verbose = false) filename =
 
   let has_xml_target = run_template ~verbose filename "xml" [] <> None in
 
+  let needs_external_kernel =
+    match run_template ~verbose filename "needs-external-kernel" [] with
+    | None -> false
+    | Some ["1"|"yes"] -> true
+    | Some _ -> false in
+
   { base_image = base_image;
     minimum_memory = minimum_memory;
     recommended_memory = recommended_memory;
     minimum_size = minimum_size;
     disk_bus = disk_bus;
     network_model = network_model;
-    has_xml_target = has_xml_target }
+    has_xml_target = has_xml_target;
+    needs_external_kernel = needs_external_kernel; }

diff --git a/template.mli b/template.mli
index 470baeb..bb1d7f2 100644 (file)
--- a/template.mli
+++ b/template.mli
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ type template_info = {
   disk_bus : string option;
   network_model : string option;
   has_xml_target : bool;
+  needs_external_kernel : bool;
 }
 
 val probe : ?verbose:bool -> string -> template_info