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Re: vkernel, vkd and vcd boot order


From: Clement Martin <cma@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:51:11 +0200

Hello Again.

> According to the manpage, the first -r or -c image will be the boot
> disk, but here, in whatever order they are, it always tries to boot from
> the virtual cdrom.
To solve this, I added a flag (-b) to choose the type of boot device,
disk or cdrom.

I attach the patch, but be kind, is this the first time I touch a C
source, all I know is sysadmin shell scripting.

Regards,

-- 
Clement Martin

/(Free|Libre|OpenSource) Software Consultant/

Alunys - Alternative Solutions

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--- init.c.orig	2007-08-19 18:46:53.000000000 +0200
+++ init.c	2007-08-19 18:24:58.000000000 +0200
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@
 	int netifFileNum = 0;
 	int diskFileNum = 0;
 	int cdFileNum = 0;
+	int bootOnDisk = 0;
 	int c;
 	int i;
 	int n;
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@
 	real_ncpus_size = sizeof(real_ncpus);
 	sysctlbyname("hw.ncpu", &real_ncpus, &real_ncpus_size, NULL, 0);
 
-	while ((c = getopt(ac, av, "c:svl:m:n:r:e:i:p:I:U")) != -1) {
+	while ((c = getopt(ac, av, "b:c:svl:m:n:r:e:i:p:I:U")) != -1) {
 		switch(c) {
 		case 'e':
 			/*
@@ -195,6 +196,14 @@
 			if (netifFileNum < VKNETIF_MAX)
 				netifFile[netifFileNum++] = strdup(optarg);
 			break;
+		case 'b':
+			if (strncmp("disk", optarg, 4) == 0)
+				bootOnDisk = 1;
+			else if (strncmp("cdrom", optarg, 5) == 0) 
+				bootOnDisk = 0;
+			else 
+				usage("Bad boot device, must be disk or cdrom");
+			break;
 		case 'r':
 			if (diskFileNum + cdFileNum < VKDISK_MAX)
 				diskFile[diskFileNum++] = strdup(optarg);
@@ -284,8 +293,13 @@
 	init_vkernel();
 	setrealcpu();
 	init_kqueue();
-	init_disk(diskFile, diskFileNum, VKD_DISK);
-	init_disk(cdFile, cdFileNum, VKD_CD);
+	if(bootOnDisk == 1) {
+			init_disk(cdFile, cdFileNum, VKD_CD);
+			init_disk(diskFile, diskFileNum, VKD_DISK);
+	} else {
+			init_disk(diskFile, diskFileNum, VKD_DISK);
+			init_disk(cdFile, cdFileNum, VKD_CD);
+	}
 	init_netif(netifFile, netifFileNum);
 	init_exceptions();
 	mi_startup();


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