zipl is a bit special in that it parses the BLS config files
directly *but* we need to run the command to update the "boot block".
Hence, we're not generating a separate config file like the other
backends. Instead, extend the bootloader interface with a `post_bls_sync`
method that is run in the same place we swap the `boot/loader` symlink.
We write a "stamp file" in `/boot` that says we need to run this command.
The reason we use stamp file is to prevent the case where the system is
interrupted after BLS file is updated, but before zipl is triggered,
then zipl boot records are not updated.
This opens the door to making things eventually-consistent/reconcilable
by later adding a systemd unit to run `zipl` if we're interrupted via
a systemd unit - I think we should eventually take this approach
everywhere rather than requiring `/boot/loader` to be a symlink.
Author: Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org>
Tested-by: Tuan Hoang <tmhoang@linux.ibm.com>
Co-Authored-By: Tuan Hoang <tmhoang@linux.ibm.com>
Generate a grub2 config using the pending deployment, if a grub2
bootloader is detected in the sysroot. Allows grub2-mkconfig
to run if there are no previous deployments.
Fixes: #1774Closes: #1831
Approved by: jlebon
We added a `.dir-locals.el` in commit: 9a77017d87
There's no need to have it per-file, with that people might think
to add other editors, which is the wrong direction.
Closes: #1206
Approved by: jlebon
Part of cleaning up our usage of libglnx; we want to use what's in GLib where we
can.
Had to change a few .c files to `#include ostree.h` early on to pick up
autoptrs for the core types.
Closes: #1040
Approved by: jlebon
We need basic support for UEFI - many newer servers don't support
BIOS compatibility mode anymore.
However, this patch only implements non-atomic because UEFI is FAT, and
we can't do the previous design for OSTree of atomic swap of
/boot/loader.
The Fedora/RHEL UEFI layout has the kernels on a "real" /boot
partition, and /boot/efi/EFI/$vendor just holds the grub2 UEFI binary
and grub.cfg.
Following this, /boot/loader is still on the OS boot partition, and we
still atomically swap it. This potentially paves the way to atomic
upgrades in the future.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=724246
In this approach, we drop a /etc/grub.d/15_ostree file which is a
hybrid of shell/C that picks up bits from the GRUB2 library (e.g. the
block device script generation), and then calls into libostree's
GRUB2 code which knows about the BLS entries.
This is admittedly ugly. There exists another approach for GRUB2 to
learn the BLS specification. However, the spec has a few issues:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/anaconda-devel-list/2014-July/msg00002.html
This approach also gives a bit more control to the admin via the
naming of the 15_ostree symlink; they can easily disable it:
Or reorder the ostree entries ahead of 10_linux:
Also, this approach doesn't require patches for grub2, which is an
issue with the pressure to backport (rpm-)OSTree to EL7.
Colin Walters
Robert Fairley
Giuseppe Scrivano