[OE-core] [PATCH 5/5] grub-efi.bbclass: Add serial and graphics menu options
Jason Wessel
jason.wessel at windriver.com
Thu Sep 12 19:52:10 UTC 2013
On 09/12/2013 01:16 PM, Darren Hart wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-09-12 at 12:19 -0500, Jason Wessel wrote:
>> The syslinux.bbclass already has support for automatically generated
>> serial and graphics menu choices. This patch adds the same concept to
>> the grub-efi menu. That makes it possible to generate a single image
>> which can boot on a PCBIOS or EFI firmware with consistent looking
>> boot options.
>>
>> [YOCTO #4100]
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel at windriver.com>
>> ---
>> meta/classes/grub-efi.bbclass | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>> meta/conf/machine/qemux86-64.conf | 2 +-
>> meta/conf/machine/qemux86.conf | 2 ++
>> 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/meta/classes/grub-efi.bbclass b/meta/classes/grub-efi.bbclass
>> index c6f5d4e..c07e4a1 100644
>> --- a/meta/classes/grub-efi.bbclass
>> +++ b/meta/classes/grub-efi.bbclass
>> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
>> # External variables
>> # ${INITRD} - indicates a filesystem image to use as an initrd (optional)
>> # ${ROOTFS} - indicates a filesystem image to include as the root filesystem (optional)
>> +# ${GRUB_GFXSERIAL} - set this to 1 to have graphics and serial in the boot menu
>> # ${LABELS} - a list of targets for the automatic config
>> # ${APPEND} - an override list of append strings for each label
>> # ${GRUB_OPTS} - additional options to add to the config, ';' delimited # (optional)
>> @@ -16,6 +17,7 @@
>>
>> do_bootimg[depends] += "grub-efi-${TRANSLATED_TARGET_ARCH}-native:do_deploy"
>>
>> +GRUB_SERIAL ?= "console=ttyS0,115200"
>> GRUBCFG = "${S}/grub.cfg"
>> GRUB_TIMEOUT ?= "10"
>> #FIXME: build this from the machine config
>> @@ -55,6 +57,8 @@ python build_grub_cfg() {
>> bb.error("WORKDIR not defined, unable to package")
>> return
>>
>> + gfxserial = d.getVar('GRUB_GFXSERIAL', True) or ""
>> +
>> labels = d.getVar('LABELS', True)
>> if not labels:
>> bb.debug(1, "LABELS not defined, nothing to do")
>> @@ -88,6 +92,12 @@ python build_grub_cfg() {
>> else:
>> cfgfile.write('timeout=50\n')
>>
>> + if gfxserial == "1":
>> + btypes = [ [ " graphics console", "console=tty0" ],
>> + [ " serial console", d.getVar('GRUB_SERIAL', True) or "" ] ]
>> + else:
>> + btypes = [ [ "", "" ] ]
>> +
>> for label in labels.split():
>> localdata = d.createCopy()
>>
>> @@ -95,24 +105,27 @@ python build_grub_cfg() {
>> if not overrides:
>> raise bb.build.FuncFailed('OVERRIDES not defined')
>>
>> - localdata.setVar('OVERRIDES', label + ':' + overrides)
>> - bb.data.update_data(localdata)
>> + for btype in btypes:
>> + localdata.setVar('OVERRIDES', label + ':' + overrides)
>> + bb.data.update_data(localdata)
>>
>> - cfgfile.write('\nmenuentry \'%s\'{\n' % (label))
>> - if label == "install":
>> - label = "install-efi"
>> - cfgfile.write('linux /vmlinuz LABEL=%s' % (label))
>> + cfgfile.write('\nmenuentry \'%s%s\'{\n' % (label, btype[0]))
>> + lb = label
>> + if label == "install":
>> + lb = "install-efi"
>> + cfgfile.write('linux /vmlinuz LABEL=%s' % (lb))
>>
>> - append = localdata.getVar('APPEND', True)
>> - initrd = localdata.getVar('INITRD', True)
>> + append = localdata.getVar('APPEND', True)
>> + initrd = localdata.getVar('INITRD', True)
>>
>> - if append:
>> - cfgfile.write('%s' % (append))
>> - cfgfile.write('\n')
>> + if append:
>> + cfgfile.write('%s' % (append))
>> + cfgfile.write(' %s' % btype[1])
>> + cfgfile.write('\n')
>>
>> - if initrd:
>> - cfgfile.write('initrd /initrd')
>> - cfgfile.write('\n}\n')
>> + if initrd:
>> + cfgfile.write('initrd /initrd')
>> + cfgfile.write('\n}\n')
>>
>> cfgfile.close()
>> }
>
> I'm not very familiar with the cfgfile for menus and such, so I don't
> have much to add. The one thing that catches me by surprise is the need
> for the serial device. On EFI systems, grub here uses the EFI console
> service, so if that uses the serial port you get it for free, no need
> for GRUB to try and use it directly. In fact.... does the above not
> cause some kind of conflict between the EFI console service and grub
> serial?
>
In part that is why it is optional. With respect to the serial bits, these are only the kernel boot arguments we are talking about. It doesn't seem that there is a "primary" display interface for the HCDP in the EFI firmware I have. Additionally, the kernel throws the EFI serial console under the bus at ACPI probe time, while this certainly could also be a bug in the firmware I have on my test board, the only way to keep the serial port alive for a login and the kernel boot information was to specify console=ttyS0...
I have yet another system I need to try this on which has a much newer UEFI and a serial port, but I thought it would be best to get something out there that covers the "buggy firmwares" as well which can be built optionally.
> Both of the following should be in a separate patch. In fact, they
> should probably have a qemux86-common.inc which took care of most of
> this (as was done recently for genericx86-common.inc).
So I am not sure that we want to patch up the qemux86* conf files at all. Do we want to enable EFI + PCBIOS all the time now that we have a way to generate images (noting these images will work with runqemu)? I figured I would just drop those modifications entirely. I would expect something like a "all encompassing" white box BSP to select both, but for the qemux86*, I don't think it makes sense.
Cheers,
Jason.
>
>> diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemux86-64.conf b/meta/conf/machine/qemux86-64.conf
>> index c572225..6f68410 100644
>> --- a/meta/conf/machine/qemux86-64.conf
>> +++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemux86-64.conf
>> @@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ XSERVER = "xserver-xorg \
>> xf86-input-evdev \
>> xf86-video-vmware"
>>
>> -MACHINE_FEATURES += "x86"
>> +MACHINE_FEATURES += "x86 efi"
>>
>> MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += "v86d"
>> diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemux86.conf b/meta/conf/machine/qemux86.conf
>> index 94ee573..57a9a50 100644
>> --- a/meta/conf/machine/qemux86.conf
>> +++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemux86.conf
>> @@ -22,5 +22,7 @@ XSERVER = "xserver-xorg \
>> xf86-video-vmware"
>>
>> MACHINE_FEATURES += "x86"
>> +MACHINE_FEATURES += "efi"
>> +#MACHINE_FEATURES += "pcbios"
>>
>> MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += "v86d"
>
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