[PATCH 1/1] ybin: Update boot-device for pSeries
Brian King
brking at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Sat Sep 15 04:22:11 EST 2012
ybin/mkofboot was not updating the boot-device OF path, which results in
pSeries users needing to manually set the boot device in SMS in many
scenarios. This is easily fixed with the following small change.
Signed-off-by: Brian King <brking at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
ybin/ybin | 15 +++++++++++----
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff -puN ybin/ybin~ybin_set_ofbootdev ybin/ybin
--- yaboot/ybin/ybin~ybin_set_ofbootdev 2012-09-14 09:13:47.000000000 -0500
+++ yaboot-bjking1/ybin/ybin 2012-09-14 09:34:11.000000000 -0500
@@ -507,12 +507,8 @@ checkconf()
[ "$nonvram" = 0 ] && echo 1>&2 "$PRG: OldWorld PowerMac, nvram will not be updated"
nonvram=1
elif (cat /proc/cpuinfo 2> /dev/null | grep ^platform | grep -q 'pSeries') ; then
- ## IBM hardware does not need nvram update AFAICT
- nonvram=1
ADDNOTE=yes
elif (cat /proc/cpuinfo 2> /dev/null | grep ^platform | grep -q 'PowerNV') ; then
- ## IBM hardware does not need nvram update AFAICT
- nonvram=1
ADDNOTE=yes
else
#echo 1>&2 "$PRG: Warning: Unknown archetecture, $boot may not be bootable on this machine"
@@ -1156,6 +1152,17 @@ raw_install()
echo 1>&2 "$PRG: Installation failed."
return 1
fi
+
+ ## update the boot-device variable in OF nvram.
+ if [ "$nonvram" = 0 ] ; then
+ [ "$VERBOSE" = 1 ] && echo "$PRG: Updating OpenFirmware boot-device variable in nvram..."
+ [ "$DEBUG" = 1 ] && echo 1>&2 "$PRG: DEBUG: boot-device=${ofboot}"
+ nvsetenv boot-device "${ofboot}"
+ if [ $? != 0 ] ; then
+ echo 1>&2 "$PRG: An error occured while updating nvram, we'll ignore it"
+ fi
+ fi
+
sync ; sync
[ "$VERBOSE" = 1 ] && echo "$PRG: Installation successful"
return 0
_
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