[meta-intel] [PATCHv5 00/10] Runtime Machine Configuration (RMC)

[Tom Zanussi]

Hi Jianxun,

On 08/03/2016 01:04 PM, Jianxun Zhang wrote:
> Hi Saul, Tom & others,
> 
> This is the V5 submission of RMC work with new enhancements and fixes over
> V4 also with some minor adjustments in rmc README file and commit messages.
> 

Although I'm a bit dismayed that we seem to have come full circle and
are back at the EFI_PROVIDER="rmc-systemd-boot" interface, I went ahead
and merged these 10 patches anyway- it doesn't seem we'll be able to
make progress toward fleshing out this feature otherwise.

Please file a bug addressing that interface issue, as well as for the
other issues we identified along the way and that remain unaddressed.

The most important ones in addition being:

- rmc should be useful for all yocto-supported platforms, not just the
ones in meta-intel.  Because it only supports Intel platforms at the
moment, and to give it some exposure, it makes sense to have it in
meta-intel at least initially, but it really should be in oe-core.
Adding support for other platforms should also help generalize the code
in the process.  So please file a bug to add support for the other
platforms and move it out of meta-intel.

- there currently is really no way to debug a failing rmc configuration
or run-time other than by inspection.  There needs to be support in both
the host and the target to flag invalid configurations and trace what's
happening at run-time when something goes wrong and it's not apparent
what the problem is.

Thanks,

Tom

> I tried my best to keep doc, commit msg and function consistent when we
> modify the feature's behavior back and forth. Feel free to let me know any-
> thing out of sync...
> 
> Jianxun Zhang (10):
>   rmc: Add Runtime Machine Configuration (RMC) project
>   gnu-efi: Add GUID for SMBIOS 3 entry point structure
>   systemd-boot: load board-specific entry and kernel cmdline
>   EFI installer: deploy board-specific data and kernel cmdline
>   rmc: add recipe and bbclass for RMC feature
>   rmc: document and examples for RMC feature
>   rmc: support broxton-m platform
>   rmc: support post-installation hook POSTINSTALL.sh
>   rmc: update document and NUC Gen 6 for post-installation hook
>   rmc: don't install boot entries when RMC entries exist
> 
>  classes/rmc-db.bbclass                             |  92 ++++++
>  classes/rmc-systemd-boot.bbclass                   |  12 +
>  ...d-GUID-for-SMBIOS-3-entry-point-structure.patch |  32 ++
>  common/recipes-bsp/gnu-efi/gnu-efi_%.bbappend      |   2 +
>  .../rmc/boards/T100-32bit/BOOTENTRY.CONFIG         |   2 +
>  .../rmc/boards/T100-32bit/T100-32bit.fp            | Bin 0 -> 116 bytes
>  common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/T100-32bit/boot.conf |   4 +
>  .../recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/T100-32bit/install.conf |   4 +
>  common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/broxton-m/KBOOTPARAM |   1 +
>  common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/broxton-m/bm.fp      | Bin 0 -> 83 bytes
>  .../rmc/boards/minnowmax/BOOTENTRY.CONFIG          |   1 +
>  common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/minnowmax/boot.conf  |   4 +
>  .../recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/minnowmax/minnowmax.fp  | Bin 0 -> 143 bytes
>  .../rmc/boards/minnowmaxB3/BOOTENTRY.CONFIG        |   1 +
>  .../recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/minnowmaxB3/boot.conf   |   4 +
>  .../rmc/boards/minnowmaxB3/minnowmaxB3.fp          | Bin 0 -> 148 bytes
>  .../rmc/boards/nucgen6/BOOTENTRY.CONFIG            |   2 +
>  .../rmc/boards/nucgen6/INSTALLER.CONFIG            |   6 +
>  common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/nucgen6/KBOOTPARAM   |   1 +
>  .../recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/nucgen6/POSTINSTALL.sh  |   7 +
>  common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/nucgen6/boot.conf    |   4 +
>  common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/nucgen6/install.conf |   4 +
>  common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/nucgen6/mylib.conf   |   7 +
>  common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/nucgen6/nuc6.fp      | Bin 0 -> 149 bytes
>  common/recipes-bsp/rmc/rmc-db.bb                   |  48 +++
>  common/recipes-bsp/rmc/rmc.bb                      |  46 +++
>  .../recipes-bsp/systemd-boot/systemd-boot.bbappend |  20 ++
>  ...d-boot-Link-RMC-libraries-into-bootloader.patch |  31 ++
>  ...d-board-specific-boot-entries-from-RMC-da.patch | 263 +++++++++++++++
>  ...pport-global-kernel-command-line-fragment.patch |  66 ++++
>  .../initrdscripts/files/init-install-efi.sh        | 339 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  .../initramfs-live-install-efi_%.bbappend          |   1 +
>  conf/layer.conf                                    |  10 +
>  documentation/rmc/README                           | 356 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  34 files changed, 1370 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 classes/rmc-db.bbclass
>  create mode 100644 classes/rmc-systemd-boot.bbclass
>  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/gnu-efi/gnu-efi/0001-Add-GUID-for-SMBIOS-3-entry-point-structure.patch
>  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/gnu-efi/gnu-efi_%.bbappend
>  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/T100-32bit/BOOTENTRY.CONFIG
>  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/T100-32bit/T100-32bit.fp
>  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/T100-32bit/boot.conf
>  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/T100-32bit/install.conf
>  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/broxton-m/KBOOTPARAM
>  create mode 100755 common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/broxton-m/bm.fp
>  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/minnowmax/BOOTENTRY.CONFIG
>  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/minnowmax/boot.conf
>  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/minnowmax/minnowmax.fp
>  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/minnowmaxB3/BOOTENTRY.CONFIG
>  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/minnowmaxB3/boot.conf
>  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/minnowmaxB3/minnowmaxB3.fp
>  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/nucgen6/BOOTENTRY.CONFIG
>  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/nucgen6/INSTALLER.CONFIG
>  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/nucgen6/KBOOTPARAM
>  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/nucgen6/POSTINSTALL.sh
>  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/nucgen6/boot.conf
>  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/nucgen6/install.conf
>  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/nucgen6/mylib.conf
>  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/nucgen6/nuc6.fp
>  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/rmc/rmc-db.bb
>  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/rmc/rmc.bb
>  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/systemd-boot/systemd-boot.bbappend
>  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/systemd-boot/systemd-boot/0001-sd-boot-Link-RMC-libraries-into-bootloader.patch
>  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/systemd-boot/systemd-boot/0002-sd-boot-Load-board-specific-boot-entries-from-RMC-da.patch
>  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/systemd-boot/systemd-boot/0003-sd-boot-Support-global-kernel-command-line-fragment.patch
>  create mode 100644 common/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install-efi.sh
>  create mode 100644 common/recipes-core/initrdscripts/initramfs-live-install-efi_%.bbappend
>  create mode 100644 documentation/rmc/README
>