[arch-releng] [RFC] [PATCH] [archiso] Add dm_snap_prefix= boot param.

Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi vmlinuz386 at yahoo.com.ar
Fri Aug 12 09:44:41 EDT 2011


On 08/09/2011 04:33 PM, Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi wrote:
> Default value is "arch". This implies that all device mapper node
> for snapshot devices will be for example: arch_root-image.
>
> This helps AIF to hidden these devices from "Device Configuration".
>
> Signed-off-by: Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi<vmlinuz386 at yahoo.com.ar>
> ---
>   README                |    2 ++
>   archiso/hooks/archiso |   10 ++++++----
>   2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/README b/README
> index 632f985..09765fb 100644
> --- a/README
> +++ b/README
> @@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ INDEX
>                       Size is in bytes (suffix with "k", "m" and "g") or
>                       in percentage of available RAM.
>                       Default: "75%"
> +* dm_snap_prefix=   Set a prefix for device-mapper snapshot node names.
> +                    Default: "arch"
>   * arch=             Force an architecture type (i686 | x86_64).
>                       Do not set it for normal operations.
>                       Useful for running a 64 bit kernel / 32 bit userspace.
> diff --git a/archiso/hooks/archiso b/archiso/hooks/archiso
> index 7e2997a..66dbafd 100644
> --- a/archiso/hooks/archiso
> +++ b/archiso/hooks/archiso
> @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ _mnt_fs() {
>       local mnt="${2}"
>       local img_fullname="${img##*/}";
>       local img_name="${img_fullname%%.*}"
> +    local dm_snap_name="${dm_snap_prefix}_${img_name}"
>       local ro_dev ro_dev_size ro_dev_fs_type rw_dev
>
>       mkdir -p "${mnt}"
> @@ -42,11 +43,11 @@ _mnt_fs() {
>       _next_loop_dev
>       rw_dev=$(_make_loop_dev "/cowspace/${img_name}.cow")
>
> -    echo "0 ${ro_dev_size} snapshot ${ro_dev} ${rw_dev} N 8" | dmsetup create ${img_name}
> +    echo "0 ${ro_dev_size} snapshot ${ro_dev} ${rw_dev} N 8" | dmsetup create ${dm_snap_name}
>
> -    msg ":: Mounting '/dev/mapper/${img_name}' (${ro_dev_fs_type}) to '${mnt}'"
> -    if ! mount -t "${ro_dev_fs_type}" "/dev/mapper/${img_name}" "${mnt}" ; then
> -        echo "ERROR: while mounting '/dev/mapper/${img_name}' to '${mnt}'"
> +    msg ":: Mounting '/dev/mapper/${dm_snap_name}' (${ro_dev_fs_type}) to '${mnt}'"
> +    if ! mount -t "${ro_dev_fs_type}" "/dev/mapper/${dm_snap_name}" "${mnt}" ; then
> +        echo "ERROR: while mounting '/dev/mapper/${dm_snap_name}' to '${mnt}'"
>           launch_interactive_shell
>       fi
>   }
> @@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ run_hook() {
>       [[ -z "${cowspace_size}" ]]&&  cowspace_size="75%"
>       [[ -z "${copytoram_size}" ]]&&  copytoram_size="75%"
>       [[ -z "${archisobasedir}" ]]&&  archisobasedir="arch"
> +    [[ -z "${dm_snap_prefix}" ]]&&  dm_snap_prefix="arch"
>       [[ -z "${archisodevice}" ]]&&  archisodevice="/dev/disk/by-label/${archisolabel}"
>       if [[ -z "${aitab}" ]]; then
>           aitab="/bootmnt/${archisobasedir}/aitab"

Pushed to master.

-- 
Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
\cos^2\alpha + \sin^2\alpha = 1



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