Re: [PATCH v2] grub-install: Install PV Xen binaries into the upstream specified path

["Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko" <phcoder@gmail.com>]

On 23.10.2014 23:28, Ian Campbell wrote:
> Upstream have defined a specification for where guests ought to place their
> xenpv grub binaries in order to facilitate chainloading from a stage 1 grub
> loaded from dom0.
>
> http://xenbits.xen.org/docs/unstable-staging/misc/x86-xenpv-bootloader.html
>
> The spec calls for installation into /boot/xen/pvboot-i386.elf or
> /boot/xen/pvboot-x86_64.elf.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk>
>
> ---
> v2: Respect bootdir, create /boot/xen as needed.
> ---
>   util/grub-install.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
>   1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/util/grub-install.c b/util/grub-install.c
> index 70f514c..7a7734e 100644
> --- a/util/grub-install.c
> +++ b/util/grub-install.c
> @@ -1979,6 +1979,28 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
>   	}
>         break;
>
> +    case GRUB_INSTALL_PLATFORM_I386_XEN:
> +      {
> +	char *path = grub_util_path_concat (2, bootdir, "xen");
> +	char *dst = grub_util_path_concat (2, path, "pvboot-i386.elf");
> +	grub_install_mkdir_p (path);
> +	grub_install_copy_file (imgfile, dst, 1);
> +	free (dst);
> +	free (path);
> +      }
> +      break;
> +
> +    case GRUB_INSTALL_PLATFORM_X86_64_XEN:
> +      {
> +	char *path = grub_util_path_concat (2, bootdir, "xen");
Bootdir is not necessarily /boot. We also might want to specify xen dir 
to e.g. /mnt/ext2/boot/xen while still keeping GRUB itself in 
/boot/grub. Can you update patch to allow separate specification of 
bootdir and xendir?
> +	char *dst = grub_util_path_concat (2, path, "pvboot-x86_64.elf");
> +	grub_install_mkdir_p (path);
> +	grub_install_copy_file (imgfile, dst, 1);
> +	free (dst);
> +	free (path);
> +      }
> +      break;
> +
>       case GRUB_INSTALL_PLATFORM_MIPSEL_LOONGSON:
>       case GRUB_INSTALL_PLATFORM_MIPSEL_QEMU_MIPS:
>       case GRUB_INSTALL_PLATFORM_MIPS_QEMU_MIPS:
> @@ -1987,8 +2009,6 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
>       case GRUB_INSTALL_PLATFORM_MIPSEL_ARC:
>       case GRUB_INSTALL_PLATFORM_ARM_UBOOT:
>       case GRUB_INSTALL_PLATFORM_I386_QEMU:
> -    case GRUB_INSTALL_PLATFORM_I386_XEN:
> -    case GRUB_INSTALL_PLATFORM_X86_64_XEN:
>         grub_util_warn ("%s",
>   		      _("WARNING: no platform-specific install was performed"));
>         break;
>