These patch provides the function of load a alternative initrd file

specified by the user via Yaboot prompt. To load the new file, just use
the "initrd=<name_of_file>" command. The <name_of_file> could include
all the directory path to the file.

Using only the "initrd" command, Yaboot will load the default kernel
specified in the configuration file and the initrd file specified by the
user. The user can, also, specify an initrd file to any other label of
the configuration file, just adding the "initrd" command before the
label's name.

Signed-off-by: Paulo Ricardo Paz Vital <vital@br.ibm.com>

diff --git a/second/yaboot.c b/second/yaboot.c
index 53643f5c5fff48d56f809712a535e67f2d429810..4ade0776383399d486a0c517a4fed507847ea0fe 100644 (file)
--- a/second/yaboot.c
+++ b/second/yaboot.c
@@ -654,6 +654,8 @@ int get_params(struct boot_param_t* params)
      static char imagepath[1024];
      static char initrdpath[1024];
      static char sysmappath[1024];
+     static char manualinitrd[1024];
+     static int definitrd = 1, hasarg = 0;
 
      pause_after = 0;
      memset(params, 0, sizeof(*params));
@@ -733,6 +735,46 @@ int get_params(struct boot_param_t* params)
          word_split(&imagename, &params->args);
      }
 
+     /* initrd setup via cmd console */
+     /* first, check if the user uses it with some label */
+     if (!strncmp(params->args, "initrd=", 7)) {
+         DEBUG_F("params->args: %s\n", params->args);
+         definitrd = 0;
+     }
+     /* after, check if there is the 'initrd=' in the imagename string */
+     if (!strncmp(imagename, "initrd=", 7) || !definitrd) {
+
+         /* return the value of definitrd to 1 */
+         if (!definitrd)
+             definitrd = 1;
+
+         /* args = "initrd=blah" */
+         char *args = NULL;
+
+         if (params->args) {
+            args = params->args;
+            params->args = NULL;
+            hasarg = 1;
+         } else
+            args = imagename;
+
+         if (strlen(args)){
+             /* copy the string after the '=' to manualinitrd */
+             strcpy(manualinitrd, args+7);
+             definitrd = 0;
+             prom_printf("New initrd file specified: %s\n", manualinitrd);
+         } else {
+             prom_printf("ERROR: no initrd specified!\n");
+             return 0;
+         }
+
+         /* set imagename with the default values of the config file */
+         if ((prom_get_devtype(boot.dev) == FILE_DEVICE_NET) && !hasarg)
+             imagename = cfg_get_default();
+         else
+             imagename = cfg_get_default();
+     }
+
      /* chrp gets this wrong, force it -- Cort */
      if ( useconf && (!imagename || imagename[0] == 0 ))
          imagename = cfg_get_default();
@@ -794,6 +836,12 @@ int get_params(struct boot_param_t* params)
               "resides on, and \"partno\" is the partition number the image resides on.\n"
               "Note that the comma (,) is only required if you specify an OpenFirmware\n"
               "device, if you only specify a filename you should not start it with a \",\"\n\n"
+           "To boot a alternative initrd file rather than specified in the yaboot\n"
+           "configuration file, use the \"initrd\" command on Yaboot's prompt: \n"
+           "\"initrd=[name.img]\". This will load the \"name.img\" file after the default\n"
+           "kernel image. You can, also, specify a different initrd file to any other\n"
+           "label of the yaboot configuration file. Just type \"label initrd=[name.img]\"\n"
+           "and the specified initrd file will be loaded.\n\n"
               "To load an alternative config file rather than /etc/yaboot.conf, enter\n"
               "its device, partno and path, on Open Firmware Prompt:\n"
               "boot conf=device:partno,/path/to/configfile\n."
@@ -923,14 +971,22 @@ int get_params(struct boot_param_t* params)
          prom_printf("%s: Unable to parse\n", imagepath);
          return 0;
      }
-     DEBUG_F("after parse_device_path: dev=%s part=%d file=%s\n", params->kernel.dev,
-            params->kernel.part, params->kernel.file);
-
+     DEBUG_F("after parse_device_path: dev=%s part=%d file=%s\n", params->kernel.dev, params->kernel.part, params->kernel.file);
      if (useconf) {
          p = cfg_get_strg(label, "initrd");
          if (p && *p) {
-              DEBUG_F("Parsing initrd path <%s>\n", p);
-              strncpy(initrdpath, p, 1024);
+
+           /* check if user seted to use a initrd file from boot console */
+           if (!definitrd && p != manualinitrd) {
+               if (manualinitrd[0] != "/" && (prom_get_devtype(defdevice_bak) != FILE_DEVICE_NET)) {
+                   strcpy(initrdpath, "/");
+                   strcat(initrdpath, manualinitrd);
+               } else
+                   strncpy(initrdpath, manualinitrd, 1024);
+           } else
+               strncpy(initrdpath, p, 1024);
+
+              DEBUG_F("Parsing initrd path <%s>\n", initrdpath);
               if (!parse_device_path(initrdpath, defdevice, defpart,
                                      "/root.bin", &params->rd)) {
                    prom_printf("%s: Unable to parse\n", imagepath);