[Dell 300x series] improve installer support #324
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Could you please check whether UsbInvocationScript.txt allows comments at all so we can provide breadcrumbs in the file itself about where this came from?
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This file was generated by their custom tool, and its format does not appear to be documented anywhere. Indeed, one of my replies to Jason was to request the complete syntax/grammar of these files. Thus, I think it would be an undue risk to add comments directly in the file. I can, however, add a small blurb to the target documentation that I've drafted, so these options are documented within the EVE source tree.
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Fair enough. Since you'll be moving this file to pkg/mkimage-raw-efi you can provide ample comments in Dockerfile there
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Signed-off-by: Zachary T Welch <zach.welch@timesys.com>
Signed-off-by: Zachary T Welch <zach.welch@timesys.com>
Signed-off-by: Zachary T Welch <zach.welch@timesys.com>
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This series of patches improves support for the Dell Edge Gateway 3000 series hardware.
Principally, a new document describing the quirks and tricks for using its hardware is added in a new subdirectory (
docs/targets/). This document describes the current state of affairs for using the hardware and provides notes that would allow further development of improvements to proceed. Notably, it references using the Dell Configure | Control utility on the official Dell Ubuntu Server image, along with some information about the various peripherals that will assist with sorting out missing driver and user space support.Beyond documentation, this series makes two minor changes to make the installer work seamlessly on these targets:
UsbInvocationScript.txtfile to the configuration partition to make the target boot the installer automatically when powered on with the USB drive in place. See issue [Dell 300x series] Add UsbInvocationScript.txt #313console=ttyS0to the kernel boot arguments in grub, allowing the internal serial port to be used as console on the headless targets (3001/3002). See issue [Dell 300x series] serial console support #318With those changes, the standard installer image works seamlessly for the 3001/3002/3003 hardware. The USB key boots the installer, the live image is installed on its internal storage, the live system boots, and the system can be used via the serial console.