bhyve: Support /domain/bootloader configuration for non-FreeBSD guests.

We still default to bhyveloader(1) if no explicit bootloader
configuration is supplied in the domain.

If the /domain/bootloader looks like grub-bhyve and the user doesn't
supply /domain/bootloader_args, we make an intelligent guess and try
chainloading the first partition on the disk (or a CD if one exists,
under the assumption that for a VM a CD is likely an install source).

Caveat: Assumes the HDD boots from the msdos1 partition. I think this is
a pretty reasonable assumption for a VM. (DrvBhyve with Bhyveload
already assumes that the first disk should be booted.)

I've tested both HDD and CD boot and they seem to work.
This commit is contained in:
Conrad Meyer
2014-11-08 11:48:30 -05:00
committed by Michal Privoznik
parent b66288faab
commit 17722c169c
6 changed files with 311 additions and 44 deletions

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@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ bhyve+ssh://root@example.com/system (remote access, SSH tunnelled)
<h3>Example config</h3>
<p>
The bhyve driver in libvirt is in its early stage and under active development. So it supports
only limited number of features bhyve provides. All the supported features could be found
in this sample domain XML.
only limited number of features bhyve provides.
</p>
<p>
@@ -48,10 +47,21 @@ disk device were supported per-domain. However,
up to 31 PCI devices.
</p>
<p>
Note: the Bhyve driver in libvirt will boot whichever device is first. If you
want to install from CD, put the CD device first. If not, put the root HDD
first.
</p>
<p>
Note: Only the SATA bus is supported. Only <code>cdrom</code>- and
<code>disk</code>-type disks are supported.
</p>
<pre>
&lt;domain type='bhyve'&gt;
&lt;name&gt;bhyve&lt;/name&gt;
&lt;uuid&gt;df3be7e7-a104-11e3-aeb0-50e5492bd3dc&lt;/uuid&gt;
&lt;name&gt;bhyve&lt;/name&gt;
&lt;uuid&gt;df3be7e7-a104-11e3-aeb0-50e5492bd3dc&lt;/uuid&gt;
&lt;memory&gt;219136&lt;/memory&gt;
&lt;currentMemory&gt;219136&lt;/currentMemory&gt;
&lt;vcpu&gt;1&lt;/vcpu&gt;
@@ -76,6 +86,7 @@ up to 31 PCI devices.
&lt;driver name='file' type='raw'/&gt;
&lt;source file='/path/to/cdrom.iso'/&gt;
&lt;target dev='hdc' bus='sata'/&gt;
&lt;readonly/&gt;
&lt;/disk&gt;
&lt;interface type='bridge'&gt;
&lt;model type='virtio'/&gt;
@@ -85,6 +96,53 @@ up to 31 PCI devices.
&lt;/domain&gt;
</pre>
<p>(The &lt;disk&gt; sections may be swapped in order to install from
<em>cdrom.iso</em>.)</p>
<h3>Example config (Linux guest)</h3>
<p>
Note the addition of &lt;bootloader&gt;.
</p>
<pre>
&lt;domain type='bhyve'&gt;
&lt;name&gt;linux_guest&lt;/name&gt;
&lt;uuid&gt;df3be7e7-a104-11e3-aeb0-50e5492bd3dc&lt;/uuid&gt;
&lt;memory&gt;131072&lt;/memory&gt;
&lt;currentMemory&gt;131072&lt;/currentMemory&gt;
&lt;vcpu&gt;1&lt;/vcpu&gt;
&lt;bootloader&gt;/usr/local/sbin/grub-bhyve&lt;/bootloader&gt;
&lt;os&gt;
&lt;type&gt;hvm&lt;/type&gt;
&lt;/os&gt;
&lt;features&gt;
&lt;apic/&gt;
&lt;acpi/&gt;
&lt;/features&gt;
&lt;clock offset='utc'/&gt;
&lt;on_poweroff&gt;destroy&lt;/on_poweroff&gt;
&lt;on_reboot&gt;restart&lt;/on_reboot&gt;
&lt;on_crash&gt;destroy&lt;/on_crash&gt;
&lt;devices&gt;
&lt;disk type='file' device='disk'&gt;
&lt;driver name='file' type='raw'/&gt;
&lt;source file='/path/to/guest_hdd.img'/&gt;
&lt;target dev='hda' bus='sata'/&gt;
&lt;/disk&gt;
&lt;disk type='file' device='cdrom'&gt;
&lt;driver name='file' type='raw'/&gt;
&lt;source file='/path/to/cdrom.iso'/&gt;
&lt;target dev='hdc' bus='sata'/&gt;
&lt;readonly/&gt;
&lt;/disk&gt;
&lt;interface type='bridge'&gt;
&lt;model type='virtio'/&gt;
&lt;source bridge="virbr0"/&gt;
&lt;/interface&gt;
&lt;/devices&gt;
&lt;/domain&gt;
</pre>
<h2><a name="usage">Guest usage / management</a></h2>
@@ -119,6 +177,20 @@ to let a guest boot or start a guest using:</p>
<pre>start --console domname</pre>
<p><b>NB:</b> An bootloader configured to require user interaction will prevent
the domain from starting (and thus <code>virsh console</code> or <code>start
--console</code> from functioning) until the user interacts with it manually on
the VM host. Because users typically do not have access to the VM host,
interactive bootloaders are unsupported by libvirt. <em>However,</em> if you happen to
run into this scenario and also happen to have access to the Bhyve host
machine, you may select a boot option and allow the domain to finish starting
by using an alternative terminal client on the VM host to connect to the
domain-configured null modem device. One example (assuming
<code>/dev/nmdm0B</code> is configured as the slave end of the domain serial
device) is:</p>
<pre>cu -l /dev/nmdm0B</pre>
<h3><a name="xmltonative">Converting from domain XML to Bhyve args</a></h3>
<p>
@@ -157,5 +229,25 @@ An example of domain XML device entry for that will look like:</p>
<p>Please refer to the <a href="storage.html">Storage documentation</a> for more details on storage
management.</p>
<h3><a name="grubbhyve">Using grub2-bhyve or Alternative Bootloaders</a></h3>
<p>It's possible to boot non-FreeBSD guests by specifying an explicit
bootloader, e.g. <code>grub-bhyve(1)</code>. Arguments to the bootloader may be
specified as well. If the bootloader is <code>grub-bhyve</code> and arguments
are omitted, libvirt will try and boot the first disk in the domain (either
<code>cdrom</code>- or <code>disk</code>-type devices). If the disk type is
<code>disk</code>, it will attempt to boot from the first partition in the disk
image.</p>
<pre>
...
&lt;bootloader&gt;/usr/local/sbin/grub-bhyve&lt;/bootloader&gt;
&lt;bootloader_args&gt;...&lt;/bootloader_args&gt;
...
</pre>
<p>Caveat: <code>bootloader_args</code> does not support any quoting.
Filenames, etc, must not have spaces or they will be tokenized incorrectly.</p>
</body>
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@@ -217,7 +217,9 @@
a BIOS, and instead the host is responsible to kicking off the
operating system boot. This may use a pseudo-bootloader in the
host to provide an interface to choose a kernel for the guest.
An example is <code>pygrub</code> with Xen.
An example is <code>pygrub</code> with Xen. The Bhyve hypervisor
also uses a host bootloader, either <code>bhyveload</code> or
<code>grub-bhyve</code>.
</p>
<pre>