[Libosinfo] [PATCH 2/4] install-scripts: Add requires-initrd-injection API

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Sun, Dec 01, 2013 at 04:09:35AM +0100, Fabiano Fidêncio wrote:
> Some OSes, to provide unattended installation support, require the
> configuration file injection on its initrd.
> ---
>  data/schemas/libosinfo.rng     |  5 +++++
>  osinfo/libosinfo.syms          |  2 ++
>  osinfo/osinfo_install_script.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  osinfo/osinfo_install_script.h |  3 +++
>  osinfo/osinfo_loader.c         |  1 +
>  5 files changed, 27 insertions(+)
> diff --git a/osinfo/osinfo_install_script.c b/osinfo/osinfo_install_script.c
> index 7444c8d..81ab3c8 100644
> --- a/osinfo/osinfo_install_script.c
> +++ b/osinfo/osinfo_install_script.c
> @@ -1309,6 +1309,22 @@ int osinfo_install_script_get_post_install_drivers_signing_req(OsinfoInstallScri
>           OSINFO_DEVICE_DRIVER_SIGNING_REQ_NONE);
>  }
>  
> +/**
> + * osinfo_install_script_get_requires_initrd_injection:
> + * @script: the install script
> + *
> + * Whether install script should be injected into the initrd file to be used
> + * in the installion. This is needed for Debian/Ubuntu automated installation.
> + *
> + * Returns: TRUE if install script requires initrd injection, FALSE otherwise.
> + */
> +gboolean osinfo_install_script_get_requires_initrd_injection(OsinfoInstallScript *script)
> +{
> +    return osinfo_entity_get_param_value_boolean
> +        (OSINFO_ENTITY(script),
> +         OSINFO_INSTALL_SCRIPT_PROP_REQUIRES_INITRD_INJECTION);
> +}

And other OS require injection into the CDROM media ? Or creation of a
standalone disk, or standalone floppy, or standalone cdrom ?

IOW, can we generalize this somehow. We have a set of device types that
can hold the data so it seems we need an API which returns a list of
valid approaches/devices for providing the install script files.

Daniel
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