[libvirt] [jenkins-ci PATCH] lcitool: Explain our use of the 'ks' kernel parameter

[Erik Skultety]

On Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 02:00:50PM +0100, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> On Tue, 2019-12-03 at 12:30 +0100, Erik Skultety wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 12:19:55PM +0100, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> > >              extra_arg = "console=ttyS0 ks=file:/{}".format(install_config)
> >
> > On a side note - I'm pretty sure I've already mentioned it in the past, but we
> > should convert to the 'inst.ks' syntax instead of plain 'ks', anaconda
> > currently accepts both [1], but it documents that *all* installer options are
> > prefixed with 'inst.' and in future releases it may stop accepting the older
> > syntax.
>
> Is the new syntax supported by RHEL/CentOS 7? That would be the only
> obstacle to its adoption. If you have time to cook a patch and verify
> it doesn't cause regressions, I'll gladly take it :)

Yes, it is - well, truth to be told, it was introduced around 7.2, but we're
only considering the latest minor, so no, it shouldn't be an issue. Okay, I'll
have a look.

Erik