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authorClaudio Jeker <claudio@cvs.openbsd.org>2018-12-11 07:44:26 +0000
committerClaudio Jeker <claudio@cvs.openbsd.org>2018-12-11 07:44:26 +0000
commit5989d8376e7ebd9b2ec367102e63931d6d3023b4 (patch)
tree6840cd96010d9ec4c70d71680209ca6ad2632eff /usr.sbin
parent43280a78c4413aee0280f177010c660771f50f2a (diff)
Extend vmctl start -B argument to work for disk, cdrom and net.
Currently SeaBIOS will respect disk and cdrom and our kernel will understand net. OK ccardenas@, reyk@, mlarkin@
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin')
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/vmctl/main.c10
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/vmctl/vmctl.827
2 files changed, 28 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/vmctl/main.c b/usr.sbin/vmctl/main.c
index 6269f2c24e3..3f6d0a4a65c 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/vmctl/main.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/vmctl/main.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: main.c,v 1.50 2018/12/06 09:23:15 claudio Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: main.c,v 1.51 2018/12/11 07:44:25 claudio Exp $ */
/*
* Copyright (c) 2015 Reyk Floeter <reyk@openbsd.org>
@@ -856,8 +856,14 @@ ctl_start(struct parse_result *res, int argc, char *argv[])
case 'B':
if (res->bootdevice)
errx(1, "boot device specified multiple times");
- if (strcmp("net", optarg) == 0)
+ if (strcmp("disk", optarg) == 0)
+ res->bootdevice = VMBOOTDEV_DISK;
+ else if (strcmp("cdrom", optarg) == 0)
+ res->bootdevice = VMBOOTDEV_CDROM;
+ else if (strcmp("net", optarg) == 0)
res->bootdevice = VMBOOTDEV_NET;
+ else
+ errx(1, "unknown boot device %s", optarg);
break;
case 'r':
if (res->isopath)
diff --git a/usr.sbin/vmctl/vmctl.8 b/usr.sbin/vmctl/vmctl.8
index 6c1a1080dde..e367dadbd16 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/vmctl/vmctl.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/vmctl/vmctl.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: vmctl.8,v 1.57 2018/12/07 21:59:57 anton Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: vmctl.8,v 1.58 2018/12/11 07:44:25 claudio Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2015 Mike Larkin <mlarkin@openbsd.org>
.\"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: December 7 2018 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: December 11 2018 $
.Dt VMCTL 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -160,14 +160,27 @@ Boot the VM with the specified kernel or BIOS image.
If not specified, the default is to boot using the BIOS image in
.Pa /etc/firmware/vmm-bios .
.It Fl B Ar device
-Force system to boot from the specified device for the next boot.
+Force system to boot from the specified device for this boot.
.Ar device
-can be set to
+can be set to:
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width "cdrom" -compact
+.It Ar disk
+boot from disk.
+.It Ar cdrom
+boot the CD-ROM image.
+.It Ar net
+perform a PXE boot using the first network interface.
+.El
+Currently
.Ar net
-to perform a PXE boot using the first network interface.
-Currently only supported when starting the VM with
+is only supported when booting a kernel using the
.Fl b
-specifying a kernel image.
+flag while
+.Ar disk
+and
+.Ar cdrom
+only work with BIOS images.
.It Fl c
Automatically connect to the VM console.
.It Fl d Ar disk