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Diffstat (limited to 'morphlib/writeexts.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | morphlib/writeexts.py | 27 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/morphlib/writeexts.py b/morphlib/writeexts.py index 91936f64..6ab2dd55 100644 --- a/morphlib/writeexts.py +++ b/morphlib/writeexts.py @@ -83,14 +83,14 @@ class Fstab(object): class WriteExtension(cliapp.Application): '''A base class for deployment write extensions. - + A subclass should subclass this class, and add a ``process_args`` method. - + Note that it is not necessary to subclass this class for write extensions. This class is here just to collect common code for write extensions. - + ''' def setup_logging(self): @@ -125,13 +125,13 @@ class WriteExtension(cliapp.Application): def status(self, **kwargs): '''Provide status output. - + The ``msg`` keyword argument is the actual message, the rest are values for fields in the message as interpolated by %. - + ''' - + self.output.write('%s\n' % (kwargs['msg'] % kwargs)) self.output.flush() @@ -184,9 +184,9 @@ class WriteExtension(cliapp.Application): def _parse_size(self, size): '''Parse a size from a string. - + Return size in bytes. - + ''' m = re.match('^(\d+)([kmgKMG]?)$', size) @@ -474,6 +474,12 @@ class WriteExtension(cliapp.Application): self.status(msg='Creating extlinux.conf') config = os.path.join(real_root, 'extlinux.conf') + + ''' Please also update the documentation in the following files + if you change these default kernel args: + - kvm.write.help + - rawdisk.write.help + - virtualbox-ssh.write.help ''' kernel_args = ( 'rw ' # ro ought to work, but we don't test that regularly 'init=/sbin/init ' # default, but it doesn't hurt to be explicit @@ -545,9 +551,8 @@ class WriteExtension(cliapp.Application): '''Does the user want to generate a bootloader config? The user may set $BOOTLOADER_CONFIG_FORMAT to the desired - format (u-boot or extlinux). If not set, extlinux is the - default but will be generated on x86-32 and x86-64, but not - otherwise. + format. 'extlinux' is the only allowed value, and is the default + value for x86-32 and x86-64. ''' |