From 55912f3535217910b12e81f07fb10d70511a471b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jamie McClymont Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 15:15:32 +1200 Subject: [PATCH] nixos/qemu-vm: add option to use a non-standard BIOS I'd like to change the default on x86 platforms to qboot at some point, since it saves a fair bit of startup time. --- nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix | 15 +++++++++++++++ nixos/tests/all-tests.nix | 1 + nixos/tests/qboot.nix | 13 +++++++++++++ .../applications/virtualization/qboot/default.nix | 4 +++- 4 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 nixos/tests/qboot.nix diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix index ac86330c098..42776e80ffe 100644 --- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix +++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix @@ -441,6 +441,18 @@ in ''; }; + virtualisation.bios = + mkOption { + default = null; + type = types.nullOr types.package; + description = + '' + An alternate BIOS (such as qboot) with which to start the VM. + Should containin a file named bios.bin. + If null, QEMU's builtin SeaBIOS will be used. + ''; + }; + }; config = { @@ -521,6 +533,9 @@ in (mkIf cfg.useEFIBoot [ "-pflash $TMPDIR/bios.bin" ]) + (mkIf (cfg.bios != null) [ + "-bios ${cfg.bios}/bios.bin" + ]) (mkIf (!cfg.graphics) [ "-nographic" ]) diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix index 796c626f3dd..8e262d8eee7 100644 --- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix +++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix @@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ in prosody = handleTest ./xmpp/prosody.nix {}; prosodyMysql = handleTest ./xmpp/prosody-mysql.nix {}; proxy = handleTest ./proxy.nix {}; + qboot = handleTestOn ["x86_64-linux" "i686-linux"] ./qboot.nix {}; quagga = handleTest ./quagga.nix {}; quorum = handleTest ./quorum.nix {}; rabbitmq = handleTest ./rabbitmq.nix {}; diff --git a/nixos/tests/qboot.nix b/nixos/tests/qboot.nix new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..12aef6decfa --- /dev/null +++ b/nixos/tests/qboot.nix @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : { + name = "qboot"; + + machine = { ... }: { + virtualisation.bios = pkgs.qboot; + }; + + testScript = + '' + start_all() + machine.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target") + ''; +}) diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qboot/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qboot/default.nix index 800d601c76e..8d1f9dac2e5 100644 --- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qboot/default.nix +++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qboot/default.nix @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -{ stdenv, meson, ninja, fetchFromGitHub }: +{ stdenv, meson, ninja, fetchFromGitHub, nixosTests }: stdenv.mkDerivation { name = "qboot-20200423"; @@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation { hardeningDisable = [ "stackprotector" "pic" ]; + passthru.tests = { qboot = nixosTests.qboot; }; + meta = { description = "A simple x86 firmware for booting Linux"; homepage = "https://github.com/bonzini/qboot";