Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC 3/5] Introduce ts-ovmf-debian-install

[Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 05:31:12PM +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Ian Jackson writes ("Re: [PATCH RFC 3/5] Introduce ts-ovmf-debian-install"):
> > Wei Liu writes ("[PATCH RFC 3/5] Introduce ts-ovmf-debian-install"):
> > > This is OVMF guest test case. It resembles ts-redhat-install:
> > > 1. prepare a auto install CD
> > > 2. install OVMF guest
> > > 3. test if the guets is up
> > 
> > This seems to duplicate an awful lot of the preseed generation from
> > Osstest::Debian::preseed_create.
> > 
> > I'm afraid you'll need to refactor this to remove the duplication.
> > This might well involve a code-motion-only pre-patch.
> 
> Also, how much does this differ from a hypothetical
> ts-debian-hvm-install ?
> 

1. preseed files are different
2. vanilla debian hvm installation won't need to manipulate ISO

> Perhaps the answer is to have a ts-debian-hvm-install and control the
> use of ovmf with a runvar.
> 

Are those two easy to implement with runvars?

Wei.

> Ian.

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