virt: adding kernel boot parameters to libvirt xml saltstack#55245 (s…

…altstack#197) * virt: adding kernel boot parameters to libvirt xml SUSE's autoyast and Red Hat's kickstart take advantage of kernel paths, initrd paths, and kernel boot command line parameters. These changes provide the option of using these, and will allow salt and autoyast/kickstart to work together. Signed-off-by: Larry Dewey <[email protected]> * virt: Download linux and initrd Signed-off-by: Larry Dewey <[email protected]>
agraul · Dec 17, 2020 · 8bff21c · 8bff21c
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diff --git a/salt/states/virt.py b/salt/states/virt.py
@@ -617,13 +617,22 @@ def running(
 
         .. versionadded:: 3000
 
-    :param boot_dev:
-        Space separated list of devices to boot from sorted by decreasing priority.
-        Values can be ``hd``, ``fd``, ``cdrom`` or ``network``.
+    :param boot:
+        Specifies kernel for the virtual machine, as well as boot parameters
+        for the virtual machine. This is an optionl parameter, and all of the
+        keys are optional within the dictionary. If a remote path is provided
+        to kernel or initrd, salt will handle the downloading of the specified
+        remote fild, and will modify the XML accordingly.
 
-        By default, the value will ``"hd"``.
+        .. code-block:: python
 
-        .. versionadded:: 3002
+            {
+                'kernel': '/root/f8-i386-vmlinuz',
+                'initrd': '/root/f8-i386-initrd',
+                'cmdline': 'console=ttyS0 ks=http://example.com/f8-i386/os/'
+            }
+
+        .. versionadded:: 3000
 
     .. rubric:: Example States