[Kimchi-devel] [PATCH] [Kimchi 2/2] s390x based architecture changes.

archus at linux.vnet.ibm.com archus at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Tue Aug 9 08:53:23 UTC 2016


From: Archana Singh <archus at linux.vnet.ibm.com>

On s390x machine current implemented code cannot be used for
checking iso is bootable or not.
Make changes to set it always True for s390x machine, and can be
implemenated in future.

Signed-off-by: Archana Singh <archus at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 isoinfo.py | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/isoinfo.py b/isoinfo.py
index d7ca044..d8bec2d 100644
--- a/isoinfo.py
+++ b/isoinfo.py
@@ -395,6 +395,14 @@ lang=en#!/wiki/W51a7ffcf4dfd_4b40_9d82_446ebc23c550/page/PowerLinux\
         # If reached this point the file wasn't found = not bootable
         self.bootable = False
 
+    def _scan_s390x(self):
+       """
+        s390x firmware does not use the conventional El Torito boot
+        specification. This method will be used to check s390x image
+        is bootable or not. Till then this will set bootable True.
+        """
+       self.bootable= True
+
     def _scan_primary_vol(self, data):
         """
         Scan one sector for a Primary Volume Descriptor and extract the
@@ -445,6 +453,8 @@ lang=en#!/wiki/W51a7ffcf4dfd_4b40_9d82_446ebc23c550/page/PowerLinux\
         self._scan_primary_vol(data)
         if platform.machine().startswith('ppc'):
             self._scan_ppc()
+        elif platform.machine().startswith('s390x'):
+            self._scan_s390x()
         else:
             self._scan_el_torito(data)
 
-- 
2.7.4




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