[Xen-devel] [PATCH 7/7] xm bootload non-interactive fix

[John Levon <levon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

When booting via xm, only run the bootloader if it's in non-interactive mode:
otherwise we lose the user's named kernel and try to bootload the temporary
file pygrub returned.

Signed-off-by: John Levon <john.levon@xxxxxxx>

diff --git a/tools/python/xen/xm/create.py b/tools/python/xen/xm/create.py
--- a/tools/python/xen/xm/create.py
+++ b/tools/python/xen/xm/create.py
@@ -765,7 +765,12 @@ def make_config(vals):
     if vals.bootloader:
         if vals.bootloader == "pygrub":
             vals.bootloader = osdep.pygrub_path
-        config_image = run_bootloader(vals, config_image)
+
+        # if a kernel is specified, we're using the bootloader
+        # non-interactively, and need to let xend run it so we preserve the
+        # real kernel choice.
+        if not vals.kernel:
+            config_image = run_bootloader(vals, config_image)
         config.append(['bootloader', vals.bootloader])
         if vals.bootargs:
             config.append(['bootloader_args', vals.bootargs])

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