stages: add org.osbuild.grub2.inst

This stage is the part of the qemu assembler that generates and
installs the grub2 core image on non-uefi or hybrid systems,
like x86 legacy and PPC64LE (Open Firmware).
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#!/usr/bin/python3
"""
Install the grub2 boot loader for non-UEFI systems or hybrid boot
This stage can be used to generate a grub2 core image and install
it to the correct location to enable booting of non-UEFI systems,
i.e. x86 legacy and PPC64LE (Open Firmware).
On x86, the core image can be installed into the MBR gap or to a
dedicated BIOS boot partition when the partition label is GTP. On
ppc64le with Open Firmware a dedicated 'PrEP partition' is used.
x86 / MBR gap:
For historic and performance reasons the first partition
is aligned to a specific sector number (used to be 64,
now it is 2048), which leaves a gap between it and the MBR,
where the core image can be embedded in
x86 / BIOS boot:
A dedicated partition with a specific GUID[1] is used.
ppc64le / Open Firmware:
A dedicated partition with a specified GUID[2] is used.
On ppc64le with Open Firmware a special partition called
'PrEP partition' is used the store the grub2 core; the
firmware looks for this partition and directly loads and
executes the core form it.
On x86, a "boot image", aka grub stage 1, is installed into the
master boot record (MBR) of the partition (even in the case the
partition layout is GPT). It main purpose is to load the second
stage (core image). Therefore the location of the core image is
patched into the boot image.
On ppc64le, the firmware itself directly loads the complete core
image and transfers control to it.
[1] 21686148-6449-6E6F-744E-656564454649
[2] 9E1A2D38-C612-4316-AA26-8B49521E5A8B
"""
import os
import subprocess
import shutil
import struct
import sys
from typing import BinaryIO, Dict
import osbuild.api
SCHEMA = r"""
"definitions": {
"core-mkimage": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Generate the core image via grub-mkimage",
"additionalProperties": false,
"required": ["type", "partlabel", "filesystem"],
"properties": {
"type": {
"enum": ["mkimage"]
},
"partlabel": {
"type": "string",
"enum": ["gpt", "dos"]
},
"filesystem": {
"type": "string",
"enum": ["ext4", "xfs", "btrfs"]
}
}
},
"prefix-partition": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Grub2 config on a specific partition, e.g. (,gpt3)/boot",
"additionalProperties": false,
"required": ["type", "partlabel", "number", "path"],
"properties": {
"type": {
"enum": ["partition"]
},
"partlabel": {
"type": "string",
"enum": ["gpt", "dos"]
},
"number": {
"description": "The partition number, starting at zero",
"type": "number"
},
"path": {
"description": "location of grub config inside the partition",
"type": "string",
"pattern": "\/.*"
}
}
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"required": ["filename", "platform", "core", "prefix"],
"properties": {
"filename": {
"type": "string",
"description": "filename of the disk image"
},
"platform": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Platform of the target system"
},
"location": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Location of the stage 2 (in sectors)"
},
"core": {
"description": "How to obtain the GRUB core image",
"oneOf": [
{"$ref": "#/definitions/core-mkimage"}
]
},
"prefix": {
"description": "location of grub config",
"oneOf": [
{"$ref": "#/definitions/prefix-partition"}
]
},
"sector-size": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Sector size (in bytes)",
"default": 512
}
}
"""
def grub2_partition_id(label):
"""grub2 partition identifier for the partition table"""
label2grub = {
"mbr": "msdos",
"dos": "msdos",
"gpt": "gpt"
}
if label not in label2grub:
raise ValueError(f"Unknown partition type: {label}")
return label2grub[label]
def patch_bios_boot(image_f, location, sector_size):
# The core image needs to know from where to load its
# second sector so that information needs to be embedded
# into the image itself at the right location, i.e.
# the "sector start parameter" ("size .long 2, 0"):
# 0x200 - GRUB_BOOT_MACHINE_LIST_SIZE (12) = 0x1F4 = 500
dest = location * sector_size + 500
print(f"sector start param: {dest}")
image_f.seek(dest)
image_f.write(struct.pack("<Q", location + 1))
def write_boot_image(boot_f: BinaryIO,
image_f: BinaryIO,
core_location: int):
"""Write the boot image (grub2 stage 1) to the MBR"""
# The boot.img file is 512 bytes, but we must only copy the first 440
# bytes, as these contain the bootstrapping code. The rest of the
# first sector contains the partition table, and must not be
# overwritten.
image_f.seek(0)
image_f.write(boot_f.read(440))
# Additionally, write the location (in sectors) of
# the grub core image, into the boot image, so the
# latter can find the former. To exact location is
# taken from grub2's "boot.S":
# GRUB_BOOT_MACHINE_KERNEL_SECTOR 0x5c (= 92)
image_f.seek(0x5c)
image_f.write(struct.pack("<Q", core_location))
def write_core_image(core_f, image_f, location, sector_size):
# Write the core image to the given location in the image
core_size = os.fstat(core_f.fileno()).st_size
print(f"grub core size is {core_size}")
location_bytes = location * sector_size
print(f"wiring core to ({location}, {location_bytes})")
image_f.seek(location_bytes)
shutil.copyfileobj(core_f, image_f)
def core_mkimage(platform: str, prefix: str, options: Dict,):
pt_label = options["partlabel"]
fs_type = options["filesystem"]
core_path = "/var/tmp/grub2-core.img"
# Create the level-2 & 3 stages of the bootloader, aka the core
# it consists of the kernel plus the core modules required to
# to locate and load the rest of the grub modules, specifically
# the "normal.mod" (Stage 4) module.
# The exact list of modules required to be built into the core
# depends on the system: it is the minimal set needed to find
# read the partition and its filesystem containing said modules
# and the grub configuration [NB: efi systems work differently]
if platform == "i386-pc":
modules = ["biosdisk"]
else:
modules = []
if pt_label in ["dos", "mbr"]:
modules += ["part_msdos"]
elif pt_label == "gpt":
modules += ["part_gpt"]
if fs_type == "ext4":
modules += ["ext2"]
elif fs_type == "xfs":
modules += ["xfs"]
elif fs_type == "btrfs":
modules += ["btrfs"]
else:
raise ValueError(f"unknown boot filesystem type: '{fs_type}'")
# now created the core image
subprocess.run(["grub2-mkimage",
"--verbose",
"--directory", f"/usr/lib/grub/{platform}",
"--prefix", prefix,
"--format", platform,
"--compression", "auto",
"--output", core_path] +
modules,
check=True)
return core_path
def prefix_partition(options: Dict):
number = options["number"]
pt_label = options["partlabel"]
path = options["path"]
number += 1
path = path.lstrip("/")
prefix = f"(,{pt_label}{number})/{path}"
return prefix
def main(tree, options):
filename = options["filename"]
platform = options["platform"]
location = options["location"]
sector_size = options.get("sector-size", 512)
image = os.path.join(tree, filename.lstrip("/"))
prefix = prefix_partition(options["prefix"])
print(f"prefix: {prefix}")
core_path = core_mkimage(platform, prefix, options["core"])
with open(image, "rb+") as image_f:
# Write the newly created grub2 core to the image
with open(core_path, "rb") as core_f:
write_core_image(core_f, image_f, location, sector_size)
# On certain platforms (x86) a level 1 boot loader is required
# to load to the core image (on ppc64le & Open Firmware this is
# done by the firmware itself)
if platform == "i386-pc":
boot_path = f"/usr/lib/grub/{platform}/boot.img"
if location * sector_size > 512:
# When installing outside the MBR gap on i386, it means
# that the special BIOS boot partition is used; in that
# case the core location needs to be patched.
patch_bios_boot(image_f, location, sector_size)
# On x86, the boot image just jumps to core image
with open(boot_path, "rb") as boot_f:
write_boot_image(boot_f, image_f, location)
return 0
if __name__ == '__main__':
args = osbuild.api.arguments()
r = main(args["tree"], args["options"])
sys.exit(r)