Merge remote-tracking branch 'sxw/copytoram'

* sxw/copytoram:
  Apply copytoram Boot Option Menu Entries also to releng
  Fence add_binary for pv
  Reorder UEFI boot menu entries
  Update README.bootparams
  Apply 1 suggestion(s) to 1 file(s)
  add optional pv tool

archiso/initcpio/hooks/archiso

@@ -69,10 +69,23 @@ _mnt_sfs() {
     # defined via initcpio's parse_cmdline()
     if [ "${copytoram}" = "y" ]; then
         msg -n ":: Copying squashfs image to RAM..."
-        if ! cp -- "${img}" "/run/archiso/copytoram/${img_fullname}" ; then
+
+        # in case we have pv use it to display copy progress feedback otherwise
+        # fallback to using plain cp
+        if command -v pv > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo ""
+            (pv "${img}" > "/run/archiso/copytoram/${img_fullname}")
+            local rc=$?
+        else
+            (cp -- "${img}" "/run/archiso/copytoram/${img_fullname}")
+            local rc=$?
+        fi
+
+        if [ $rc != 0 ]; then
             echo "ERROR: while copy '${img}' to '/run/archiso/copytoram/${img_fullname}'"
             launch_interactive_shell
         fi
+
         img="/run/archiso/copytoram/${img_fullname}"
         msg "done."
     fi

archiso/initcpio/install/archiso

@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ build() {
     add_binary gpg
     add_binary grep
 
+    if command -v pv > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+      add_binary pv
+    else
+      warning 'pv not found; falling back to cp for copy to RAM'
+    fi
+
     add_file /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-cdrom_id.rules
     add_file /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/10-dm.rules
     add_file /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/95-dm-notify.rules

configs/baseline/efiboot/loader/entries/02-archiso-x86_64-ram-linux.conf

+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+title   Arch Linux (x86_64, UEFI) Copy to RAM
+linux   /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz-linux
+initrd  /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/x86_64/initramfs-linux.img
+options archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% archisolabel=%ARCHISO_LABEL% copytoram

configs/baseline/efiboot/loader/loader.conf

@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
 timeout 3
-default archiso-x86_64-linux.conf
+default 01-archiso-x86_64-linux.conf

configs/baseline/packages.x86_64

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ linux
 mkinitcpio
 mkinitcpio-archiso
 openssh
+pv
 qemu-guest-agent
 syslinux
 virtualbox-guest-utils-nox

configs/baseline/syslinux/syslinux-linux.cfg

@@ -6,3 +6,9 @@ MENU LABEL Arch Linux (x86_64, BIOS)
 LINUX /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/%ARCH%/vmlinuz-linux
 INITRD /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/%ARCH%/initramfs-linux.img
 APPEND archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% archisolabel=%ARCHISO_LABEL%
+
+LABEL arch-ram
+MENU LABEL Arch Linux (x86_64, BIOS) Copy to RAM
+LINUX /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/%ARCH%/vmlinuz-linux
+INITRD /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/%ARCH%/initramfs-linux.img
+APPEND archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% archisolabel=%ARCHISO_LABEL% copytoram

configs/releng/efiboot/loader/entries/03-archiso-x86_64-ram-linux.conf

+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+title   Arch Linux install medium (x86_64, UEFI, Copy to RAM)
+linux   /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz-linux
+initrd  /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/intel-ucode.img
+initrd  /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/amd-ucode.img
+initrd  /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/x86_64/initramfs-linux.img
+options archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% archisolabel=%ARCHISO_LABEL% copytoram

configs/releng/efiboot/loader/loader.conf

@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
 timeout 15
-default archiso-x86_64-linux.conf
+default 01-archiso-x86_64-linux.conf

configs/releng/syslinux/archiso_sys-linux.cfg

@@ -21,3 +21,14 @@ MENU LABEL Arch Linux install medium (x86_64, BIOS) with ^speech
 LINUX /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz-linux
 INITRD /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/intel-ucode.img,/%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/amd-ucode.img,/%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/x86_64/initramfs-linux.img
 APPEND archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% archisolabel=%ARCHISO_LABEL% accessibility=on
+
+# Copy to RAM boot option
+LABEL arch64ram
+TEXT HELP
+Boot the Arch Linux install medium on BIOS with Copy-to-RAM option
+It allows you to install Arch Linux or perform system maintenance.
+ENDTEXT
+MENU LABEL Arch Linux install medium (x86_64, BIOS, Copy to RAM)
+LINUX /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz-linux
+INITRD /%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/intel-ucode.img,/%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/amd-ucode.img,/%INSTALL_DIR%/boot/x86_64/initramfs-linux.img
+APPEND archisobasedir=%INSTALL_DIR% archisolabel=%ARCHISO_LABEL% copytoram

docs/README.bootparams

@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ INDEX
 * archisobasedir=   Set the base directory where all files reside.
                     Default: "arch"
 * copytoram=        If set to "y" or just "copytoram" without arguments,
-                    all SquashFS are copied to "RAM".
+                    all SquashFS are copied to "RAM". If you add the package
+                    "pv" to the packages.x86_64 it is used to display the copy
+                    progress.
                     Default: (unset)
 * checksum=         If set to "y" or just "checksum" without arguments,
                     performs a self-test of all files inside ${install_dir},