Alok Aggarwal wrote:
>
> I think to a certain extent, this "manifest-locater" service
> will need to know about the boot media because in the current
> implementation, whether service discovery (/usr/bin/ai_sd and
> friends) is kicked off is a function of the boot media.
>
> Do you see it differently?

Yes, I think the "manifest-locator" service can be defined
in such a way that it provides functionality fit for all boot-styles,
yet it itself is boot-style unaware.

i.e. the trigger happens upstream.  This offers us the ability to
not have to associate definitions like 'media-boot == no service
discovery' baked this deep into the boot process, which will be
much easier to maintain in the long run.

Something not mentioned in the spec is where the prompting
for a manifest occurs (choice 1 in the boot options).  Were you
planning on doing this in the 'manifest-locator' service?   Either
way I think that needs to be described in the spec.


thanks,
-ethan


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