From: "'Badrikesh Prusty' via isar-users" <isar-users@googlegroups.com>
To: isar-users@googlegroups.com
Cc: jan.kiszka@siemens.com, Badrikesh Prusty <badrikesh.prusty@siemens.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/3] installer: allow unattended mode to abort with configurable timeout
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2025 18:15:21 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251227231523.1872055-1-badrikesh.prusty@siemens.com> (raw)
Enable users to abort unattended installations before they start by setting
INSTALLER_UNATTENDED_ABORT_ENABLE. Set an optional countdown timeout with
INSTALLER_UNATTENDED_ABORT_TIMEOUT (default 5 seconds).
Automatically append installer.unattended.abort.enable and
installer.unattended.abort.timeout=<timeout-in-seconds> to the kernel
command line only when the feature is enabled.
Abort unattended mode via keypress and switch to normal installation mode,
notifying all consoles via a shared file /tmp/attended_mode_trigger.
Signed-off-by: Badrikesh Prusty <badrikesh.prusty@siemens.com>
---
RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG.md | 21 +++++++++++++++++++
.../images/isar-image-installer.bb | 7 +++++++
.../files/usr/bin/deploy-image-wic.sh | 15 +++++++++++++
.../usr/lib/deploy-image-wic/handle-config.sh | 14 ++++++++++++-
4 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG.md b/RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG.md
index 3af91541..0bad8a44 100644
--- a/RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG.md
@@ -941,3 +941,24 @@ Example: To bundle multiple target images, set the following in local.conf:
```
INSTALLER_TARGET_IMAGES = "isar-image-base isar-image-debug isar-image-ci"
```
+
+### Allow unattended installation to be aborted with configurable timeout
+
+Enable users to abort unattended installations before they start by setting
+`INSTALLER_UNATTENDED_ABORT_ENABLE = 1`. Set the optional countdown timeout
+with `INSTALLER_UNATTENDED_ABORT_TIMEOUT` (default 5 seconds).
+
+Automatically append `installer.unattended.abort.enable` and
+`installer.unattended.abort.timeout=<timeout-in-seconds>` to the kernel
+command line only when the feature is enabled.
+
+Abort unattended mode via keypress and switch to normal installation mode.
+Notify all console instances via a shared file `/tmp/attended_mode_trigger`.
+
+Opt-in: Add the following to local.conf to enable the feature:
+```
+INSTALLER_UNATTENDED_ABORT_ENABLE = "1"
+
+# Optional: set countdown timeout in seconds (default 5)
+INSTALLER_UNATTENDED_ABORT_TIMEOUT = "5"
+```
diff --git a/meta-isar/recipes-core/images/isar-image-installer.bb b/meta-isar/recipes-core/images/isar-image-installer.bb
index 3511f3f6..929939af 100644
--- a/meta-isar/recipes-core/images/isar-image-installer.bb
+++ b/meta-isar/recipes-core/images/isar-image-installer.bb
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ ADDITIONAL_KERNEL_CMDLINE:append:unattended-installer = " \
installer.target.overwrite=${INSTALLER_TARGET_OVERWRITE} \
"
+INSTALLER_UNATTENDED_ABORT_TIMEOUT ??= "5"
+ADDITIONAL_KERNEL_CMDLINE:append:unattended-installer = " \
+ ${@' installer.unattended.abort.enable \
+ installer.unattended.abort.timeout=%s' % d.getVar('INSTALLER_UNATTENDED_ABORT_TIMEOUT') \
+ if d.getVar('INSTALLER_UNATTENDED_ABORT_ENABLE') == '1' else ''} \
+"
+
IMAGER_INSTALL:wic:append = " ${SYSTEMD_BOOTLOADER_INSTALL}"
IMAGE_INSTALL += "target-bootstrapper-service"
diff --git a/meta-isar/recipes-installer/deploy-image/files/usr/bin/deploy-image-wic.sh b/meta-isar/recipes-installer/deploy-image/files/usr/bin/deploy-image-wic.sh
index 9bd47e9f..ca586aa6 100755
--- a/meta-isar/recipes-installer/deploy-image/files/usr/bin/deploy-image-wic.sh
+++ b/meta-isar/recipes-installer/deploy-image/files/usr/bin/deploy-image-wic.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,21 @@ SCRIPT_DIR=$( dirname -- "$( readlink -f -- "$0"; )"; )
. "${SCRIPT_DIR}/../lib/deploy-image-wic/handle-config.sh"
+if [ "$installer_unattended" = true ] && [ "$installer_unattended_abort_enable" = true ]; then
+ abort_file=/tmp/attended_mode_trigger
+ for ((i=$installer_unattended_abort_timeout; i>0; i--)); do
+ echo -ne "\rUnattended installation will start in $i seconds. Press any key to switch to attended mode..."
+
+ # Switch to attended mode if the abort file exists or any key pressed during countdown
+ # Create abort file to notify all other console instances to abort
+ if [ -f "$abort_file" ] || read -n 1 -t 1; then
+ installer_unattended=false
+ touch "$abort_file"
+ break
+ fi
+ done
+fi
+
if ! $installer_unattended; then
installer_image_uri=$(find "$installdata" -type f -iname "*.wic*" -a -not -iname "*.wic.bmap" -exec basename {} \;)
if [ -z "$installer_image_uri" ] || [ ! -f "$installdata/$installer_image_uri" ]; then
diff --git a/meta-isar/recipes-installer/deploy-image/files/usr/lib/deploy-image-wic/handle-config.sh b/meta-isar/recipes-installer/deploy-image/files/usr/lib/deploy-image-wic/handle-config.sh
index 26b2966e..78c2bc12 100644
--- a/meta-isar/recipes-installer/deploy-image/files/usr/lib/deploy-image-wic/handle-config.sh
+++ b/meta-isar/recipes-installer/deploy-image/files/usr/lib/deploy-image-wic/handle-config.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
installer_unattended=false
+installer_unattended_abort_enable=false
+installer_unattended_abort_timeout=5
installer_image_uri=
installer_target_dev=
installer_target_overwrite=
@@ -14,6 +16,8 @@ if [ -f "$installdata/auto.install" ]; then
read -r installer_image_uri <&3
read -r installer_target_dev <&3
read -r installer_target_overwrite <&3
+ read -r installer_unattended_abort_enable <&3
+ read -r installer_unattended_abort_timeout <&3
exec 3>&-
installer_unattended=true
@@ -22,7 +26,7 @@ fi
# But let kernel cmdline overrule
for x in $(cat /proc/cmdline); do
case $x in
- installer.unattended*)
+ installer.unattended)
installer_unattended=true
;;
installer.image.uri=*)
@@ -45,6 +49,12 @@ for x in $(cat /proc/cmdline); do
installer_target_overwrite="OVERWRITE"
installer_unattended=true
;;
+ installer.unattended.abort.enable)
+ installer_unattended_abort_enable=true
+ ;;
+ installer.unattended.abort.timeout=*)
+ installer_unattended_abort_timeout=${x#installer.unattended.abort.timeout=}
+ ;;
esac
done
@@ -65,6 +75,8 @@ if ${installer_unattended}; then
echo " installer_image_uri=${installer_image_uri}"
echo " installer_target_dev=${installer_target_dev}"
echo " installer_target_overwrite=${installer_target_overwrite}"
+ echo " installer_unattended_abort_enable=${installer_unattended_abort_enable}"
+ echo " installer_unattended_abort_timeout=${installer_unattended_abort_timeout}"
case ${installer_target_overwrite} in
OVERWRITE|ABORT)
--
2.47.3
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2025-12-27 23:15 'Badrikesh Prusty' via isar-users [this message]
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