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From: colbyt <colby@colbyt.com>
To: devel@spectrum-os.org
Cc: colbyt <colby@colbyt.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/6] installer: suppress boot console status noise
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:48:48 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <528a34214942d7b316fde5510da03ef91eb9d2cd.1782409229.git.colby@colbyt.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1782409229.git.colby@colbyt.com>

The installer can show systemd or udev messages between Plymouth exiting
and cage starting, which breaks the intended flicker-free graphical
handoff.

Add quiet/systemd/udev kernel parameters to suppress status output and
stop forcing systemd.journald.forward_to_console in the QEMU runner.
This keeps the installer VM aligned with the quiet graphical boot path.

Signed-off-by: colbyt <colby@colbyt.com>
---
 release/installer/configuration.nix | 9 ++++++++-
 release/installer/run-vm.nix        | 5 +----
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/release/installer/configuration.nix b/release/installer/configuration.nix
index 3f9ef24..daaf5b7 100644
--- a/release/installer/configuration.nix
+++ b/release/installer/configuration.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,14 @@ in
   imports = [ (modulesPath + "/profiles/all-hardware.nix") ];
 
   boot.consoleLogLevel = lib.mkDefault 2;
-  boot.kernelParams = [ "udev.log_priority=5" ];
+  boot.kernelParams = [
+    "quiet"
+    "loglevel=3"
+    "systemd.show_status=false"
+    "rd.systemd.show_status=false"
+    "udev.log_level=3"
+    "rd.udev.log_level=3"
+  ];
   boot.initrd.verbose = false;
 
   boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_latest;
diff --git a/release/installer/run-vm.nix b/release/installer/run-vm.nix
index b9907f7..6639c8b 100644
--- a/release/installer/run-vm.nix
+++ b/release/installer/run-vm.nix
@@ -40,8 +40,5 @@ writeShellScript "run-spectrum-installer-vm.sh" ''
     -drive file=/proc/self/fd/3,format=raw,if=virtio \
     -kernel ${installer.kernel} \
     -initrd ${installer.initramfs} \
-    -append ${escapeShellArg (toString [
-      installer.kernelParams
-      "systemd.journald.forward_to_console"
-    ])}
+    -append ${escapeShellArg installer.kernelParams}
 '') (_: {})
-- 
2.54.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-25 17:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-25 17:48 [PATCH 0/6] cloud-hypervisor v52 and VM runtime fixes colbyt
2026-06-25 17:48 ` [PATCH 1/6] pkgs/skaware: vendor backported patches colbyt
2026-06-26 13:39   ` Alyssa Ross
2026-06-25 17:48 ` [PATCH 2/6] pkgs/cloud-hypervisor: update GPU patchset to v52 colbyt
2026-06-26 14:06   ` Alyssa Ross
2026-06-25 17:48 ` [PATCH 3/6] vm: use vhost-user networking for crosvm colbyt
2026-06-26 14:45   ` Alyssa Ross
2026-07-02  9:07   ` Alyssa Ross
2026-06-25 17:48 ` [PATCH 4/6] Documentation: use crosvm GPU socket-path option colbyt
2026-06-26 14:18   ` Alyssa Ross
2026-06-25 17:48 ` colbyt [this message]
2026-06-26 14:46   ` [PATCH 5/6] installer: suppress boot console status noise Alyssa Ross
2026-06-26 19:09     ` colby
2026-07-02 11:44       ` Alyssa Ross
2026-06-25 17:48 ` [PATCH 6/6] start-vmm: test GPU socket configuration colbyt
2026-06-26 14:18   ` Alyssa Ross

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