Merge pull request #108 from Cray-HPE/feature/CASMCMS-9068

Add global passthrough build time options

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Added
+- Added passthrough option for affecting global build options through the associated configset (global_additional_build_options).
 
 ## [1.14.2] - 2024-09-05
 

kubernetes/cms-ipxe/values.yaml

@@ -167,6 +167,13 @@ ipxe:
   # support kpxe/undionly variants.
   build_kind: ipxe
 
+  # This allows injection of new custom build options for ipxe. This is a GLOBAL SETTING, so every build will have these
+  # values included at build time. The format of this value is a comma delimited string. By default, this string is
+  # empty. Changing this value to anything that is not supported by the ipxe build makefile will likely break ALL
+  # builds. Only change this value if you have a solid understanding of the internals of the ipxe build chain, as the
+  # contents of this setting are passed in to the build process as is.
+  global_additional_build_options: ""
+
   # These options are specific to x86_64 ipxe builds
   build_x86: true
   cray_ipxe_binary_name: ipxe.efi

src/crayipxe/builder.py

@@ -135,6 +135,15 @@ def global_settings(self):
             self.recreation_necessary = True
         return self._global_settings
 
+    @property
+    def global_additional_build_options(self):
+        """
+        A list of strings that correspond to MAKE targets for building. These are typically user supplied values that
+        affect the overall build of all ipxe flavors.
+        :return: A list of build options to append at build time.
+        """
+        return self.global_settings.get('global_additional_build_options', '').split(',')
+
     @property
     def build_kind(self):
         """
@@ -385,6 +394,8 @@ def build_command(self):
         build_command.append('BEARER_TOKEN=%s' % self.bearer_token)
         LOGGER.debug("Build command generated as: [%s]" % ' '.join(build_command[:-1]))
         LOGGER.debug("BEARER_TOKEN=<omitted> for reasons of security.")
+        if self.global_additional_build_options:
+            build_command.extend(self.global_additional_build_options)
         return build_command
 
     @property