Adding Plymouth

.gitea/workflows/gitea-main-ci.yaml

@@ -49,8 +49,16 @@ env:
   # per-environment DNS name (e.g. nvme.fleet.lab) resolved at boot so one UKI
   # works across environments — the serving stack's dnsmasq resolves it.
   NVMET_TRADDR: "192.168.50.10"
-  # URL the fullscreen Chromium kiosk loads at boot. Empty disables the kiosk.
-  KIOSK_URL: "https://www.reddit.com"
+  # URL the fullscreen Chromium kiosk loads at boot. Defaults to the test page
+  # served by the boot HTTP server (serving/http/kiosk) at /kiosk/; boot.fleet.lab
+  # resolves to the serving host via the stack's dnsmasq. Empty disables the kiosk.
+  KIOSK_URL: "http://boot.fleet.lab/kiosk/"
+  # Plymouth boot splash. "false" => verbose console boot (rhgb quiet NOT baked;
+  # plymouth.enable=0 instead) — kept OFF in CI while the network-manager port is
+  # being bench-verified, so the boot chain stays debuggable. Flip to "true" to
+  # ship the graphical splash once boot is trusted. (Plymouth is in the image
+  # either way; this only flips the cmdline.)
+  BOOT_SPLASH: "false"
   # ===========================================================================
   # TEMPORARY: 802.1X + MACsec are DISABLED for this build (rd.dot1x=0) so the
   # UKI / rootfs / NVMe-oF boot path can be validated on an OPEN switch port.
@@ -178,4 +186,5 @@ jobs:
             -var nvmet_traddr="${{ env.NVMET_TRADDR }}" \
             -var ssh_authorized_key="${{ secrets.SSH_AUTHORIZED_KEY }}" \
             -var kiosk_url="${{ env.KIOSK_URL }}" \
+            -var boot_splash=${{ env.BOOT_SPLASH }} \
             .