support applying BIOS options without the IPA image

containers/ironic/Dockerfile.ironic

@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 COPY containers/ironic/drac-boot.patch /tmp/
+COPY containers/ironic/bios-apply-no-ipa.patch /tmp/
 RUN patch -d /var/lib/openstack/lib/python3.10/site-packages -p1 < /tmp/drac-boot.patch
+RUN patch -d /var/lib/openstack/lib/python3.10/site-packages -p1 < /tmp/bios-apply-no-ipa.patch
 
 COPY python/ironic-understack /tmp/ironic-understack
 RUN /var/lib/openstack/bin/python -m pip install --no-cache --no-cache-dir /tmp/ironic-understack sushy-oem-idrac==5.0.0

containers/ironic/bios-apply-no-ipa.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+diff --git a/ironic/drivers/modules/redfish/bios.py b/ironic/drivers/modules/redfish/bios.py
+index 6e72f0bfd..09dc10c94 100644
+--- a/ironic/drivers/modules/redfish/bios.py
++++ b/ironic/drivers/modules/redfish/bios.py
+@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ class RedfishBIOS(base.BIOSInterface):
+             objects.BIOSSettingList.delete(
+                 task.context, node_id, delete_names)
+
+-    @base.clean_step(priority=0)
+-    @base.deploy_step(priority=0)
++    @base.clean_step(priority=0, requires_ramdisk=False)
++    @base.deploy_step(priority=0, requires_ramdisk=False)
+     @base.cache_bios_settings
+     def factory_reset(self, task):
+         """Reset the BIOS settings of the node to the factory default.
+@@ -186,9 +186,9 @@ class RedfishBIOS(base.BIOSInterface):
+                       {'node_uuid': node.uuid, 'attrs': current_attrs})
+             self._clear_reboot_requested(task)
+
+-    @base.service_step(priority=0, argsinfo=_APPLY_CONFIGURATION_ARGSINFO)
+-    @base.clean_step(priority=0, argsinfo=_APPLY_CONFIGURATION_ARGSINFO)
+-    @base.deploy_step(priority=0, argsinfo=_APPLY_CONFIGURATION_ARGSINFO)
++    @base.service_step(priority=0, argsinfo=_APPLY_CONFIGURATION_ARGSINFO, requires_ramdisk=False)
++    @base.clean_step(priority=0, argsinfo=_APPLY_CONFIGURATION_ARGSINFO, requires_ramdisk=False)
++    @base.deploy_step(priority=0, argsinfo=_APPLY_CONFIGURATION_ARGSINFO, requires_ramdisk=False)
+     @base.cache_bios_settings
+     def apply_configuration(self, task, settings):
+         """Apply the BIOS settings to the node.