[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] x86: Manage BIOS boot menu via command line

[Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>]

Gleb Natapov wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 02:04:21PM +0100, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> diff --git a/pc-bios/bios-pq/0006_optional-boot-menu.patch b/pc-bios/bios-pq/0006_optional-boot-menu.patch
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..bbe5753
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/pc-bios/bios-pq/0006_optional-boot-menu.patch
>> @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
>> +Make interactive boot menu optional.
>> +
>> +Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
>> +
>> +diff --git a/bios/rombios.c b/bios/rombios.c
>> +index 123672f..7ce5b6c 100644
>> +--- a/bios/rombios.c
>> ++++ b/bios/rombios.c
>> +@@ -2026,6 +2026,10 @@ interactive_bootkey()
>> +   Bit16u ss = get_SS();
>> +   Bit16u valid_choice = 0;
>> + 
>> ++  /* QEMU sets CMOS byte 0x60 to non-zero if the boot menu should be skipped */
>> ++  if (inb_cmos(0x60))
>> ++    return;
>> ++
>> +   while (check_for_keystroke())
>> +     get_keystroke();
>> + 
> Why not push this upstream?

I wanted to wait at least for some comments here first, then push this
to bochs.

Jan

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