[Qemu-devel] Re: [RESEND][PATCH v2 1/2] Rework -boot option

[Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de>]

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Sebastian Herbszt wrote:
> Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> This patch changes the boot command line option to the canonical format
>>
>>  -boot [order=]drives[,interactive=on|off]
>>
>> where 'drives' is using the same format as the old -boot. The format
>> switch allows to add the 'interactive' option and use the existing
>> infrastructure to parse it. However, the old format is still understood
>> and will be processed at least for a transition time.
>>
>> The state of 'interactive' is transfered to the firmware via the new
>> configuration value FW_CFG_BOOT_INTERACTIVE.
> 
> What about using "[boot]menu" instead of "interactive"?
> The Phoenix BIOS i got here allows me to enable/disable the boot menu,
> so this seems common.

Yes, short is beautiful. Will sent out a new series, addressing all
suggestions made so far.

Jan


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