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Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 09:29:13 -0500
From: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] document boot option to -drive parameter
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To: Bruce Rogers <brogers@novell.com>
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On 04/16/2010 12:11 PM, Bruce Rogers wrote:
> The boot option is missing from the documentation for the -drive parameter.
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> If there is a better way to descibe it, I'm all ears.
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> Signed-off-by: Bruce Rogers<brogers@novell.com
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> diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
> index f4b3bfe..f0f9a7c 100644
> --- a/qemu-options.hx
> +++ b/qemu-options.hx
> @@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ an untrusted format header.
>   This option specifies the serial number to assign to the device.
>   @item addr=@var{addr}
>   Specify the controller's PCI address (if=virtio only).
> +@item boot=@var{boot}
> +@var{boot} is "on" or "off" and allows for booting from non-traditional interfaces, such as virtio.
>   @end table
>
>   By default, writethrough caching is used for all block device.  This means that
>    

This is only in qemu-kvm.git.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

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