Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/3] kvm:showing a splash picture when start

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

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On 2011-06-23 13:20, Wayne Xia wrote:
> 2011-6-23 18:03, Jan Kiszka
>> On 2011-06-23 11:18, Wayne Xia wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>      these 3 patch simply enable qemu-kvm to show a logo picture when it
>>
>> You are posting on qemu-devel (which is correct for this topic), so your
>> patches must target that tree. Patch 1 eg. does not and needs rebasing.
>>
> thanks for the tip.
>>> s start up, following is how to configurate it:
>>>      invoke it with params:
>>>      -boot (splash_time=<N>,) (splash_filename=<N>,)
>>
>> Simply 'splash' for specifying the file should suffice.
>>
>>>      the splash_time is in the unit of ms, and its max value is 65535.
>>> this feature is by default on with 5000ms showing up.
>>
>> Strong NAK for making this default. We have a nice sub-second BIOS time
>> in QEMU, and that must not be destroyed by eye candy. 5 s is also way
>> too long even when you want splash.
>>
> Maybe 5 is a bit too long, this patch is for test so made it a bit
> longer to be observed by VNC, I think 2.5s would be fit.

Maybe it could be something like that if the user specifies a splash
file - which indicates that there should be some splash delay as well.
Default without any splash parameter must remain 0, ie. disabled.

Jan


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