Re: [PATCH 0/4] Arguments to skip boot menu and to hide bios output

Anthony Liguori
2009-02-06T23:50:21Z

Cory Fields wrote:
> This patchset creates new commandline arguments -quietboot and
> -fastboot
>
> -quietboot silences normal text output from the bios and vgabios. I
> rarely care to see this output and it looks much cleaner when the
> first thing shown in a KVM window is init or splash (or the dreaded
> Windows logo)
>
> -fastboot lets you explicitly skip the "Press f12 for boot menu" option
> saving ~3 seconds on each boot. It is also implied by -kernel -boot
> or -quietboot.
>
> I've been working with kvm, but I realize this may be qemu related.
> Figured I'd give it a shot here first.
>

Yes, this should go to qemu-devel.

Instead of introducing two new args, it would be good to extend the
-boot syntax. For instance, -boot dca,verbose=off,prompt=off.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> This is my first patch submitted to a mailinglist so any
> etiquette/procedural comments or critiques are appreciated.
>
> Also, my asm-fu is weak so I'm sure those few lines need some help.
>
> Cory Fields
> ---
> bios/rombios.c | 80 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
> qemu/hw/fw_cfg.c | 2 +
> qemu/hw/fw_cfg.h | 2 +
> qemu/sysemu.h | 2 +
> qemu/vl.c | 17 +++++++++++
> vgabios/vgabios.c | 17 ++++++++++-
> 6 files changed, 96 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
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