From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jan Kiszka Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Arguments to skip boot menu and to hide bios output Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:13:08 +0100 Message-ID: <498D6CC4.20208@web.de> References: <1233965825-17970-1-git-send-email-FOSS@AtlasTechnologiesInc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigE8F1480C618474DF92957F48" Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org To: Cory Fields Return-path: Received: from fmmailgate02.web.de ([217.72.192.227]:59579 "EHLO fmmailgate02.web.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752574AbZBGLNO (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Feb 2009 06:13:14 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1233965825-17970-1-git-send-email-FOSS@AtlasTechnologiesInc.com> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigE8F1480C618474DF92957F48 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cory Fields wrote: > This patchset creates new commandline arguments -quietboot and=20 > -fastboot Great, this allows me to remove one item from my to-do list. :) >=20 > -quietboot silences normal text output from the bios and vgabios. I=20 > rarely care to see this output and it looks much cleaner when the=20 > first thing shown in a KVM window is init or splash (or the dreaded=20 > Windows logo) >=20 > -fastboot lets you explicitly skip the "Press f12 for boot menu" option= =20 > saving ~3 seconds on each boot. It is also implied by -kernel -boot=20 > or -quietboot. When reworking the patches for qemu, please turn fastboot on by default. Most qemu and kvm users don't need the boot menu of the bios. Those who really want it should explicitly enable it. I think it is even worth suggesting the same for quietboot, but let's postpone the discussion to the final thread on qemu-devel Jan --------------enigE8F1480C618474DF92957F48 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmNbMgACgkQniDOoMHTA+nMgQCdFaHVATvxZPUYB6JEydneY8Ey jBgAnivneS0xw6/GljkSg8UEdQxH5hmB =zKMY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigE8F1480C618474DF92957F48--