From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LXUSz-00025O-KJ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:50:29 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LXUSy-00024x-6g for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:50:28 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54883 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LXUSy-00024u-2m for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:50:28 -0500 Received: from mout.perfora.net ([74.208.4.194]:62185) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LXUSx-0006vK-Nq for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:50:27 -0500 From: Cory Fields Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:48:45 -0500 Message-Id: <1234421329-8119-1-git-send-email-FOSS@AtlasTechnologiesInc.com> Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/4] Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org This patchset creates new -boot options quiet and prompt. Syntax: qemu -boot cad,quiet=foo,prompt=bar See discussion on the kvm mailing list: http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kvm/2009/2/7/4921514/thread quiet 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) prompt=0 lets you explicitly skip the "Press f12 for boot menu" option saving ~3 seconds on each boot. It is also implied by quietboot. This is the default action. prompt=1 must be specified in order to see this menu. I'm very new to patches and mailing lists so any etiquette/procedural comments or critiques are appreciated. Feel free to bash me or the code... Also, my asm-fu is weak so I'm sure those few lines need some help. Cory Fields