From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CtbZh-0001kV-A4 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:02:26 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CtbZa-0001h0-VY for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:02:19 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CtbZa-0001dT-MQ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:02:18 -0500 Received: from [38.113.3.71] (helo=smtp-out.hotpop.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CtbED-00051L-9H for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:40:13 -0500 Received: from phreaker.net (kubrick.hotpop.com [38.113.3.103]) by smtp-out.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 99CDB1359E61 for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:39:29 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:38:24 -0500 From: "Jim C. Brown" Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Boot Sequence Message-ID: <20050126003824.GA11510@jbrown.mylinuxbox.org> References: <45768.64.244.234.131.1106690166.squirrel@64.244.234.131> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45768.64.244.234.131.1106690166.squirrel@64.244.234.131> Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: linuxtwidler@gmail.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 03:56:06PM -0600, Lee wrote: > > Hi All, > > Just wanted to through to the developers another great idea for qemu. > > it is the ability to list a boot-device sequence. > > I have in my mind something like this: > > -boot a,c,d > -boot d,c > ... > > What would be the point? It shouldn't be difficult to do, but I don't see how it would be useful ... you'd still need to specify the boot device itself via the command line as well. The only real use I can see is thru the monitor (I'm thinking system_reset here). > > -- > Lee > linuxtwidler@gmail.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qemu-devel mailing list > Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel > -- Infinite complexity begets infinite beauty. Infinite precision begets infinite perfection.