From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DRF4D-00081k-Oy for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 15:52:57 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DRF4D-0007tb-ET for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 15:52:57 -0400 Received: from [129.104.30.34] (helo=mx1.polytechnique.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DRF6v-00081r-Ou for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 15:55:45 -0400 Received: from [84.99.204.102] (102.204.99-84.rev.gaoland.net [84.99.204.102]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ssl.polytechnique.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 795633318B for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:51:30 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <42713F2E.9070505@bellard.org> Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:53:18 +0200 From: Fabrice Bellard MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [patch] Remove requirement for -hda with -kernel References: <426EFED4.8090002@blueyonder.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <426EFED4.8090002@blueyonder.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 I like the idea, but your patch may not compile for win32. Maybe creating a generic "dummy:[size]" block device would be interesting instead ? Fabrice. Ross Kendall Axe wrote: > The requirement to provide an -hda argument when doing a direct boot of > a linux kernel has irritated me for some time. This patch removes that > requirement by creating a temporary 1 sector hda as needed. > > Ross