From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MLAh8-0006EM-Dd for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:50:26 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MLAh3-0006DD-Om for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:50:25 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48221 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MLAh3-0006D2-Dj for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:50:21 -0400 Received: from fmmailgate02.web.de ([217.72.192.227]:45212) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MLAh2-0007fC-By for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:50:20 -0400 Message-ID: <4A48642A.1090500@web.de> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:50:18 +0200 From: Jan Kiszka MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4A45D428.9050600@web.de> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigA080D725C4A104EE61BD0130" Sender: jan.kiszka@web.de Subject: [Qemu-devel] Re: [RESEND][PATCH v2 1/2] Rework -boot option List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Sebastian Herbszt Cc: Anthony Liguori , qemu-devel This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigA080D725C4A104EE61BD0130 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sebastian Herbszt wrote: > Jan Kiszka wrote: >> This patch changes the boot command line option to the canonical forma= t >> >> -boot [order=3D]drives[,interactive=3Don|off] >> >> where 'drives' is using the same format as the old -boot. The format >> switch allows to add the 'interactive' option and use the existing >> infrastructure to parse it. However, the old format is still understoo= d >> and will be processed at least for a transition time. >> >> The state of 'interactive' is transfered to the firmware via the new >> configuration value FW_CFG_BOOT_INTERACTIVE. >=20 > What about using "[boot]menu" instead of "interactive"? > The Phoenix BIOS i got here allows me to enable/disable the boot menu, > so this seems common. Yes, short is beautiful. Will sent out a new series, addressing all suggestions made so far. Jan --------------enigA080D725C4A104EE61BD0130 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 iEYEARECAAYFAkpIZCsACgkQniDOoMHTA+m4egCfYWsusY3y5kHGs/PK6pFLEYyw O0EAn2Lm9Q0YgbXnqbnbO9rn3oc2u4TP =mLn2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigA080D725C4A104EE61BD0130--