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From: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
To: ChenLiang <chenliang88@huawei.com>,
	"qemu-devel@nongnu.org" <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [question] Is it, valuable to achieve modify boot index when vm is running?
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 07:27:18 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <53AACE36.2070906@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53AAA467.10208@huawei.com>

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On 06/25/2014 04:28 AM, ChenLiang wrote:
> hi,all
> Qemu can not modify boot index when vm is running.

So? Boot index is used exactly once - when the domain is started. After
that, you aren't booting any more, so what benefit is there to changing
boot index on the fly?

> It is inconvenience when we install guest os. Is it
> necessary to achieve modify boot index online?

virt-install manages to install guests just fine without changing the
boot index on the fly; it manages to sequence multiple qemu runs with
different boot indices between runs.

> We can add one qmp interface to achieve it.

You're welcome to submit a patch if you think you have a use case; but I
personally don't see the current setup as limiting.

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org


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  reply	other threads:[~2014-06-25 13:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-06-25 10:28 [Qemu-devel] [question] Is it, valuable to achieve modify boot index when vm is running? ChenLiang
2014-06-25 13:27 ` Eric Blake [this message]
2014-06-25 13:29   ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-06-25 13:46     ` 陈梁
2014-06-25 13:46   ` 陈梁
     [not found] ` <043E36F0EEC5164DBB381DFD6AB7D4221777BA92@Bjmail2.kingsoft.cn>
2014-06-26  3:16   ` [Qemu-devel] 答复: " ChenLiang

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