Re: [Qemu-devel] [Patch] set boot sequence from command line

["andrzej zaborowski" <balrogg@gmail.com>]

On 24/10/2007, Dan Kenigsberg <danken@qumranet.com> wrote:
> Real PCs try to boot from a CD, then try the hard drive, and finally go
> to the network. And they let their owner change that order.

With the difference that on real PCs this is controlled by the BIOS
menu rather than a hardware switch, but the latter seems more
convenient for qemu.

> This patch lets Qemu do the same with "-boot dcn".
>
> I'll be happy to hear comments about it,
>
> Dan.
>
> diff --git a/hw/an5206.c b/hw/an5206.c
> index 94ecccb..2134184 100644
> --- a/hw/an5206.c
> +++ b/hw/an5206.c
> @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ void DMA_run (void)
>
>  /* Board init.  */
>
> -static void an5206_init(int ram_size, int vga_ram_size, int boot_device,
> +static void an5206_init(int ram_size, int vga_ram_size, char *boot_device,
>                       DisplayState *ds, const char **fd_filename, int snapshot,
>                       const char *kernel_filename, const char *kernel_cmdline,
>                       const char *initrd_filename, const char *cpu_model)

BTW, it may be a good idea to pass all these values (maybe except ds)
as a single struct, for purely practical reasons.
Regards