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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv8 12/16] Add bootindex parameter to net/block/fd
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Markus Armbruster |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv8 12/16] Add bootindex parameter to net/block/fd device |
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Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:19:43 +0100 |
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Gleb Natapov <address@hidden> writes:
> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 02:29:50PM +0100, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>> Gleb Natapov <address@hidden> writes:
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>> > If bootindex is specified on command line a string that describes device
>> > in firmware readable way is added into sorted list. Later this list will
>> > be passed into firmware to control boot order.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov <address@hidden>
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>> Out of curiosity: what about qdev "scsi-generic"? Can't we boot from
>> that?
> What device exactly scsi-generic supports? scsi-disk has call to
> add_boot_device_path() though we cannot boot from it without extboot
> now.
It's host SCSI generic device (/dev/sg*) pass through. So it's whatever
real device is passed through.