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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/vexpress: set default block type to SD
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Aurelien Jarno |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/vexpress: set default block type to SD |
Date: |
Tue, 5 Mar 2013 01:44:38 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 08:22:57AM +0800, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On 5 March 2013 08:19, Aurelien Jarno <address@hidden> wrote:
> > The versatile express has no SCSI card, but instead boot on an SD card.
> > Change block_default_type accordingly.
>
> I notice that no other board has SD as the block_default_type...
>
> What effect does this actually have on the user experience?
The effect is that the user don't has to specify the interface type.
Basically:
-drive file=/path/to/file,if=sd
can be replaced by
-drive file=/path/to/file
It means the user doesn't have to know the details of the machine to
know how to attach a disk. Note that the user here can also be a script,
which then becomes a bit simpler.
> Also, won't vl.c now try to create a cdrom drive on the SD interface?
>
It still creates a cdrom drive as before, but still doesn't try to
connect it to the SD interface. In short the behaviour on that side is
unchanged.
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- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/vexpress: set default block type to SD, Aurelien Jarno, 2013/03/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/vexpress: set default block type to SD, Peter Maydell, 2013/03/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/vexpress: set default block type to SD,
Aurelien Jarno <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/vexpress: set default block type to SD, Markus Armbruster, 2013/03/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/vexpress: set default block type to SD, Peter Maydell, 2013/03/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/vexpress: set default block type to SD, Aurelien Jarno, 2013/03/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/vexpress: set default block type to SD, Peter Maydell, 2013/03/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/vexpress: set default block type to SD, Aurelien Jarno, 2013/03/16
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/vexpress: set default block type to SD, Peter Maydell, 2013/03/16
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/vexpress: set default block type to SD, Aurelien Jarno, 2013/03/17
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/vexpress: set default block type to SD, Peter Maydell, 2013/03/17
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/vexpress: set default block type to SD, Paolo Bonzini, 2013/03/17
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/vexpress: set default block type to SD, Peter Maydell, 2013/03/17