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Re: [Qemu-devel] [SeaBIOS] RFC: Add a new boot parameter to set delay ti
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Steve Goodrich |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [SeaBIOS] RFC: Add a new boot parameter to set delay time before seabios retry to boot |
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Thu, 6 Sep 2012 15:25:12 -0600 (MDT) |
I'm just guessing, but perhaps because a file can be changed without rebuilding
SeaBIOS.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Liguori" <address@hidden>
To: "Amos Kong" <address@hidden>
Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden
Sent: Thursday, September 6, 2012 7:36:24 AM
Subject: Re: [SeaBIOS] [Qemu-devel] RFC: Add a new boot parameter to set
delay time before seabios retry to boot
Amos Kong <address@hidden> writes:
> Hi all,
>
> Seabios supports automatically reboot after X second delay on failed
> boot [1],
> I want to add a parameter for qemu, it's used put a boot parameter into
> romfile
> for seabios to set the delay time.
>
> # qemu ... -boot order=n,menu=on,delay=5 ...
>
>
> Comments & suggestions ? Thanks!
Why use a file and not just a key/value?
Regards,
Anthony Liguori
>
>
> [1] commit b8fcf46826e77c835da0ad8127a17895bb2e2fca
> Author: Kevin O'Connor <address@hidden>
> Date: Sat May 12 22:12:22 2012 -0400
>
> Automatically reboot after 60 second delay on failed boot.
>
> If no valid boot devices are found, display the error for 60 seconds
> (by default) and then reboot. This enables a periodic retry in case
> one of the boot devices is still coming online.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kevin O'Connor <address@hidden>
>
>
>
> --
> Amos.
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