Re: [Qemu-devel] [qemu-s390x] [PATCH v1 3/5] s390-ccw: parse and set boot menu options

[Collin L. Walling]

On 11/29/2017 05:28 PM, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 27.11.2017 21:55, Collin L. Walling wrote:
> > Set boot menu options for an s390 guest and store them in
> > the iplb. These options are set via the QEMU command line
> > option:
> >
> >      -boot menu=on|off[,splash-time=X]
> >
> > or via the libvirt domain xml:
> >
> >      <os>
> >        <bootmenu enable='yes|no' timeout='X'/>
> >      </os>
> >
> > Where X represents some positive integer representing
> > milliseconds.
> Aren't this properties usually contained in the zIPL block? (e.g.
> written and configured by zipl)
I believe the timeout value is nestled in there somewhere, yes.
However it was requested that we control the boot menu timeout value
via the Qemu command line instead. :)

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- Collin L Walling