On 10/12/2012 08:32 AM, Chris Wright wrote: > * Alexander Graf (ag...@suse.de) wrote: >> On 12.10.2012, at 02:28, David Gibson wrote: >>> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 02:03:00AM +0200, Alexander Graf wrote: >>>> On 12.10.2012, at 00:59, David Gibson wrote: >>>>> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 07:34:42AM +0530, Avik Sil wrote: >>>>>> This patch adds nvram specified boot device into qemu default >>>>>> boot_devices list. This helps firmware to boot from nvram specified >>>>>> boot device if no -boot option is specified. >>>>> >>>>> I really don't think this is a good idea, it extends an already >>>>> deprecated mechanism in a fuzzy way and requires careful checking to >>>>> see if it could break anything. On all platforms the boot sequence >>>>> should be: >>>>> if bootindex is specified: >>>>> boot according to bootindex >>>>> else if -boot is specified: >>>>> boot according to -boot sequence >>>>> else: >>>>> use platform firmware default sequence >>>>> >>>>> The last will of course vary by platform, and could depend on platform >>>>> details like the contents of NVRAM. Your original idea of making it >>>>> clear to the guest when -boot has been specified (as opposed to when >>>>> it contains its default value) was the right one, and this "x" in >>>>> -boot is going the wrong direction. >>>> >>>> Given that this is a fundamental direction for a bunch of machines, >>>> how about we talk about it on the weekly QEMU call? >>> >>> Uh, is this a call I know about? >> >> I would hope so. Chris / Juan, who is in charge of the phone numbers these >> days? > > Added David to the invite which contains the call details (very > unfriendly time for .au I'm afraid, 14:00 UTC). > Is it OK if I proxy David as it's unfriendly time for him? Also can this topic be included in today's call?
Regards, Avik
