I'm just guessing, but perhaps because a file can be changed without rebuilding SeaBIOS.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Liguori" <aligu...@us.ibm.com> To: "Amos Kong" <ak...@redhat.com> Cc: seabios@seabios.org, qemu-de...@nongnu.org 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 <ak...@redhat.com> 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 <ke...@koconnor.net> > 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 <ke...@koconnor.net> > > > > -- > Amos. _______________________________________________ SeaBIOS mailing list SeaBIOS@seabios.org http://www.seabios.org/mailman/listinfo/seabios _______________________________________________ SeaBIOS mailing list SeaBIOS@seabios.org http://www.seabios.org/mailman/listinfo/seabios
