On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 11:45:33AM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote: > On 08/05/2010 10:59 AM, Gleb Natapov wrote: > > > >>We have the firmware configuration interface for that, if we can > >>tolerate its speed. > >> > >To pass default boot device, sure :) The question is what to pass so > >that seabios will be able to unambiguously determine what device to > >boot from. > > IMO seabios should (if it doesn't already) store this information in > CMOS non-volatile memory (which can be backed by a small disk > image). This allows the user to play with the configuration at boot > time, and if we document the format, management tools can read and > write it as well. > The important part is to find the way to unambiguously pass default boot device between seabios/qemu/management. Afterward we can do many things with it. Pass it on command line, save it in external disk image etc. -- Gleb. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
