Re: [PATCHv2 0/8 RFC] boot order specification

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On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 01:40:01PM +0200, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> This is current sate of the patch series for people to comment on.
> I tried to use open firmware naming scheme to specify device path names.
> 
> The patch series produce names like these:
> for pci machine:
> /pci@i0cf8/pci-isa-bridge@1/fdc@03f1/floppy@0
> /pci@i0cf8/pci-isa-bridge@1/fdc@03f1/floppy@1
> /pci@i0cf8/ata@1,1/ata-disk@1:0
> /pci@i0cf8/ata@1,1/ata-disk@1:1
> /pci@i0cf8/virtio-blk@3/virtio-disk@0
> /pci@i0cf8/ethernet@4/ethernet-phy@0
> /pci@i0cf8/ethernet@5/ethernet-phy@0
> 
> for isa machine:
> adding '/isa/fdc@03f1/floppy@0' at index 2
> adding '/isa/fdc@03f1/floppy@1' at index 1
> adding '/isa/ata@0170/ata-disk@0:0' at index 0
> adding '/isa/ata@0170/ata-disk@0:1' at index 3

Hi Gleb,

How will USB drives be identified?

I'm not sure how SeaBIOS will be able to line up something like
"/pci@i0cf8/ethernet@4/ethernet-phy@0" to an optionrom BEV.  Also, if
there is an optionrom with BCVs (eg, a scsi card), I'm not sure how
that would that would be identified.

-Kevin
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