On 15.01.2012 16:53, Avi Kivity wrote: > On 01/15/2012 02:50 PM, Jan Kiszka wrote: [] >> extboot is history since 2a06024dc1b1e27b1be0266379af397e61b4a9ad > > Yeah, but it isn't history for people running older qemu-kvm's. We > don't need extboot itself, but we do need to keep the boot option (as > 2a06 does). The question is do we need to preserve its meaning too > (with the seabios implementation instead of extboot's). FWIW, I had to patch extboot back in for debian qemu-kvm 1.0, because of lack of boot support from scsi (and no alternative), and because many people's scripts who used boot= broke. I thought it is better to let users to have a chance to perform a smoother transition than to break their stuff. Now, I've a question: what seabios implementation of extboot we're talking about? -option-rom which is impossible to select as a first boot device? Thanks, /mjt -- 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
