From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LD08X-0005RY-W3 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:24:42 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LD08V-0005Qz-Gn for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:24:40 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=36593 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LD08U-0005Qq-Vt for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:24:39 -0500 Received: from bsdimp.com ([199.45.160.85]:54500 helo=harmony.bsdimp.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LD08U-00047e-DG for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:24:38 -0500 Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:22:46 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <20081217.102246.474623479.imp@bsdimp.com> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add BIOS splash image support From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: References: <20081217152603.GV13455@redhat.com> <49492C51.7090101@siemens.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, gildas.ml@gmail.com In message: Gildas writes: : >> One other alternative to added a brand new arg is to just allow an extra : >> meta-character in -boot arg to indicate that it should prompt or not : >> : >> -boot d (use cdrom) : >> : >> vs : >> : >> -boot d+ (default cdrom, prompt to allow override) : >> : >> but perhaps that's a bit obtuse : >> : > : > -boot d,ask would make more sense to me (as it is more verbose). : : I think "ask" or even "m" for menu is easier to understand than a "+" : : With this option, there would be 4 different cases at boot time: : : no "-boot" option: show boot menu : -boot ask or -boot m: show boot menu : -boot d: use cdrom, no boot menu : -boot d,ask or -boot m: default cdrom, prompt to allow override : : I would also like to remind you the boot_set option in the monitor : which allow one to change the values from the -boot parameter at run : time. : : Another alternative might just be to lower the wait time to 1 or 2s... I'd suggest that 'menu' is better than 'm' here, unless there's some reason we're constrained to a single drive letter. Warner