Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add BIOS splash image support

[M. Warner Losh]

In message: <address@hidden>
            Gildas <address@hidden> 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