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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v9 00/13] Interactive Boot Menu for DASD and SCS


From: Viktor Mihajlovski
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v9 00/13] Interactive Boot Menu for DASD and SCSI Guests on s390x
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 17:00:02 +0100
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On 23.02.2018 16:43, Collin L. Walling wrote:
> --- [v9] ---
> 
>  - only set boot menu opts if a bootindex was specified on cmd
> 
>  - Menus for guests with an IPL device that chooses to use the SCSI scheme are
>    only enabled explicitly for -boot menu=on options (i.e. it will 
> appropriately
>    and cleanly ignore the zipl flag)
> 
> --- [Summary] ---
> 
> These patches implement a boot menu for ECKD DASD and SCSI guests on s390x. 
> The menu will only appear if the disk has been configured for IPL with the 
> zIPL tool and with the following QEMU command line options:
> 
>     -boot menu=on[,splash-time=X] and/or -machine loadparm='prompt'
> 
> The following must be specified for the device to be IPL'd from:
> 
>     -device ...,bootindex=1
> 
> or via the following libvirt domain xml:
> 
>     <os>
>       <bootmenu enable='yes' timeout='X'/>
>     </os>
> 
>     or
>     
>     <disk>
>       ...
>       <boot order='1' loadparm='PROMPT'/>
>     </disk>
> 
> Where X is some positive integer representing time in milliseconds.
> 
> <boot order='1' ... > must be specified for the device to be IPL'd from
> 
> A loadparm other than 'prompt' will disable the menu and just boot 
> the specified entry.
> 
> If no boot options are specified, we will attempt to use the values
> provided by zipl (ECKD DASD only).
> 
> Collin L. Walling (13):
>   s390-ccw: refactor boot map table code
>   s390-ccw: refactor eckd_block_num to use CHS
>   s390-ccw: refactor IPL structs
>   s390-ccw: update libc
>   s390-ccw: move auxiliary IPL data to separate location
>   s390-ccw: parse and set boot menu options
>   s390-ccw: set up interactive boot menu parameters
>   s390-ccw: read stage2 boot loader data to find menu
>   s390-ccw: print zipl boot menu
>   s390-ccw: read user input for boot index via the SCLP console
>   s390-ccw: set cp_receive mask only when needed and consume pending
>     service irqs
>   s390-ccw: use zipl values when no boot menu options are present
>   s390-ccw: interactive boot menu for scsi
> 
>  hw/s390x/ipl.c              |  76 +++++++++++++-
>  hw/s390x/ipl.h              |  31 +++++-
>  pc-bios/s390-ccw/Makefile   |   2 +-
>  pc-bios/s390-ccw/bootmap.c  | 184 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  pc-bios/s390-ccw/bootmap.h  |  91 ++++++++++------
>  pc-bios/s390-ccw/iplb.h     |  24 ++++-
>  pc-bios/s390-ccw/libc.c     |  88 ++++++++++++++++
>  pc-bios/s390-ccw/libc.h     |  37 ++++++-
>  pc-bios/s390-ccw/main.c     |  49 ++++++---
>  pc-bios/s390-ccw/menu.c     | 249 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  pc-bios/s390-ccw/s390-ccw.h |  10 ++
>  pc-bios/s390-ccw/sclp.c     |  39 ++++---
>  pc-bios/s390-ccw/virtio.c   |   2 +-
>  13 files changed, 756 insertions(+), 126 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 pc-bios/s390-ccw/libc.c
>  create mode 100644 pc-bios/s390-ccw/menu.c
> 

Series looks good to me (the break nit in 13/13 notwithstanding).

-- 
Regards,
 Viktor Mihajlovski




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