[Qemu-devel] Re: [RESEND][PATCH v2 1/2] Rework -boot option

[Sebastian Herbszt]

Jan Kiszka wrote:
> This patch changes the boot command line option to the canonical format
>
>  -boot [order=]drives[,interactive=on|off]
>
> where 'drives' is using the same format as the old -boot. The format
> switch allows to add the 'interactive' option and use the existing
> infrastructure to parse it. However, the old format is still understood
> and will be processed at least for a transition time.
>
> The state of 'interactive' is transfered to the firmware via the new
> configuration value FW_CFG_BOOT_INTERACTIVE.

What about using "[boot]menu" instead of "interactive"?
The Phoenix BIOS i got here allows me to enable/disable the boot menu,
so this seems common.

- Sebastian