[Qemu-devel] iPXE timeout missing

[Sebastian]

Hi,

when trying current qemu git, I noticed the iPXE timeout has been removed:

commit 95ca557d5cfc1ef69ba9708ded552f389afe643d
Author: Gerd Hoffmann <address@hidden>
Date:   Mon Mar 25 09:07:40 2013 +0100

    ipxe: disable two second timeout

By removing the timeout, access to the iPXE command line is now 
impossible (pressing Ctrl+B in the timeout breaks the script). The 
command line access is (more or less) required when installing an 
operating system from local media to a SAN device:

> dhcp net0
> set keep-san 1 (keep SAN after failure)
> sanboot iscsi:.... (fails, no valid MBR)
> exit (boot other devices)

This way, the operating system installer (e.g. Windows Vista/7) sees the 
SAN.

Is there a reason for removing the timeout?

Best Regards,
Sebastian