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| author | Amos Kong <akong@redhat.com> | 2012-09-07 11:11:03 +0800 |
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| committer | Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> | 2012-09-25 20:05:04 -0500 |
| commit | ac05f3492421caeb05809ffa02c6198ede179e43 (patch) | |
| tree | 1554c89dcd8a76dd519bd1771d93cbde0fd3c63e /qemu-options.hx | |
| parent | 3202becaa2b805497ce9e6faa6edfb83665f91b1 (diff) | |
add a boot parameter to set reboot timeout
Added an option to let qemu transfer a configuration file to bios,
"etc/boot-fail-wait", which could be specified by command
-boot reboot-timeout=T
T have a max value of 0xffff, unit is ms.
With this option, guest will wait for a given time if not find
bootabled device, then reboot. If reboot-timeout is '-1', guest
will not reboot, qemu passes '-1' to bios by default.
This feature need the new seabios's support.
Seabios pulls the value from the fwcfg "file" interface, this
interface is used because SeaBIOS needs a reliable way of
obtaining a name, value size, and value. It in no way requires
that there be a real file on the user's host machine.
Signed-off-by: Amos Kong <akong@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'qemu-options.hx')
| -rw-r--r-- | qemu-options.hx | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index 09c86c4cb..7d97f9692 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -344,13 +344,14 @@ ETEXI DEF("boot", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_boot, "-boot [order=drives][,once=drives][,menu=on|off]\n" - " [,splash=sp_name][,splash-time=sp_time]\n" + " [,splash=sp_name][,splash-time=sp_time][,reboot-timeout=rb_time]\n" " 'drives': floppy (a), hard disk (c), CD-ROM (d), network (n)\n" " 'sp_name': the file's name that would be passed to bios as logo picture, if menu=on\n" - " 'sp_time': the period that splash picture last if menu=on, unit is ms\n", + " 'sp_time': the period that splash picture last if menu=on, unit is ms\n" + " 'rb_timeout': the timeout before guest reboot when boot failed, unit is ms\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL) STEXI -@item -boot [order=@var{drives}][,once=@var{drives}][,menu=on|off][,splash=@var{sp_name}][,splash-time=@var{sp_time}] +@item -boot [order=@var{drives}][,once=@var{drives}][,menu=on|off][,splash=@var{sp_name}][,splash-time=@var{sp_time}][,reboot-timeout=@var{rb_timeout}] @findex -boot Specify boot order @var{drives} as a string of drive letters. Valid drive letters depend on the target achitecture. The x86 PC uses: a, b @@ -369,6 +370,11 @@ limitation: The splash file could be a jpeg file or a BMP file in 24 BPP format(true color). The resolution should be supported by the SVGA mode, so the recommended is 320x240, 640x480, 800x640. +A timeout could be passed to bios, guest will pause for @var{rb_timeout} ms +when boot failed, then reboot. If @var{rb_timeout} is '-1', guest will not +reboot, qemu passes '-1' to bios by default. Currently Seabios for X86 +system support it. + @example # try to boot from network first, then from hard disk qemu-system-i386 -boot order=nc |