[SeaBIOS] Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] Initialize only bootable virtio-blk/virtio-blk

[Gerd Hoffmann]

On Tue, Jan 07, 2020 at 08:19:15PM +0300, Alexey Kirillov wrote:
> This patch aimed to avoid problem with uninitialized virtio-blk and
> virtio-scsi boot devices.
> Currently, 12 KiB of memory is allocated for each virtio-blk/scsi, so
> no more than about 10 devices can be initialized. If the device is not
> initialized, we cannot boot from it. So, if we have more than 10 devices,
> we can't boot from any of the following (11, 12, etc.).
> We can initialize only bootable devices, i.e. listed in boot order list,
> that this patch does.
>
> Alexey Kirillov (2):
>   boot: Detect strict boot order (HALT record) in function
>   virtio: Do not init non-bootable devices

Applied & pushed.

thanks,
  Gerd