Re: [SeaBIOS] [coreboot] seabios feature request : reboot VM or retry boot devices when no valid boot disk is found

[Gleb Natapov]

On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 03:04:52AM +0200, Peter Stuge wrote:
> Kevin O'Connor wrote:
> > +// Unable to find bootable device - warn user and eventually retry.
> > +static void
> > +boot_fail(void)
> > +{
> > printf("No bootable device.\n");
> > // Wait for 60 seconds and then reboot.
> > u32 end = calc_future_timer(60*1000);
>
> I'd suggest printf("No bootable device found. Retrying in 5 seconds...\n");
> and lowering the timeout.

On host running hundreds of VMs reboot each 5 seconds may generate a lot
of unneeded load. Better make it configurable with option to disable the
behaviour.