Re: [SeaBIOS] [Qemu PATCH v2] add a boot option to do strict boot

[Gleb Natapov]

On Wed, Jan 09, 2013 at 04:39:13PM +0800, Amos Kong wrote:
> Current seabios will try to boot from selected devices first,
> if they are all failed, seabios will also try to boot from
> un-selected devices.
>
> We need to make it configurable. I already posted a seabios
> patch to add a new device type to halt booting. Qemu can add
> "HALT" at the end of bootindex string, then seabios will halt
> booting after trying to boot from selected devices.
>
> This option only effects when boot priority is changed by
> bootindex options, the old style(-boot order=..) will still
> try to boot from un-selected devices.
>
> v2: add HALT entry in get_boot_devices_list()
>     define boot_strict to bool
>
> Signed-off-by: Amos Kong

Acked-by: Gleb Natapov
> [SeaBIOS PATCH v3] boot: add a new type to halt booting
> https://github.com/kongove/seabios/commit/39aeded2da6254eab2c34de92371ce1cad...
> bios.bin: http://kongove.fedorapeople.org/pub/added-halt-type-bios.bin
>
> qemu-config.c   |    3 +++
>  qemu-options.hx |    8 ++++++--
>  vl.c            |   22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
>  3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/qemu-config.c b/qemu-config.c
> index 2188c3e..dd6d249 100644
> --- a/qemu-config.c
> +++ b/qemu-config.c
> @@ -612,6 +612,9 @@ QemuOptsList qemu_boot_opts = {
>          }, {
>              .name = "reboot-timeout",
>              .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
>    }, {
>        .name = "strict",
>        .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
>    },
>    { /*End of list */ }
> },
>
> diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
> index 9df0cde..5408837 100644
> --- a/qemu-options.hx
> +++ b/qemu-options.hx
> @@ -376,14 +376,14 @@ ETEXI
>
> DEF("boot", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_boot,
>      "-boot [order=drives][,once=drives][,menu=on|off]\n"
> "      [,splash=sp_name][,splash-time=sp_time][,reboot-timeout=rb_time]\n"
> "      [,splash=sp_name][,splash-time=sp_time][,reboot-timeout=rb_time][,strict=on|off]\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"
> "                '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}][,reboot-timeout=@var{rb_timeout}]
> +@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}][,strict=on|off]
>  @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
> @@ -407,6 +407,10 @@ 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.
>
> +Do strict boot via @option{strict=on} as far as firmware/BIOS
> +supports it. This only effects when boot priority is changed by
> +bootindex options. The default is non-strict boot.
>
> @example
>  # try to boot from network first, then from hard disk
>  qemu-system-i386 -boot order=nc
> diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
> index 79e5122..1c64449 100644
> --- a/vl.c
> +++ b/vl.c
> @@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ int ctrl_grab = 0;
>  unsigned int nb_prom_envs = 0;
>  const char *prom_envs[MAX_PROM_ENVS];
>  int boot_menu;
> +bool boot_strict = false;
>  uint8_t *boot_splash_filedata;
>  int boot_splash_filedata_size;
>  uint8_t qemu_extra_params_fw[2];
> @@ -1052,6 +1053,12 @@ char *get_boot_devices_list(uint32_t *size)
>  *size = total;
>
> if (boot_strict && *size > 0) {
>    list[total-1] = '\n';
>    list = g_realloc(list, total + 4);
>    memcpy(&list[total], "HALT", 4);
>    *size = total + 4;
> }
> return list;
>
> }
>
> @@ -2804,7 +2811,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
>                      static const char * const params[] = {
>                          "order", "once", "menu",
>                          "splash", "splash-time",
>                    "reboot-timeout", NULL
>                    "reboot-timeout", "strict", NULL
>                };
>                char buf[sizeof(boot_devices)];
>                char *standard_boot_devices;
>
> @@ -2847,6 +2854,19 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
>                                  exit(1);
>                              }
>                          }
>                    if (get_param_value(buf, sizeof(buf),
>                                        "strict", optarg)) {
>                        if (!strcmp(buf, "on")) {
>                            boot_strict = true;
>                        } else if (!strcmp(buf, "off")) {
>                            boot_strict = false;
>                        } else {
>                            fprintf(stderr,
>                                    "qemu: invalid option value '%s'\n",
>                                    buf);
>                            exit(1);
>                        }
>                    }
>                    qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("boot-opts"),
>                                    optarg, 0);
>                }