[SeaBIOS] Re: [PATCH 0/2] print some errors to the screen

[Gerd Hoffmann]

On Thu, May 04, 2023 at 02:28:05PM -0400, Kevin O'Connor wrote:
> For what it is worth, I'm not sure sending debug/error messages to the
> vga screen is a good long-term plan.  I fear it will be more
> frustration than help to users.  Sure, having the VM not start isn't a
> fun experience, but I'm not sure a weird cryptic error message that
> flashes on the screen for a split second is an improvement.

It surely doesn't make sense for most errors, patch #2 switches over
only the errors for unsupported blocksizes.  That actually happens
in practice.  And when the VM doesn't boot the message will typically
continue to be displayed ...

take care,
  Gerd