Re: [SeaBIOS] [patch] Skip the bootmenu if only one device is found

[Sebastian Herbszt]

Marc Jones wrote:
> The bootmenu is only useful if there are multiple devices. We can
> speed up theboot by a few seconds if there is only a single device to
> try to boot from.
> Signed-off-by: Marc Jones <[e-mail]>

Isn't the bootmenu also useful to check if the bios detected other boot devices?

Please check the previous discussion [1].

[1] http://www.seabios.org/pipermail/seabios/2011-April/001656.html

Sebastian

[patch] Skip the bootmenu if only one device is found

[Sven Schnelle]

On 12/17/2011 05:02 PM, Sebastian Herbszt wrote:
> Marc Jones wrote:
> > The bootmenu is only useful if there are multiple devices. We can
> > speed up theboot by a few seconds if there is only a single device to
> > try to boot from.
> > Signed-off-by: Marc Jones <[e-mail]>
>
> Isn't the bootmenu also useful to check if the bios detected other
> boot devices?
>
> Please check the previous discussion [1].
>
> [1] http://www.seabios.org/pipermail/seabios/2011-April/001656.html
> If there's more than one device detected, the boot menu is shown. If
> there's only one menu entry,
> don't show it, as the user cannot choose any other option. At least me
> and a few other people
> hate the fact that seabios waits longer for a keypress than the complete
> coreboot + seabios
> cycle takes for initialization of the computer. I would really like to
> see this (or mine, doesn't matter)
> patch to go in.

Sven

[patch] Skip the bootmenu if only one device is found

[Kevin O'Connor]

On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 05:21:53PM +0100, Sven Schnelle wrote:
> If there's more than one device detected, the boot menu is shown. If
> there's only one menu entry, don't show it, as the user cannot
> choose any other option. At least me and a few other people hate the
> fact that seabios waits longer for a keypress than the complete
> coreboot + seabios cycle takes for initialization of the computer. I
> would really like to see this (or mine, doesn't matter) patch to go
> in.

If you really want this feature, send in a patch with it configurable
(via CBFS) and default it to not enabled.

-Kevin