[SeaBIOS] [PATCH RFC] use bootorder file supplied by qemu to order bootable devices

[Kevin O'Connor]

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 03:12:51PM +0200, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 08:27:10PM -0500, Kevin O'Connor wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 02:00:50PM +0200, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> > > With patch below (goes on top of bev per CD patch) I can specify boot
> > > order from qemu command line between several NICs, CDROMs, floppy and
> > > disk. With qemu command like this:
> > 
> > Hi Gleb.
> > 
> > I'm a bit behind right now, but I'll take a look this weekend.
> > 
> Have you had a chance to look at it? If not yet then here is updated
> version that fix one little bug with boot menu and choosing between
> multiple BCVs:

I did look at it, but didn't get a chance to reply.  Here are my
thoughts in brief:

* I'm okay with the general layout (read bootorder at start, note
  priority when adding each entry)

* The system seems to conflict with the sorting already done by
  add_bcv_internal() and add_ordered_drive() (which was added to
  handle threads adding drives in any order).  The get_boot_priority()
  code you've added isn't right, because there's no guarentee that a
  drive will be added in a repeatable manor (you don't want a user
  without "bootorder" to see different drives being booted on
  different boots).  Also, it's not clear how this mechanism works
  with the boot_sequence variable.

* The strchr and romfile_name changes are fine and can go in now.  The
  "bootorder" reading code looks fine too.

* The ISA pci address is hardcoded (in floppy code), which isn't good.

* I'm still unhappy about the parsing code.

* I'd still like a way of designating an explicit rom (for coreboot
  only if necessary) - though I can add this on top.

These comments are on the previous patch.

-Kevin