[SeaBIOS] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] add a boot parameter to set reboot timeout

[Amos Kong]

On 06/09/12 20:46, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 08:39:24PM +0800, Amos Kong wrote:
>> Added an option to let qemu transfer a configuration file to bios,
>> "etc/boot-fail-wait", which could be specified by command
>>      -boot reboot-timeout=T
>> T have a max value of 0xffff, unit is ms.
>>
>> With this option, guest will wait for a given time if not find
>> bootabled device, then reboot. This feature need the new seabios's
>> support.
>>
> IMO default should be no reboot just like before Seabios change.

Seabios reboots in 60s by default.

And I agree with you, will pass a '-1' to seabios by default,
then the default behavior of qemu is no-reboot.

Thanks, Amos

>> Signed-off-by: Amos Kong <akong at redhat.com>
>> ---
>>   hw/fw_cfg.c     |   29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   qemu-config.c   |    3 +++
>>   qemu-options.hx |   10 +++++++---
>>   vl.c            |    3 ++-
>>   4 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/hw/fw_cfg.c b/hw/fw_cfg.c
>> index 7b3b576..a017184 100644
>> --- a/hw/fw_cfg.c
>> +++ b/hw/fw_cfg.c
>> @@ -183,6 +183,34 @@ static void fw_cfg_bootsplash(FWCfgState *s)
>>       }
>>   }
>>
>> +static void fw_cfg_reboot(FWCfgState *s)
>> +{
>> +    int reboot_timeout = -1;
>> +    char *p;
>> +    const char *temp;
>> +
>> +    /* get user configuration */
>> +    QemuOptsList *plist = qemu_find_opts("boot-opts");
>> +    QemuOpts *opts = QTAILQ_FIRST(&plist->head);
>> +    if (opts != NULL) {
>> +        temp = qemu_opt_get(opts, "reboot-timeout");
>> +        if (temp != NULL) {
>> +            p = (char *)temp;
>> +            reboot_timeout = strtol(p, (char **)&p, 10);
>> +        }
>> +    }
>> +    if (reboot_timeout >= 0) {
>> +        /* validate the input */
>> +        if (reboot_timeout > 0xffff) {
>> +            error_report("reboot timeout is larger than 65535,"
>> +                         " force it to 65535.");
>> +            reboot_timeout = 0xffff;
>> +        }
>> +       fw_cfg_add_file(s, "etc/boot-fail-wait", g_memdup(&reboot_timeout, 4),
>> +                       4);
>> +    }
>> +}
>> +
>>   static void fw_cfg_write(FWCfgState *s, uint8_t value)
>>   {
>>       int arch = !!(s->cur_entry & FW_CFG_ARCH_LOCAL);
>> @@ -497,6 +525,7 @@ FWCfgState *fw_cfg_init(uint32_t ctl_port, uint32_t data_port,
>>       fw_cfg_add_i16(s, FW_CFG_MAX_CPUS, (uint16_t)max_cpus);
>>       fw_cfg_add_i16(s, FW_CFG_BOOT_MENU, (uint16_t)boot_menu);
>>       fw_cfg_bootsplash(s);
>> +    fw_cfg_reboot(s);
>>
>>       s->machine_ready.notify = fw_cfg_machine_ready;
>>       qemu_add_machine_init_done_notifier(&s->machine_ready);
>> diff --git a/qemu-config.c b/qemu-config.c
>> index c05ffbc..b9f9e0f 100644
>> --- a/qemu-config.c
>> +++ b/qemu-config.c
>> @@ -638,6 +638,9 @@ QemuOptsList qemu_boot_opts = {
>>           }, {
>>               .name = "splash-time",
>>               .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
>> +        }, {
>> +            .name = "reboot-timeout",
>> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
>>           },
>>           { /*End of list */ }
>>       },
>> diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
>> index 3c411c4..d50505b 100644
>> --- a/qemu-options.hx
>> +++ b/qemu-options.hx
>> @@ -339,13 +339,14 @@ ETEXI
>>
>>   DEF("boot", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_boot,
>>       "-boot [order=drives][,once=drives][,menu=on|off]\n"
>> -    "      [,splash=sp_name][,splash-time=sp_time]\n"
>> +    "      [,splash=sp_name][,splash-time=sp_time][,reboot-timeout=rb_time]\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",
>> +    "                '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
>> - at item -boot [order=@var{drives}][,once=@var{drives}][,menu=on|off][,splash=@var{sp_name}][,splash-time=@var{sp_time}]
>> + at 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}]
>>   @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
>> @@ -364,6 +365,9 @@ limitation: The splash file could be a jpeg file or a BMP file in 24 BPP
>>   format(true color). The resolution should be supported by the SVGA mode, so
>>   the recommended is 320x240, 640x480, 800x640.
>>
>> +A timeout could be passed to bios, guest will pause for @var{rb_timeout} ms
>> +when boot failed, then reboot.
>> +
>>   @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 7c577fa..1bd9931 100644
>> --- a/vl.c
>> +++ b/vl.c
>> @@ -2622,7 +2622,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
>>                   {
>>                       static const char * const params[] = {
>>                           "order", "once", "menu",
>> -                        "splash", "splash-time", NULL
>> +                        "splash", "splash-time",
>> +                        "reboot-timeout", NULL
>>                       };
>>                       char buf[sizeof(boot_devices)];
>>                       char *standard_boot_devices;
>> --
>> 1.7.1
>
> --
> 			Gleb.
>

-- 
			Amos.