[SeaBIOS] [PATCH] boot: add serial-friendly alternatives for invoking the boot menu
Paolo Bonzini
pbonzini at redhat.com
Thu Mar 12 15:44:33 CET 2015
On 11/03/2015 20:45, Kevin O'Connor wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 06:39:44PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> On 11/03/2015 18:24, Kevin O'Connor wrote:
>>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 05:42:18PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>>>> I have no problem with changing the key; the problem I have with ESC is
>>>> that I'm going to add F12 for network boot, and then I would like ESC+@
>>>> to trigger network boot. ESC for the boot menu would clash. With my
>>>> full patches, the default message would be like this:
>>>
>>> Can you explain that "network boot" feature further?
>>
>> It prioritizes NIC option ROMs over other options, trying all network
>> cards before falling back to HD, CD/DVD and non-NIC option ROMs.
>
> How will you know which option ROMs are NIC option roms?
The PnP header includes the PCI class.
Paolo
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