[SeaBIOS] [PATCH v3 1/2] boot.c: delay exiting boot if menu key is ESC

[Timothy Pearson]

On 03/12/2015 12:38 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
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> On 12/03/2015 18:23, Timothy Pearson wrote:
>> Any chance SeaBIOS could emit a short chirp when it receives the ESC to
>> boot menu request?  That would solve the "hammering blindly at the keys"
>> problem while the video is initialising, at least on systems with a PC
>> speaker/buzzer still installed.
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> Sure.  You can send a patch and I'll review it.
>
> Paolo

I was merely offering a suggestion for UX design,

The only coreboot-compatible board I have (and by extension 
SeaBIOS-compatible) does not properly initialize the PC speaker until 
some time after Linux starts, so I am currently unable to produce/test 
such a patch; normally I'd be happy to send something in.

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Timothy Pearson
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