Bug 643687 – Allow to specify boot order on qemu command line.

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Bug 643687 - Allow to specify boot order on qemu command line.

Summary:	Allow to specify boot order on qemu command line.

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	qemu-kvm (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	6.1
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
Target Milestone:	beta
Target Release:	6.1
Assigned To:	Gleb Natapov
QA Contact:	Virtualization Bugs
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Blocks:	580954 643688 LibvirtBootOrder
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Reported:	2010-10-17 07:18 EDT by Gleb Natapov
Modified:	2013-12-08 19:51 EST (History)
CC List:	9 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.136.el6
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2011-05-19 07:28:42 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2011:0534	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: qemu-kvm security, bug fix, and enhancement update	2011-05-19 07:20:36 EDT

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Description Gleb Natapov 2010-10-17 07:18:31 EDT

We need to allow to specify boot order from qemu command line to have better control of a guest behaviour. Qemu should build list of all bootable devices and pass the preferred order into Seabios.

Comment 10 Keqin Hong 2011-02-11 05:49:03 EST

Verified on qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.144.el6.x86_64 and seabios-0.6.1.2-3.el6.x86_64. PASS.

Steps:
1. Decide boot order for multiple block and NIC devices
2. Boot by passing boot order decided
3. Change boot order, and repeat step 1 and step 2

CLI e.g.
/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -drive file=disk1.img,if=none,id=disk1 \
  -device ide-drive,drive=disk1,bootindex=4 \
  -drive file=disk2.img,if=none,id=disk2 \
  -device virtio-blk-pci,drive=disk2,bootindex=3 \
  -netdev tap,id=net0 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0,mac=xxxx,bootindex=2 \
  -netdev tap,id=net1 -device e1000,netdev=net1,mac=yyyy,bootindex=1 \
  -drive file=OS.iso,if=none,id=os,media=cdrom,format=raw \
  -device ide-drive,drive=os,id=ide0-0-1,bootindex=0 \
  -drive if=none,file=fda.img,id=fda -drive if=none,file=fdb.img,id=fdb \
  -global isa-fdc.bootindexB=30 -global isa-fdc.bootindexA=40

Manual test runs:
https://tcms.engineering.redhat.com/run/16935/ 
https://tcms.engineering.redhat.com/run/16934/

Comment 12 Miya Chen 2011-03-10 00:49:11 EST

move to verified based on comment#10.

Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-19 07:28:42 EDT

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0534.html

Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-19 08:49:33 EDT

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0534.html

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