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Description of problem: QEMU-KVM now can use bootindex property to pass boot orders to seabios. As a result, the old "-boot [order=drives][,once=drives][,menu=on|off]" will become obsolete. If both "-boot [order=drives][,once=drives][,menu=on|off]" and bootindex property of NIC/block devices are provided, the former will be overridden. Please update qemu-kvm help and manpage accordingly. Since bootindex for floppy drives is a special case (-global isa-fdc.bootindexB=xx -global isa-fdc.bootindexA=yy), please also document it separately. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.144.el6.x86_64 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. $ man qemu-kvm 2. $ /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm --help 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
Bootindex is a device property. Device properties are not documented in help string. To see available device properties use qemu-kvm -device isa-fdc,\? or qemu-kvm -device virtio-blk-pci,\?. Not sure this bug is valid.
(In reply to comment #2) > Bootindex is a device property. Device properties are not documented in help > string. Agree that device properties are not documented in help string, but can be obtained from "qemu-kvm -device $driver,\?. Do you think that it's reasonable to document in manpage/help string as mentioned in Comment 0 —— "If both "-boot [order=drives][,once=drives][,menu=on|off]" and bootindex property of NIC/block devices are provided, the former will be overridden. " ? There's no such notice in either manpage or help string. Users may find [order=drives][,once=drives] doesn't work.
(In reply to comment #3) > (In reply to comment #2) > > Bootindex is a device property. Device properties are not documented in help > > string. > Agree that device properties are not documented in help string, but can be > obtained from "qemu-kvm -device $driver,\?. > > Do you think that it's reasonable to document in manpage/help string as > mentioned in Comment 0 —— "If both "-boot > [order=drives][,once=drives][,menu=on|off]" and bootindex > property of NIC/block devices are provided, the former will be overridden. > " ? > > There's no such notice in either manpage or help string. Users may find > [order=drives][,once=drives] doesn't work. Yes. It is definitely worth mentioning somewhere.