[libvirt] Re: [PATCH 0/2] port over extboot from kvm

> -drive if=virtio,id=sys,file=/path/to/disk.img > -cdrom /path/to/install.iso > -boot order=[sys],once=d,menu=off Yes, this looks powerful and clean. One could even still define probe orders like "-boot order=[sys][backup]d".

>> - This is just an implementation detail: Do we really need to implement >> booting from virtio and scsi via an extension rom? Isn't it possible >> to merge the corresponding support into the main bios? > > Well. There are quite a few. bochs pcbios, seabios, coreboot ... Ok, but that's only an argument to have extboot as a workaround for bioses not yet supporting scsi and virtio natively, isn't it? I'm thinking long-term here, not arguing against a extboot-based short-term solution.