Re: [PATCH 17/18] pc-bios/s390x: Enable multi-device boot loop

[Jared Rossi]

On 9/30/24 8:32 AM, Thomas Huth wrote:
> On 27/09/2024 02.51, jrossi@linux.ibm.com wrote:
> > From: Jared Rossi <jrossi@linux.ibm.com>
> >
> >   -/*
> > - * No boot device has been specified, so we have to scan through the
> > - * channels to find one.
> > - */
> > -static void probe_boot_device(void)
> > -{
> > -    int ssid, sch_no, ret;
> > -
> > -    for (ssid = 0; ssid < 0x3; ssid++) {
> > -        blk_schid.ssid = ssid;
> > -        for (sch_no = 0; sch_no < 0x10000; sch_no++) {
> > -            ret = is_dev_possibly_bootable(-1, sch_no);
> > -            if (ret < 0) {
> > -                break;
> > -            }
> > -            if (ret == true) {
> > -                ipl_boot_device(); /* Only returns if unsuccessful */
> > -                return;
> > -            }
> > -        }
> > -    }
> > -
> > -    puts("Could not find a suitable boot device (none specified)");
> > -}
> > -
> ...
>
> Can we please keep the possibility to boot from any device (i.e. the 
> probe_boot_device() stuff), in case the user did not specify any boot 
> index property at all?
>
>  Thanks,
>   Thomas

Yes, I’ll restore it.

Jared Rossi