net: remove broken net_set_boot_mask() boot device validation

There are many problems with net_set_boot_mask():

1) It is broken when using the device model instead of "-net nic". Example:
   $ qemu-system-x86_64 -device rtl8139,vlan=0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:82:41:fd,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 -net user,vlan=0,name=hostnet0 -vnc 0.0.0.0:0 -boot n
   Cannot boot from non-existent NIC
   $
2) The mask was previously used to set which boot ROMs were supposed to be
   loaded, but this was changed long time ago. Now all ROM images are loaded,
   and SeaBIOS takes care of jumping to the right boot entry point depending on
   the boot settings.
3) Interpretation and validation of the boot parameter letters is done on
   the machine type code. Examples: PC accepts only a,b,c,d,n as valid boot
   device letters. mac99 accepts only a,b,c,d,e,f.

As a side-effect of this change, qemu-kvm won't abort anymore if using "-boot n"
on a machine with no network devices. Checking if the requested boot device is
valid is now a task for the BIOS or the machine-type code.

Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>

diff --git a/net.c b/net.c
index faa54b4518f1c7519c4e723e4052498102d06700..b66ec7dba51cc536ae10634d23608926ace7c0e3 100644 (file)
--- a/net.c
+++ b/net.c
@@ -1198,25 +1198,6 @@ void net_host_device_remove(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     qemu_del_vlan_client(vc);
 }
 
-void net_set_boot_mask(int net_boot_mask)
-{
-    int i;
-
-    /* Only the first four NICs may be bootable */
-    net_boot_mask = net_boot_mask & 0xF;
-
-    for (i = 0; i < nb_nics; i++) {
-        if (net_boot_mask & (1 << i)) {
-            net_boot_mask &= ~(1 << i);
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (net_boot_mask) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Cannot boot from non-existent NIC\n");
-        exit(1);
-    }
-}
-
 void do_info_network(Monitor *mon)
 {
     VLANState *vlan;

diff --git a/net.h b/net.h
index 991f0fa0e66fe6b34e72456d751fff9f1422805d..20be8d7ea92891cb085a5eef86b6d342675aff0a 100644 (file)
--- a/net.h
+++ b/net.h
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ int net_client_parse(QemuOptsList *opts_list, const char *str);
 int net_init_clients(void);
 void net_check_clients(void);
 void net_cleanup(void);
-void net_set_boot_mask(int boot_mask);
 void net_host_device_add(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
 void net_host_device_remove(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
 

diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index fc5b0cf1a95bd70ed7e8c05cce5eb8474a225784..0133624557c9c0e9a909a0261babe60d34d094ba 100644 (file)
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -2558,7 +2558,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     const char *gdbstub_dev = NULL;
     uint32_t boot_devices_bitmap = 0;
     int i;
-    int snapshot, linux_boot, net_boot;
+    int snapshot, linux_boot;
     const char *icount_option = NULL;
     const char *initrd_filename;
     const char *kernel_filename, *kernel_cmdline;
@@ -3565,9 +3565,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
         exit(1);
     }
 
-    net_boot = (boot_devices_bitmap >> ('n' - 'a')) & 0xF;
-    net_set_boot_mask(net_boot);
-
     /* init the bluetooth world */
     if (foreach_device_config(DEV_BT, bt_parse))
         exit(1);