[SeaBIOS] [PATCH] boot: boot menu up to 35 devices with letters and possible pages

Kevin O'Connor kevin at koconnor.net
Mon Jun 12 21:04:31 CEST 2017


On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 12:41:22AM +0300, Ivan Ivanov wrote:
> Extend boot menu: make it possible to select the boot menu entries
> with ID larger than 10 by pressing a corresponding letter key. If
> there are more than 18 devices, then a boot menu splits into two
> pages; you can switch between the pages by pressing the ENTER key.
> NOTE: now to access the TPM you need to press the M key. It makes more
> sense, because Trusted is adjective while Module is noun - and adds
> more convenience, because M letter is at the end of keyboard's 3rd row
> of letters, not in the middle of them

Thanks.  Can you describe a real-world situation where one would have
more than 10 boot devices and one would be using the boot menu?

-Kevin



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