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[v2,1/2] Make default boot order machine specific

Message ID 1351175895-27131-2-git-send-email-aviksil@linux.vnet.ibm.com
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Avik Sil Oct. 25, 2012, 2:38 p.m. UTC
This patch makes default boot order machine specific instead of
set globally. The default boot order can be set per machine in
QEMUMachine default_machine_opts, or by the command line using
-machine <machine_name>,boot=<boot_devices>, or by standard -boot
option. This allows a machine to receive a NULL boot order when
-boot isn't used and take an appropriate action accordingly. This
helps machine boots from the devices as set in guest's non-volatile
memory location in case no boot order is provided by the user.

Signed-off-by: Avik Sil <aviksil@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 hw/alpha_dp264.c              |  1 +
 hw/an5206.c                   |  1 +
 hw/axis_dev88.c               |  1 +
 hw/boards.h                   |  2 ++
 hw/collie.c                   |  1 +
 hw/dummy_m68k.c               |  1 +
 hw/exynos4_boards.c           |  2 ++
 hw/gumstix.c                  |  2 ++
 hw/highbank.c                 |  1 +
 hw/integratorcp.c             |  1 +
 hw/kzm.c                      |  1 +
 hw/leon3.c                    |  1 +
 hw/lm32_boards.c              |  2 ++
 hw/mainstone.c                |  1 +
 hw/mcf5208.c                  |  1 +
 hw/milkymist.c                |  1 +
 hw/mips_fulong2e.c            |  1 +
 hw/mips_jazz.c                |  2 ++
 hw/mips_malta.c               |  1 +
 hw/mips_mipssim.c             |  1 +
 hw/mips_r4k.c                 |  1 +
 hw/musicpal.c                 |  1 +
 hw/nseries.c                  |  2 ++
 hw/null-machine.c             |  1 +
 hw/omap_sx1.c                 |  2 ++
 hw/openrisc_sim.c             |  1 +
 hw/palm.c                     |  1 +
 hw/pc_piix.c                  | 13 ++++++++++++-
 hw/petalogix_ml605_mmu.c      |  1 +
 hw/petalogix_s3adsp1800_mmu.c |  1 +
 hw/ppc/e500plat.c             |  1 +
 hw/ppc/mpc8544ds.c            |  1 +
 hw/ppc405_boards.c            |  2 ++
 hw/ppc440_bamboo.c            |  1 +
 hw/ppc_newworld.c             |  1 +
 hw/ppc_oldworld.c             |  1 +
 hw/ppc_prep.c                 |  1 +
 hw/puv3.c                     |  1 +
 hw/r2d.c                      |  1 +
 hw/realview.c                 |  4 ++++
 hw/s390-virtio.c              |  1 +
 hw/shix.c                     |  1 +
 hw/spapr.c                    |  1 +
 hw/spitz.c                    |  4 ++++
 hw/stellaris.c                |  2 ++
 hw/sun4m.c                    | 12 ++++++++++++
 hw/sun4u.c                    |  3 +++
 hw/tosa.c                     |  1 +
 hw/versatilepb.c              |  2 ++
 hw/vexpress.c                 |  2 ++
 hw/virtex_ml507.c             |  1 +
 hw/xen_machine_pv.c           |  2 +-
 hw/xilinx_zynq.c              |  1 +
 hw/xtensa_lx60.c              |  2 ++
 hw/xtensa_sim.c               |  1 +
 hw/z2.c                       |  1 +
 qemu-config.c                 |  6 +++++-
 vl.c                          | 13 +++++++++----
 58 files changed, 112 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Comments

Peter Maydell Oct. 25, 2012, 5:01 p.m. UTC | #1
On 25 October 2012 15:38, Avik Sil <aviksil@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> @@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ static QEMUMachine clipper_machine = {
>      .init = clipper_init,
>      .max_cpus = 4,
>      .is_default = 1,
> +    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
>  };

> @@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ static QEMUMachine an5206_machine = {
>      .name = "an5206",
>      .desc = "Arnewsh 5206",
>      .init = an5206_init,
> +    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
>  };

> +++ b/hw/axis_dev88.c
> @@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ static QEMUMachine axisdev88_machine = {
>      .desc = "AXIS devboard 88",
>      .init = axisdev88_init,
>      .is_default = 1,
> +    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
>  };

The thing about a default is that you shouldn't have to
explicitly say it in every QEMUMachine struct... Please
make the code handle a NULL in the struct in a way
that means you don't need to touch every board.

-- PMM
Anthony Liguori Oct. 25, 2012, 8:18 p.m. UTC | #2
Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> writes:

> On 25 October 2012 15:38, Avik Sil <aviksil@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>> @@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ static QEMUMachine clipper_machine = {
>>      .init = clipper_init,
>>      .max_cpus = 4,
>>      .is_default = 1,
>> +    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
>>  };
>
>> @@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ static QEMUMachine an5206_machine = {
>>      .name = "an5206",
>>      .desc = "Arnewsh 5206",
>>      .init = an5206_init,
>> +    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
>>  };
>
>> +++ b/hw/axis_dev88.c
>> @@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ static QEMUMachine axisdev88_machine = {
>>      .desc = "AXIS devboard 88",
>>      .init = axisdev88_init,
>>      .is_default = 1,
>> +    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
>>  };
>
> The thing about a default is that you shouldn't have to
> explicitly say it in every QEMUMachine struct... Please
> make the code handle a NULL in the struct in a way
> that means you don't need to touch every board.

I hate to spin a lot on a touch everything patch, but I also agree that
this is the wrong approach.

I think there are two reasonable approaches to this.  One would be a
macro to provide default initialization.  Something along the lines of:

#define DEFAULT_MACHINE_OPTIONS \
    .boot_order = "cad"

And then:

static QEMUMachine axisdev88_machine = {
    DEFAULT_MACHINE_OPTIONS,
    ...
};

static QEMUMachine pseries_machine = {
    DEFAULT_MACHINE_OPTIONS,
     /* no default boot order so we can detect absence of boot option */
    .boot_order = NULL,
};

Baking this into .default_machines_opts is too much overloading.

The other approach to this would be:

static QEMUMachine pseries_machine = {
    .no_boot_order = 1,
};

Which I think is what Peter is suggesting.  I'm not a huge fan of this
because it's backwards logic but we already do this for a bunch of other
things so I can't object too strongly to it.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori


>
> -- PMM
Peter Maydell Oct. 25, 2012, 8:50 p.m. UTC | #3
On 25 October 2012 21:18, Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> The other approach to this would be:
>
> static QEMUMachine pseries_machine = {
>     .no_boot_order = 1,
> };
>
> Which I think is what Peter is suggesting.  I'm not a huge fan of this
> because it's backwards logic but we already do this for a bunch of other
> things so I can't object too strongly to it.

The other issue is that "cad" is a load of rubbish for half of these
boards, which don't have anything resembling the usual PC boot
devices and probably don't pay attention to -boot anyway. A patch
which only applied a boot order to boards which actually used it
would probably also be rather shorter.

-- PMM
Alexander Graf Oct. 25, 2012, 8:57 p.m. UTC | #4
On 25.10.2012, at 22:50, Peter Maydell wrote:

> On 25 October 2012 21:18, Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> wrote:
>> The other approach to this would be:
>> 
>> static QEMUMachine pseries_machine = {
>>    .no_boot_order = 1,
>> };
>> 
>> Which I think is what Peter is suggesting.  I'm not a huge fan of this
>> because it's backwards logic but we already do this for a bunch of other
>> things so I can't object too strongly to it.
> 
> The other issue is that "cad" is a load of rubbish for half of these
> boards, which don't have anything resembling the usual PC boot
> devices and probably don't pay attention to -boot anyway. A patch
> which only applied a boot order to boards which actually used it
> would probably also be rather shorter.

That's what v1 did, and it's ok, if it's mentioned explicitly and thought through properly. Just doing this without proper reasoning is bad, because you potentially change semantics of -boot if you miss anything. On OpenBIOS with PPC we actually make use of the -boot arguments for example.

Hence having a common set of default options the way Anthony put it seems the most sane solution forward. It guarantees you don't break anything in patch 1. Then it goes in and actually changes the semantics for the one machine you want to change in patch 2.


Alex
Alexander Graf Oct. 26, 2012, 11:45 a.m. UTC | #5
On 25.10.2012, at 22:57, Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de> wrote:

> 
> On 25.10.2012, at 22:50, Peter Maydell wrote:
> 
>> On 25 October 2012 21:18, Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> wrote:
>>> The other approach to this would be:
>>> 
>>> static QEMUMachine pseries_machine = {
>>>   .no_boot_order = 1,
>>> };
>>> 
>>> Which I think is what Peter is suggesting.  I'm not a huge fan of this
>>> because it's backwards logic but we already do this for a bunch of other
>>> things so I can't object too strongly to it.
>> 
>> The other issue is that "cad" is a load of rubbish for half of these
>> boards, which don't have anything resembling the usual PC boot
>> devices and probably don't pay attention to -boot anyway. A patch
>> which only applied a boot order to boards which actually used it
>> would probably also be rather shorter.
> 
> That's what v1 did, and it's ok, if it's mentioned explicitly and thought through properly. Just doing this without proper reasoning is bad, because you potentially change semantics of -boot if you miss anything. On OpenBIOS with PPC we actually make use of the -boot arguments for example.
> 
> Hence having a common set of default options the way Anthony put it seems the most sane solution forward. It guarantees you don't break anything in patch 1. Then it goes in and actually changes the semantics for the one machine you want to change in patch 2.

Anthony, please comment on which path you'd prefer. I'd rather like to have a decision before creating more work.


Alex
David Gibson Oct. 29, 2012, 12:15 a.m. UTC | #6
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 06:01:16PM +0100, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On 25 October 2012 15:38, Avik Sil <aviksil@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> > @@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ static QEMUMachine clipper_machine = {
> >      .init = clipper_init,
> >      .max_cpus = 4,
> >      .is_default = 1,
> > +    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
> >  };
> 
> > @@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ static QEMUMachine an5206_machine = {
> >      .name = "an5206",
> >      .desc = "Arnewsh 5206",
> >      .init = an5206_init,
> > +    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
> >  };
> 
> > +++ b/hw/axis_dev88.c
> > @@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ static QEMUMachine axisdev88_machine = {
> >      .desc = "AXIS devboard 88",
> >      .init = axisdev88_init,
> >      .is_default = 1,
> > +    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
> >  };
> 
> The thing about a default is that you shouldn't have to
> explicitly say it in every QEMUMachine struct... Please
> make the code handle a NULL in the struct in a way
> that means you don't need to touch every board.

So, simply treating NULL as equivalent to "cad" would defeat the
purpose of this patch, which is to make a distinction visible to the
machine between -boot not specified at all and -boot specified
explicitly (as "cad" or otherwise).

So that gives us a few options (Alex described 2 of these already):

 * Add a DEFAULT_MACHINE_OPTS macro which does this specification.
Frankly I don't really see what that buys us above the
DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER that is already in the patch.

 * Add a 'use_default_boot_order' field to QEMUMachine.  Avik actually
did that in an earlier version and I convinced him the current
approach would be better.  Maybe that was a mistake.

 * Don't have the machines access the machine option directly, but via
a helper macro which takes a default parameter.  There's a patch from
Li Zhang in Alex Graf's tree that does a similar thing for whether USB
is enabled.
David Gibson Oct. 29, 2012, 2:41 a.m. UTC | #7
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 09:50:10PM +0100, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On 25 October 2012 21:18, Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> > The other approach to this would be:
> >
> > static QEMUMachine pseries_machine = {
> >     .no_boot_order = 1,
> > };
> >
> > Which I think is what Peter is suggesting.  I'm not a huge fan of this
> > because it's backwards logic but we already do this for a bunch of other
> > things so I can't object too strongly to it.
> 
> The other issue is that "cad" is a load of rubbish for half of these
> boards, which don't have anything resembling the usual PC boot
> devices and probably don't pay attention to -boot anyway. A patch
> which only applied a boot order to boards which actually used it
> would probably also be rather shorter.

True, but I don't think it's reasonable to expect people other than
the maintainers of those boards to make that judgement.  The correct
approach is to keep the same behaviour for now, then let individual
boards change away from it.
Avik Sil Nov. 5, 2012, 11:34 a.m. UTC | #8
On 10/26/2012 05:15 PM, Alexander Graf wrote:
> 
> On 25.10.2012, at 22:57, Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de> wrote:
> 
>>
>> On 25.10.2012, at 22:50, Peter Maydell wrote:
>>
>>> On 25 October 2012 21:18, Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> wrote:
>>>> The other approach to this would be:
>>>>
>>>> static QEMUMachine pseries_machine = {
>>>>   .no_boot_order = 1,
>>>> };
>>>>
>>>> Which I think is what Peter is suggesting.  I'm not a huge fan of this
>>>> because it's backwards logic but we already do this for a bunch of other
>>>> things so I can't object too strongly to it.
>>>
>>> The other issue is that "cad" is a load of rubbish for half of these
>>> boards, which don't have anything resembling the usual PC boot
>>> devices and probably don't pay attention to -boot anyway. A patch
>>> which only applied a boot order to boards which actually used it
>>> would probably also be rather shorter.
>>
>> That's what v1 did, and it's ok, if it's mentioned explicitly and thought through properly. Just doing this without proper reasoning is bad, because you potentially change semantics of -boot if you miss anything. On OpenBIOS with PPC we actually make use of the -boot arguments for example.
>>
>> Hence having a common set of default options the way Anthony put it seems the most sane solution forward. It guarantees you don't break anything in patch 1. Then it goes in and actually changes the semantics for the one machine you want to change in patch 2.
> 
> Anthony, please comment on which path you'd prefer. I'd rather like to have a decision before creating more work.
> 
> 
Anthony, Alexander, any comments on the above?

Regards,
Avik
Alexander Graf Nov. 23, 2012, 4:52 p.m. UTC | #9
On 05.11.2012, at 12:34, Avik Sil wrote:

> On 10/26/2012 05:15 PM, Alexander Graf wrote:
>> 
>> On 25.10.2012, at 22:57, Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> On 25.10.2012, at 22:50, Peter Maydell wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 25 October 2012 21:18, Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> wrote:
>>>>> The other approach to this would be:
>>>>> 
>>>>> static QEMUMachine pseries_machine = {
>>>>>  .no_boot_order = 1,
>>>>> };
>>>>> 
>>>>> Which I think is what Peter is suggesting.  I'm not a huge fan of this
>>>>> because it's backwards logic but we already do this for a bunch of other
>>>>> things so I can't object too strongly to it.
>>>> 
>>>> The other issue is that "cad" is a load of rubbish for half of these
>>>> boards, which don't have anything resembling the usual PC boot
>>>> devices and probably don't pay attention to -boot anyway. A patch
>>>> which only applied a boot order to boards which actually used it
>>>> would probably also be rather shorter.
>>> 
>>> That's what v1 did, and it's ok, if it's mentioned explicitly and thought through properly. Just doing this without proper reasoning is bad, because you potentially change semantics of -boot if you miss anything. On OpenBIOS with PPC we actually make use of the -boot arguments for example.
>>> 
>>> Hence having a common set of default options the way Anthony put it seems the most sane solution forward. It guarantees you don't break anything in patch 1. Then it goes in and actually changes the semantics for the one machine you want to change in patch 2.
>> 
>> Anthony, please comment on which path you'd prefer. I'd rather like to have a decision before creating more work.
>> 
>> 
> Anthony, Alexander, any comments on the above?

I'm really waiting for Anthony just like you do :). This is nothing I want to make a call on.


Alex
Avik Sil Nov. 27, 2012, 5:24 p.m. UTC | #10
On 11/23/2012 10:22 PM, Alexander Graf wrote:
> 
> On 05.11.2012, at 12:34, Avik Sil wrote:
> 
>> On 10/26/2012 05:15 PM, Alexander Graf wrote:
>>>
>>> On 25.10.2012, at 22:57, Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 25.10.2012, at 22:50, Peter Maydell wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 25 October 2012 21:18, Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> wrote:
>>>>>> The other approach to this would be:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> static QEMUMachine pseries_machine = {
>>>>>>  .no_boot_order = 1,
>>>>>> };
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Which I think is what Peter is suggesting.  I'm not a huge fan of this
>>>>>> because it's backwards logic but we already do this for a bunch of other
>>>>>> things so I can't object too strongly to it.
>>>>>
>>>>> The other issue is that "cad" is a load of rubbish for half of these
>>>>> boards, which don't have anything resembling the usual PC boot
>>>>> devices and probably don't pay attention to -boot anyway. A patch
>>>>> which only applied a boot order to boards which actually used it
>>>>> would probably also be rather shorter.
>>>>
>>>> That's what v1 did, and it's ok, if it's mentioned explicitly and thought through properly. Just doing this without proper reasoning is bad, because you potentially change semantics of -boot if you miss anything. On OpenBIOS with PPC we actually make use of the -boot arguments for example.
>>>>
>>>> Hence having a common set of default options the way Anthony put it seems the most sane solution forward. It guarantees you don't break anything in patch 1. Then it goes in and actually changes the semantics for the one machine you want to change in patch 2.
>>>
>>> Anthony, please comment on which path you'd prefer. I'd rather like to have a decision before creating more work.
>>>
>>>
>> Anthony, Alexander, any comments on the above?
> 
> I'm really waiting for Anthony just like you do :). This is nothing I want to make a call on.

Anthony, can you please comment on this?

Regards,
Avik

> 
> 
> Alex
> 
>
Avik Sil Dec. 5, 2012, 5:05 p.m. UTC | #11
On 10/26/2012 05:15 PM, Alexander Graf wrote:
> 
> On 25.10.2012, at 22:57, Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de> wrote:
> 
>>
>> On 25.10.2012, at 22:50, Peter Maydell wrote:
>>
>>> On 25 October 2012 21:18, Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> wrote:
>>>> The other approach to this would be:
>>>>
>>>> static QEMUMachine pseries_machine = {
>>>>   .no_boot_order = 1,
>>>> };
>>>>
>>>> Which I think is what Peter is suggesting.  I'm not a huge fan of this
>>>> because it's backwards logic but we already do this for a bunch of other
>>>> things so I can't object too strongly to it.
>>>
>>> The other issue is that "cad" is a load of rubbish for half of these
>>> boards, which don't have anything resembling the usual PC boot
>>> devices and probably don't pay attention to -boot anyway. A patch
>>> which only applied a boot order to boards which actually used it
>>> would probably also be rather shorter.
>>
>> That's what v1 did, and it's ok, if it's mentioned explicitly and thought through properly. Just doing this without proper reasoning is bad, because you potentially change semantics of -boot if you miss anything. On OpenBIOS with PPC we actually make use of the -boot arguments for example.
>>
>> Hence having a common set of default options the way Anthony put it seems the most sane solution forward. It guarantees you don't break anything in patch 1. Then it goes in and actually changes the semantics for the one machine you want to change in patch 2.
> 
> Anthony, please comment on which path you'd prefer. I'd rather like to have a decision before creating more work.
> 
Anthony, Can you please look into this since 1.4 window is open now?

Regards,
Avik

> 
> Alex
> 
> 
>
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Patch

diff --git a/hw/alpha_dp264.c b/hw/alpha_dp264.c
index 76d8ae8..0175f48 100644
--- a/hw/alpha_dp264.c
+++ b/hw/alpha_dp264.c
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@  static QEMUMachine clipper_machine = {
     .init = clipper_init,
     .max_cpus = 4,
     .is_default = 1,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void clipper_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/an5206.c b/hw/an5206.c
index d887c0e..53ef5ff 100644
--- a/hw/an5206.c
+++ b/hw/an5206.c
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@  static QEMUMachine an5206_machine = {
     .name = "an5206",
     .desc = "Arnewsh 5206",
     .init = an5206_init,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void an5206_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/axis_dev88.c b/hw/axis_dev88.c
index aa1ac9e..9d43bc6 100644
--- a/hw/axis_dev88.c
+++ b/hw/axis_dev88.c
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@  static QEMUMachine axisdev88_machine = {
     .desc = "AXIS devboard 88",
     .init = axisdev88_init,
     .is_default = 1,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void axisdev88_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/boards.h b/hw/boards.h
index 813d0e5..31a3ec2 100644
--- a/hw/boards.h
+++ b/hw/boards.h
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ 
 
 #include "qdev.h"
 
+#define DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER "boot=cad" /* default to HD->floppy->CD-ROM */
+
 typedef struct QEMUMachineInitArgs {
     ram_addr_t ram_size;
     const char *boot_device;
diff --git a/hw/collie.c b/hw/collie.c
index 695982a..b5e88bf 100644
--- a/hw/collie.c
+++ b/hw/collie.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@  static QEMUMachine collie_machine = {
     .name = "collie",
     .desc = "Collie PDA (SA-1110)",
     .init = collie_init,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void collie_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/dummy_m68k.c b/hw/dummy_m68k.c
index 20f790b..1002772 100644
--- a/hw/dummy_m68k.c
+++ b/hw/dummy_m68k.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@  static QEMUMachine dummy_m68k_machine = {
     .name = "dummy",
     .desc = "Dummy board",
     .init = dummy_m68k_init,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void dummy_m68k_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/exynos4_boards.c b/hw/exynos4_boards.c
index 4951064..f12b2f3 100644
--- a/hw/exynos4_boards.c
+++ b/hw/exynos4_boards.c
@@ -160,12 +160,14 @@  static QEMUMachine exynos4_machines[EXYNOS4_NUM_OF_BOARDS] = {
         .desc = "Samsung NURI board (Exynos4210)",
         .init = nuri_init,
         .max_cpus = EXYNOS4210_NCPUS,
+        .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
     },
     [EXYNOS4_BOARD_SMDKC210] = {
         .name = "smdkc210",
         .desc = "Samsung SMDKC210 board (Exynos4210)",
         .init = smdkc210_init,
         .max_cpus = EXYNOS4210_NCPUS,
+        .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
     },
 };
 
diff --git a/hw/gumstix.c b/hw/gumstix.c
index 4103a88..15a5a8f 100644
--- a/hw/gumstix.c
+++ b/hw/gumstix.c
@@ -122,12 +122,14 @@  static QEMUMachine connex_machine = {
     .name = "connex",
     .desc = "Gumstix Connex (PXA255)",
     .init = connex_init,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static QEMUMachine verdex_machine = {
     .name = "verdex",
     .desc = "Gumstix Verdex (PXA270)",
     .init = verdex_init,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void gumstix_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/highbank.c b/hw/highbank.c
index afbb005..5286ffe 100644
--- a/hw/highbank.c
+++ b/hw/highbank.c
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@  static QEMUMachine highbank_machine = {
     .init = highbank_init,
     .use_scsi = 1,
     .max_cpus = 4,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void highbank_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/integratorcp.c b/hw/integratorcp.c
index 77807c3..fc72943 100644
--- a/hw/integratorcp.c
+++ b/hw/integratorcp.c
@@ -512,6 +512,7 @@  static QEMUMachine integratorcp_machine = {
     .desc = "ARM Integrator/CP (ARM926EJ-S)",
     .init = integratorcp_init,
     .is_default = 1,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void integratorcp_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/kzm.c b/hw/kzm.c
index 687daf3..b064a15 100644
--- a/hw/kzm.c
+++ b/hw/kzm.c
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@  static QEMUMachine kzm_machine = {
     .name = "kzm",
     .desc = "ARM KZM Emulation Baseboard (ARM1136)",
     .init = kzm_init,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void kzm_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/leon3.c b/hw/leon3.c
index 7742738..5416fc7 100644
--- a/hw/leon3.c
+++ b/hw/leon3.c
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@  static QEMUMachine leon3_generic_machine = {
     .desc     = "Leon-3 generic",
     .init     = leon3_generic_hw_init,
     .use_scsi = 0,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void leon3_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/lm32_boards.c b/hw/lm32_boards.c
index 772cb8b..e28e45a 100644
--- a/hw/lm32_boards.c
+++ b/hw/lm32_boards.c
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@  static QEMUMachine lm32_evr_machine = {
     .desc = "LatticeMico32 EVR32 eval system",
     .init = lm32_evr_init,
     .is_default = 1
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static QEMUMachine lm32_uclinux_machine = {
@@ -296,6 +297,7 @@  static QEMUMachine lm32_uclinux_machine = {
     .desc = "lm32 platform for uClinux and u-boot by Theobroma Systems",
     .init = lm32_uclinux_init,
     .is_default = 0
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void lm32_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/mainstone.c b/hw/mainstone.c
index 3266946..0b61a84 100644
--- a/hw/mainstone.c
+++ b/hw/mainstone.c
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@  static QEMUMachine mainstone2_machine = {
     .name = "mainstone",
     .desc = "Mainstone II (PXA27x)",
     .init = mainstone_init,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void mainstone_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/mcf5208.c b/hw/mcf5208.c
index b1db549..3111389 100644
--- a/hw/mcf5208.c
+++ b/hw/mcf5208.c
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@  static QEMUMachine mcf5208evb_machine = {
     .desc = "MCF5206EVB",
     .init = mcf5208evb_init,
     .is_default = 1,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void mcf5208evb_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/milkymist.c b/hw/milkymist.c
index 4c8111a..cf045b8 100644
--- a/hw/milkymist.c
+++ b/hw/milkymist.c
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@  static QEMUMachine milkymist_machine = {
     .desc = "Milkymist One",
     .init = milkymist_init,
     .is_default = 0
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void milkymist_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/mips_fulong2e.c b/hw/mips_fulong2e.c
index 5fcf900..0770874 100644
--- a/hw/mips_fulong2e.c
+++ b/hw/mips_fulong2e.c
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@  static QEMUMachine mips_fulong2e_machine = {
     .name = "fulong2e",
     .desc = "Fulong 2e mini pc",
     .init = mips_fulong2e_init,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void mips_fulong2e_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/mips_jazz.c b/hw/mips_jazz.c
index 0847427..6454886 100644
--- a/hw/mips_jazz.c
+++ b/hw/mips_jazz.c
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@  static QEMUMachine mips_magnum_machine = {
     .desc = "MIPS Magnum",
     .init = mips_magnum_init,
     .use_scsi = 1,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static QEMUMachine mips_pica61_machine = {
@@ -332,6 +333,7 @@  static QEMUMachine mips_pica61_machine = {
     .desc = "Acer Pica 61",
     .init = mips_pica61_init,
     .use_scsi = 1,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void mips_jazz_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/mips_malta.c b/hw/mips_malta.c
index 0571d58..e8fb5ae 100644
--- a/hw/mips_malta.c
+++ b/hw/mips_malta.c
@@ -1016,6 +1016,7 @@  static QEMUMachine mips_malta_machine = {
     .init = mips_malta_init,
     .max_cpus = 16,
     .is_default = 1,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void mips_malta_register_types(void)
diff --git a/hw/mips_mipssim.c b/hw/mips_mipssim.c
index a95a3c1..cccc955 100644
--- a/hw/mips_mipssim.c
+++ b/hw/mips_mipssim.c
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@  static QEMUMachine mips_mipssim_machine = {
     .name = "mipssim",
     .desc = "MIPS MIPSsim platform",
     .init = mips_mipssim_init,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void mips_mipssim_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/mips_r4k.c b/hw/mips_r4k.c
index 325098a..3e695b6 100644
--- a/hw/mips_r4k.c
+++ b/hw/mips_r4k.c
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@  static QEMUMachine mips_machine = {
     .name = "mips",
     .desc = "mips r4k platform",
     .init = mips_r4k_init,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void mips_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/musicpal.c b/hw/musicpal.c
index beec76b..014cfba 100644
--- a/hw/musicpal.c
+++ b/hw/musicpal.c
@@ -1659,6 +1659,7 @@  static QEMUMachine musicpal_machine = {
     .name = "musicpal",
     .desc = "Marvell 88w8618 / MusicPal (ARM926EJ-S)",
     .init = musicpal_init,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void musicpal_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/nseries.c b/hw/nseries.c
index 7ada90d..79623b2 100644
--- a/hw/nseries.c
+++ b/hw/nseries.c
@@ -1427,12 +1427,14 @@  static QEMUMachine n800_machine = {
     .name = "n800",
     .desc = "Nokia N800 tablet aka. RX-34 (OMAP2420)",
     .init = n800_init,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static QEMUMachine n810_machine = {
     .name = "n810",
     .desc = "Nokia N810 tablet aka. RX-44 (OMAP2420)",
     .init = n810_init,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void nseries_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/null-machine.c b/hw/null-machine.c
index d813c08..094e746 100644
--- a/hw/null-machine.c
+++ b/hw/null-machine.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@  static QEMUMachine machine_none = {
     .desc = "empty machine",
     .init = machine_none_init,
     .max_cpus = 0,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void register_machines(void)
diff --git a/hw/omap_sx1.c b/hw/omap_sx1.c
index eb2bf05..cc6ce02 100644
--- a/hw/omap_sx1.c
+++ b/hw/omap_sx1.c
@@ -237,12 +237,14 @@  static QEMUMachine sx1_machine_v2 = {
     .name = "sx1",
     .desc = "Siemens SX1 (OMAP310) V2",
     .init = sx1_init_v2,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static QEMUMachine sx1_machine_v1 = {
     .name = "sx1-v1",
     .desc = "Siemens SX1 (OMAP310) V1",
     .init = sx1_init_v1,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void sx1_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/openrisc_sim.c b/hw/openrisc_sim.c
index 23c66df..3ea0992 100644
--- a/hw/openrisc_sim.c
+++ b/hw/openrisc_sim.c
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@  static QEMUMachine openrisc_sim_machine = {
     .init = openrisc_sim_init,
     .max_cpus = 1,
     .is_default = 1,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void openrisc_sim_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/palm.c b/hw/palm.c
index d263051..32c2363 100644
--- a/hw/palm.c
+++ b/hw/palm.c
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@  static QEMUMachine palmte_machine = {
     .name = "cheetah",
     .desc = "Palm Tungsten|E aka. Cheetah PDA (OMAP310)",
     .init = palmte_init,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void palmte_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/pc_piix.c b/hw/pc_piix.c
index 47ebc1a..594b13e 100644
--- a/hw/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/pc_piix.c
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@  static QEMUMachine pc_machine_v1_3 = {
     .init = pc_init_pci,
     .max_cpus = 255,
     .is_default = 1,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 #define PC_COMPAT_1_2 \
@@ -390,6 +391,7 @@  static QEMUMachine pc_machine_v1_2 = {
         PC_COMPAT_1_2,
         { /* end of list */ }
     },
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 #define PC_COMPAT_1_1 \
@@ -433,6 +435,7 @@  static QEMUMachine pc_machine_v1_1 = {
         PC_COMPAT_1_1,
         { /* end of list */ }
     },
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 #define PC_COMPAT_1_0 \
@@ -469,6 +472,7 @@  static QEMUMachine pc_machine_v1_0 = {
         { /* end of list */ }
     },
     .hw_version = "1.0",
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 #define PC_COMPAT_0_15 \
@@ -484,6 +488,7 @@  static QEMUMachine pc_machine_v0_15 = {
         { /* end of list */ }
     },
     .hw_version = "0.15",
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 #define PC_COMPAT_0_14 \
@@ -525,6 +530,7 @@  static QEMUMachine pc_machine_v0_14 = {
         { /* end of list */ }
     },
     .hw_version = "0.14",
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 #define PC_COMPAT_0_13 \
@@ -562,6 +568,7 @@  static QEMUMachine pc_machine_v0_13 = {
         { /* end of list */ }
     },
     .hw_version = "0.13",
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 #define PC_COMPAT_0_12 \
@@ -595,6 +602,7 @@  static QEMUMachine pc_machine_v0_12 = {
         { /* end of list */ }
     },
     .hw_version = "0.12",
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 #define PC_COMPAT_0_11 \
@@ -628,6 +636,7 @@  static QEMUMachine pc_machine_v0_11 = {
         { /* end of list */ }
     },
     .hw_version = "0.11",
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static QEMUMachine pc_machine_v0_10 = {
@@ -661,6 +670,7 @@  static QEMUMachine pc_machine_v0_10 = {
         { /* end of list */ }
     },
     .hw_version = "0.10",
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static QEMUMachine isapc_machine = {
@@ -676,6 +686,7 @@  static QEMUMachine isapc_machine = {
         },
         { /* end of list */ }
     },
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_XEN
@@ -684,7 +695,7 @@  static QEMUMachine xenfv_machine = {
     .desc = "Xen Fully-virtualized PC",
     .init = pc_xen_hvm_init,
     .max_cpus = HVM_MAX_VCPUS,
-    .default_machine_opts = "accel=xen",
+    .default_machine_opts = "accel=xen," DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 #endif
 
diff --git a/hw/petalogix_ml605_mmu.c b/hw/petalogix_ml605_mmu.c
index 3589a4b..5a5e625 100644
--- a/hw/petalogix_ml605_mmu.c
+++ b/hw/petalogix_ml605_mmu.c
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@  static QEMUMachine petalogix_ml605_machine = {
     .desc = "PetaLogix linux refdesign for xilinx ml605 little endian",
     .init = petalogix_ml605_init,
     .is_default = 0
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void petalogix_ml605_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/petalogix_s3adsp1800_mmu.c b/hw/petalogix_s3adsp1800_mmu.c
index c5fd5e7..52ff3bf 100644
--- a/hw/petalogix_s3adsp1800_mmu.c
+++ b/hw/petalogix_s3adsp1800_mmu.c
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@  static QEMUMachine petalogix_s3adsp1800_machine = {
     .desc = "PetaLogix linux refdesign for xilinx Spartan 3ADSP1800",
     .init = petalogix_s3adsp1800_init,
     .is_default = 1
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void petalogix_s3adsp1800_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/ppc/e500plat.c b/hw/ppc/e500plat.c
index 4cfb940..b62277d 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/e500plat.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/e500plat.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@  static QEMUMachine e500plat_machine = {
     .desc = "generic paravirt e500 platform",
     .init = e500plat_init,
     .max_cpus = 15,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void e500plat_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/ppc/mpc8544ds.c b/hw/ppc/mpc8544ds.c
index e651661..0b899a2 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/mpc8544ds.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/mpc8544ds.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@  static QEMUMachine ppce500_machine = {
     .desc = "mpc8544ds",
     .init = mpc8544ds_init,
     .max_cpus = 15,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void ppce500_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/ppc405_boards.c b/hw/ppc405_boards.c
index 8dc693f..1fd7513 100644
--- a/hw/ppc405_boards.c
+++ b/hw/ppc405_boards.c
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@  static QEMUMachine ref405ep_machine = {
     .name = "ref405ep",
     .desc = "ref405ep",
     .init = ref405ep_init,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
@@ -649,6 +650,7 @@  static QEMUMachine taihu_machine = {
     .name = "taihu",
     .desc = "taihu",
     .init = taihu_405ep_init,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void ppc405_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/ppc440_bamboo.c b/hw/ppc440_bamboo.c
index a6b1d51..0488b0f 100644
--- a/hw/ppc440_bamboo.c
+++ b/hw/ppc440_bamboo.c
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@  static QEMUMachine bamboo_machine = {
     .name = "bamboo",
     .desc = "bamboo",
     .init = bamboo_init,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void bamboo_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/ppc_newworld.c b/hw/ppc_newworld.c
index 15f74f9..7bdd964 100644
--- a/hw/ppc_newworld.c
+++ b/hw/ppc_newworld.c
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@  static QEMUMachine core99_machine = {
 #ifdef TARGET_PPC64
     .is_default = 1,
 #endif
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void core99_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/ppc_oldworld.c b/hw/ppc_oldworld.c
index a4f899d..d15e917 100644
--- a/hw/ppc_oldworld.c
+++ b/hw/ppc_oldworld.c
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@  static QEMUMachine heathrow_machine = {
 #ifndef TARGET_PPC64
     .is_default = 1,
 #endif
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void heathrow_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/ppc_prep.c b/hw/ppc_prep.c
index 085851a..37865bf 100644
--- a/hw/ppc_prep.c
+++ b/hw/ppc_prep.c
@@ -694,6 +694,7 @@  static QEMUMachine prep_machine = {
     .desc = "PowerPC PREP platform",
     .init = ppc_prep_init,
     .max_cpus = MAX_CPUS,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void prep_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/puv3.c b/hw/puv3.c
index 764799c..4a8326c 100644
--- a/hw/puv3.c
+++ b/hw/puv3.c
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@  static QEMUMachine puv3_machine = {
     .init = puv3_init,
     .is_default = 1,
     .use_scsi = 0,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void puv3_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/r2d.c b/hw/r2d.c
index 66212e9..a9784ad 100644
--- a/hw/r2d.c
+++ b/hw/r2d.c
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@  static QEMUMachine r2d_machine = {
     .name = "r2d",
     .desc = "r2d-plus board",
     .init = r2d_init,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void r2d_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/realview.c b/hw/realview.c
index baa92d4..d20d16f 100644
--- a/hw/realview.c
+++ b/hw/realview.c
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@  static QEMUMachine realview_eb_machine = {
     .desc = "ARM RealView Emulation Baseboard (ARM926EJ-S)",
     .init = realview_eb_init,
     .use_scsi = 1,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static QEMUMachine realview_eb_mpcore_machine = {
@@ -403,12 +404,14 @@  static QEMUMachine realview_eb_mpcore_machine = {
     .init = realview_eb_mpcore_init,
     .use_scsi = 1,
     .max_cpus = 4,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static QEMUMachine realview_pb_a8_machine = {
     .name = "realview-pb-a8",
     .desc = "ARM RealView Platform Baseboard for Cortex-A8",
     .init = realview_pb_a8_init,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static QEMUMachine realview_pbx_a9_machine = {
@@ -417,6 +420,7 @@  static QEMUMachine realview_pbx_a9_machine = {
     .init = realview_pbx_a9_init,
     .use_scsi = 1,
     .max_cpus = 4,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void realview_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/s390-virtio.c b/hw/s390-virtio.c
index 85bd13e..7066c76 100644
--- a/hw/s390-virtio.c
+++ b/hw/s390-virtio.c
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@  static QEMUMachine s390_machine = {
     .use_virtcon = 1,
     .max_cpus = 255,
     .is_default = 1,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void s390_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/shix.c b/hw/shix.c
index b56dd54..e6b5fcb 100644
--- a/hw/shix.c
+++ b/hw/shix.c
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@  static QEMUMachine shix_machine = {
     .desc = "shix card",
     .init = shix_init,
     .is_default = 1,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void shix_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/spapr.c b/hw/spapr.c
index 73d75e8..57db710 100644
--- a/hw/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/spapr.c
@@ -915,6 +915,7 @@  static QEMUMachine spapr_machine = {
     .max_cpus = MAX_CPUS,
     .no_parallel = 1,
     .use_scsi = 1,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void spapr_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/spitz.c b/hw/spitz.c
index 944c274..7bf3084 100644
--- a/hw/spitz.c
+++ b/hw/spitz.c
@@ -984,24 +984,28 @@  static QEMUMachine akitapda_machine = {
     .name = "akita",
     .desc = "Akita PDA (PXA270)",
     .init = akita_init,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static QEMUMachine spitzpda_machine = {
     .name = "spitz",
     .desc = "Spitz PDA (PXA270)",
     .init = spitz_init,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static QEMUMachine borzoipda_machine = {
     .name = "borzoi",
     .desc = "Borzoi PDA (PXA270)",
     .init = borzoi_init,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static QEMUMachine terrierpda_machine = {
     .name = "terrier",
     .desc = "Terrier PDA (PXA270)",
     .init = terrier_init,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void spitz_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/stellaris.c b/hw/stellaris.c
index b038f10..6920164 100644
--- a/hw/stellaris.c
+++ b/hw/stellaris.c
@@ -1331,12 +1331,14 @@  static QEMUMachine lm3s811evb_machine = {
     .name = "lm3s811evb",
     .desc = "Stellaris LM3S811EVB",
     .init = lm3s811evb_init,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static QEMUMachine lm3s6965evb_machine = {
     .name = "lm3s6965evb",
     .desc = "Stellaris LM3S6965EVB",
     .init = lm3s6965evb_init,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void stellaris_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/sun4m.c b/hw/sun4m.c
index 02673b2..304752c 100644
--- a/hw/sun4m.c
+++ b/hw/sun4m.c
@@ -1428,6 +1428,7 @@  static QEMUMachine ss5_machine = {
     .init = ss5_init,
     .use_scsi = 1,
     .is_default = 1,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static QEMUMachine ss10_machine = {
@@ -1436,6 +1437,7 @@  static QEMUMachine ss10_machine = {
     .init = ss10_init,
     .use_scsi = 1,
     .max_cpus = 4,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static QEMUMachine ss600mp_machine = {
@@ -1444,6 +1446,7 @@  static QEMUMachine ss600mp_machine = {
     .init = ss600mp_init,
     .use_scsi = 1,
     .max_cpus = 4,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static QEMUMachine ss20_machine = {
@@ -1452,6 +1455,7 @@  static QEMUMachine ss20_machine = {
     .init = ss20_init,
     .use_scsi = 1,
     .max_cpus = 4,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static QEMUMachine voyager_machine = {
@@ -1459,6 +1463,7 @@  static QEMUMachine voyager_machine = {
     .desc = "Sun4m platform, SPARCstation Voyager",
     .init = vger_init,
     .use_scsi = 1,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static QEMUMachine ss_lx_machine = {
@@ -1466,6 +1471,7 @@  static QEMUMachine ss_lx_machine = {
     .desc = "Sun4m platform, SPARCstation LX",
     .init = ss_lx_init,
     .use_scsi = 1,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static QEMUMachine ss4_machine = {
@@ -1473,6 +1479,7 @@  static QEMUMachine ss4_machine = {
     .desc = "Sun4m platform, SPARCstation 4",
     .init = ss4_init,
     .use_scsi = 1,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static QEMUMachine scls_machine = {
@@ -1480,6 +1487,7 @@  static QEMUMachine scls_machine = {
     .desc = "Sun4m platform, SPARCClassic",
     .init = scls_init,
     .use_scsi = 1,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static QEMUMachine sbook_machine = {
@@ -1487,6 +1495,7 @@  static QEMUMachine sbook_machine = {
     .desc = "Sun4m platform, SPARCbook",
     .init = sbook_init,
     .use_scsi = 1,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static const struct sun4d_hwdef sun4d_hwdefs[] = {
@@ -1711,6 +1720,7 @@  static QEMUMachine ss1000_machine = {
     .init = ss1000_init,
     .use_scsi = 1,
     .max_cpus = 8,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static QEMUMachine ss2000_machine = {
@@ -1719,6 +1729,7 @@  static QEMUMachine ss2000_machine = {
     .init = ss2000_init,
     .use_scsi = 1,
     .max_cpus = 20,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static const struct sun4c_hwdef sun4c_hwdefs[] = {
@@ -1897,6 +1908,7 @@  static QEMUMachine ss2_machine = {
     .desc = "Sun4c platform, SPARCstation 2",
     .init = ss2_init,
     .use_scsi = 1,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void sun4m_register_types(void)
diff --git a/hw/sun4u.c b/hw/sun4u.c
index 1621171..1f86e04 100644
--- a/hw/sun4u.c
+++ b/hw/sun4u.c
@@ -978,6 +978,7 @@  static QEMUMachine sun4u_machine = {
     .init = sun4u_init,
     .max_cpus = 1, // XXX for now
     .is_default = 1,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static QEMUMachine sun4v_machine = {
@@ -985,6 +986,7 @@  static QEMUMachine sun4v_machine = {
     .desc = "Sun4v platform",
     .init = sun4v_init,
     .max_cpus = 1, // XXX for now
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static QEMUMachine niagara_machine = {
@@ -992,6 +994,7 @@  static QEMUMachine niagara_machine = {
     .desc = "Sun4v platform, Niagara",
     .init = niagara_init,
     .max_cpus = 1, // XXX for now
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void sun4u_register_types(void)
diff --git a/hw/tosa.c b/hw/tosa.c
index 512278c..836ebc6 100644
--- a/hw/tosa.c
+++ b/hw/tosa.c
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@  static QEMUMachine tosapda_machine = {
     .name = "tosa",
     .desc = "Tosa PDA (PXA255)",
     .init = tosa_init,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void tosapda_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/versatilepb.c b/hw/versatilepb.c
index f55bd0c..2cf7228 100644
--- a/hw/versatilepb.c
+++ b/hw/versatilepb.c
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@  static QEMUMachine versatilepb_machine = {
     .desc = "ARM Versatile/PB (ARM926EJ-S)",
     .init = vpb_init,
     .use_scsi = 1,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static QEMUMachine versatileab_machine = {
@@ -388,6 +389,7 @@  static QEMUMachine versatileab_machine = {
     .desc = "ARM Versatile/AB (ARM926EJ-S)",
     .init = vab_init,
     .use_scsi = 1,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void versatile_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/vexpress.c b/hw/vexpress.c
index 3f7cb66..183330b 100644
--- a/hw/vexpress.c
+++ b/hw/vexpress.c
@@ -499,6 +499,7 @@  static QEMUMachine vexpress_a9_machine = {
     .init = vexpress_a9_init,
     .use_scsi = 1,
     .max_cpus = 4,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static QEMUMachine vexpress_a15_machine = {
@@ -507,6 +508,7 @@  static QEMUMachine vexpress_a15_machine = {
     .init = vexpress_a15_init,
     .use_scsi = 1,
     .max_cpus = 4,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void vexpress_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/virtex_ml507.c b/hw/virtex_ml507.c
index 6ab8fee..e470a1f 100644
--- a/hw/virtex_ml507.c
+++ b/hw/virtex_ml507.c
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@  static QEMUMachine virtex_machine = {
     .name = "virtex-ml507",
     .desc = "Xilinx Virtex ML507 reference design",
     .init = virtex_init,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void virtex_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/xen_machine_pv.c b/hw/xen_machine_pv.c
index 4264703..98f63d1 100644
--- a/hw/xen_machine_pv.c
+++ b/hw/xen_machine_pv.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@  static QEMUMachine xenpv_machine = {
     .desc = "Xen Para-virtualized PC",
     .init = xen_init_pv,
     .max_cpus = 1,
-    .default_machine_opts = "accel=xen",
+    .default_machine_opts = "accel=xen," DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void xenpv_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/xilinx_zynq.c b/hw/xilinx_zynq.c
index c55dafb..599fa00 100644
--- a/hw/xilinx_zynq.c
+++ b/hw/xilinx_zynq.c
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@  static QEMUMachine zynq_machine = {
     .use_scsi = 1,
     .max_cpus = 1,
     .no_sdcard = 1
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void zynq_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/xtensa_lx60.c b/hw/xtensa_lx60.c
index 5dd2e08..dec24b8 100644
--- a/hw/xtensa_lx60.c
+++ b/hw/xtensa_lx60.c
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@  static QEMUMachine xtensa_lx60_machine = {
     .desc = "lx60 EVB (" XTENSA_DEFAULT_CPU_MODEL ")",
     .init = xtensa_lx60_init,
     .max_cpus = 4,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static QEMUMachine xtensa_lx200_machine = {
@@ -317,6 +318,7 @@  static QEMUMachine xtensa_lx200_machine = {
     .desc = "lx200 EVB (" XTENSA_DEFAULT_CPU_MODEL ")",
     .init = xtensa_lx200_init,
     .max_cpus = 4,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void xtensa_lx_machines_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/xtensa_sim.c b/hw/xtensa_sim.c
index 2e846d8..5e484b8 100644
--- a/hw/xtensa_sim.c
+++ b/hw/xtensa_sim.c
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@  static QEMUMachine xtensa_sim_machine = {
     .is_default = true,
     .init = xtensa_sim_init,
     .max_cpus = 4,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void xtensa_sim_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/hw/z2.c b/hw/z2.c
index f62b806..bed5c49 100644
--- a/hw/z2.c
+++ b/hw/z2.c
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@  static QEMUMachine z2_machine = {
     .name = "z2",
     .desc = "Zipit Z2 (PXA27x)",
     .init = z2_init,
+    .default_machine_opts = DEFAULT_BOOT_ORDER,
 };
 
 static void z2_machine_init(void)
diff --git a/qemu-config.c b/qemu-config.c
index cd1ec21..92dfc8e 100644
--- a/qemu-config.c
+++ b/qemu-config.c
@@ -619,7 +619,11 @@  static QemuOptsList qemu_machine_opts = {
             .name = "mem-merge",
             .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
             .help = "enable/disable memory merge support",
-        },
+        }, {
+            .name = "boot",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "boot order",
+         },
         { /* End of list */ }
     },
 };
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index ee3c43a..6ef2246 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -2369,7 +2369,7 @@  int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     const char *icount_option = NULL;
     const char *initrd_filename;
     const char *kernel_filename, *kernel_cmdline;
-    char boot_devices[33] = "cad"; /* default to HD->floppy->CD-ROM */
+    const char *boot_devices = NULL;
     DisplayState *ds;
     DisplayChangeListener *dcl;
     int cyls, heads, secs, translation;
@@ -2645,7 +2645,7 @@  int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                         "splash", "splash-time",
                         "reboot-timeout", NULL
                     };
-                    char buf[sizeof(boot_devices)];
+                    char buf[33];
                     char *standard_boot_devices;
                     int legacy = 0;
 
@@ -2662,14 +2662,18 @@  int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                     if (legacy ||
                         get_param_value(buf, sizeof(buf), "order", optarg)) {
                         validate_bootdevices(buf);
-                        pstrcpy(boot_devices, sizeof(boot_devices), buf);
+                        machine_opts = qemu_opts_create(qemu_find_opts("machine"),
+                                                        NULL, 0, NULL);
+                        qemu_opt_set(machine_opts, "boot", buf);
                     }
                     if (!legacy) {
                         if (get_param_value(buf, sizeof(buf),
                                             "once", optarg)) {
                             validate_bootdevices(buf);
                             standard_boot_devices = g_strdup(boot_devices);
-                            pstrcpy(boot_devices, sizeof(boot_devices), buf);
+                            machine_opts = qemu_opts_create(qemu_find_opts("machine"),
+                                                            NULL, 0, NULL);
+                            qemu_opt_set(machine_opts, "boot", buf);
                             qemu_register_reset(restore_boot_devices,
                                                 standard_boot_devices);
                         }
@@ -3479,6 +3483,7 @@  int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
         kernel_filename = qemu_opt_get(machine_opts, "kernel");
         initrd_filename = qemu_opt_get(machine_opts, "initrd");
         kernel_cmdline = qemu_opt_get(machine_opts, "append");
+        boot_devices = qemu_opt_get(machine_opts, "boot");
     } else {
         kernel_filename = initrd_filename = kernel_cmdline = NULL;
     }