void validate_bootdevices(const char *devices) { /* We just do some generic consistency checks */ const char *p; int bitmap = 0; for (p = devices; *p != '\0'; p++) { /* Allowed boot devices are: * a-b: floppy disk drives * c-f: IDE disk drives * g-m: machine implementation dependent drives * n-p: network devices * It's up to each machine implementation to check if the given boot * devices match the actual hardware implementation and firmware * features. */ if (*p < 'a' || *p > 'p') { fprintf(stderr, "Invalid boot device '%c'\n", *p); exit(1); } if (bitmap & (1 << (*p - 'a'))) { fprintf(stderr, "Boot device '%c' was given twice\n", *p); exit(1); } bitmap |= 1 << (*p - 'a'); } }