Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Physical hard disk drive for win32

[Thiemo Seufer]

Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Thiemo Seufer wrote:
> 
> > Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > 
> > > Staying backwards compatible in this case is so easy, it is not even 
> > > funny.  (And certainly no reason to groan over having to support it.)
> > 
> > A undirected remark to the general public: If somebody comes up with a 
> > patch for better backward compatibility I'll certainly consider it.
> 
> I think I fixed it.  Since I am not your regular Windows user (I only use 
> Windows when I have to), I cannot tell if it works, though.
> 
> It is here: http://repo.or.cz/w/qemu/dscho.git?a=shortlog;h=diskgeometry
> 
> Any testing (especially the physical drive on Windows < XP) would be very 
> much appreciated.
> 
> There is also a compilation bugfix with the current CVS on Windows: the 
> tap down script patch left a for() loop without a body.
> 
> A question: on some other lists, the preferred way to submit patches is to 
> inline them into the mail, but here I saw many attachments and/or weblinks 
> to patches.  The easiest way for me would be like I just did: provide 
> a link to repo.or.cz.
> 
> What is the preferred way on this list?

I prefer inlined or attached patches, so they get archived and don't
develop a 404 problem over time.


Thiemo