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[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3]: Add UUID command-line option
From: |
Gleb Natapov |
Subject: |
[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3]: Add UUID command-line option |
Date: |
Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:35:27 +0300 |
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 09:37:01AM -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Gleb Natapov wrote:
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 03:25:06PM +0200, Chris Lalancette wrote:
>>
>>> All,
>>> Attached is a three part patch series to implement a "-uuid"
>>> command-line
>>> option to qemu. The original work for this was all done by Gleb Natapov;
>>> since
>>> there hadn't seemed to be any activity on this since June, I picked up his
>>> patches and ran with them (original posting:
>>> http://www.archivum.info/address@hidden/2008-06/msg00167.html). These
>>> patches are basically the same as his, just cleaned up according to Anthony
>>> Liguori's feedback.
>>>
>> Actually there was activity on this. I addressed Anthony's feedback and
>> reposted the patch series (I think even twice). Here is the last one:
>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-06/msg00448.html
>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-06/msg00442.html
>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-06/msg00443.html
>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-06/msg00444.html
>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-06/msg00445.html
>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-06/msg00446.html
>>
>> Fabrice said that he doesn't like vmware backdoor interface though
>> (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-06/msg00487.html)
>> I asked what interface he wants to use for qemu/guest communication, but
>> he never replied to this :(
>>
>
> The backdoor interface is deprecated (from a VMware perspective) and is
> pretty terrible. I'll go through and do a more thorough review of the
> patches Chris posted but one thing I already know I'd like to see the
Review my last submission I linked above then too.
> UUID plumbed through the SMBIOS tables for x86. That's a requirement in
> my mind for adding a -uuid option. I see no harm in also supporting the
> backdoor interface but the primary way to expose a UUID should be SMBIOS.
I am not sure I understand what you mean. Currently SMBIOS tables are
built by bochs bios and UUID backdoor is needed to fill in missing info.
--
Gleb.
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3]: Add UUID command-line option, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3]: Add UUID command-line option, Anthony Liguori, 2008/07/28
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3]: Add UUID command-line option, Jamie Lokier, 2008/07/28
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3]: Add UUID command-line option, Anthony Liguori, 2008/07/28
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3]: Add UUID command-line option, Paul Brook, 2008/07/28
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3]: Add UUID command-line option, Anthony Liguori, 2008/07/28
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3]: Add UUID command-line option, Gleb Natapov, 2008/07/29
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3]: Add UUID command-line option, Jamie Lokier, 2008/07/28
- [Qemu-devel] Re: Re: [PATCH 0/3]: Add UUID command-line option, Sebastian Herbszt, 2008/07/31
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3]: Add UUID command-line option, Jamie Lokier, 2008/07/28
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3]: Add UUID command-line option, Anthony Liguori, 2008/07/28
- [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3]: Add UUID command-line option,
Gleb Natapov <=
- [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3]: Add UUID command-line option, Anthony Liguori, 2008/07/29
- [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3]: Add UUID command-line option, Gleb Natapov, 2008/07/29
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3]: Add UUID command-line option, Blue Swirl, 2008/07/30
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3]: Add UUID command-line option, Daniel P. Berrange, 2008/07/29
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3]: Add UUID command-line option, Chris Lalancette, 2008/07/29
Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3]: Add UUID command-line option, Jamie Lokier, 2008/07/28