Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3]: Add UUID command-line option

[Anthony Liguori]

Paul Brook wrote:
> On Monday 28 July 2008, Anthony Liguori wrote:
>   
> Why would changing machine layout need to be able to override the ACPI table? 
> If the ACPI table doesn't match the emulated hardware that's a bug, and IMHO 
> having users supply their own tables is not a good way to fix that bug.
>   

Not everything in ACPI maps directly to emulated hardware.  The SMBIOS 
tables are a good example of this.

If I understand correctly, it's not uncommon for hardware manufactures 
to have a mostly static table, with sub-tables that are dynamically 
generated.  So we may create a mostly "static" table based on the chosen 
emulated hardware and then allow a user to fill in the sub tables.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> Paul
>