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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Don't use QEMU_VERSION in ATA/ATAPI replies to
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Marc Bevand |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Don't use QEMU_VERSION in ATA/ATAPI replies to IDENTIFY cmds |
Date: |
Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:19:20 -0700 |
On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 5:30 PM, Anthony Liguori <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Wouldn't it be better to just use whatever QEMU_VERSION is right now with a
> big fat comment? At least then, any VM made with QEMU 0.9.1 won't require
> reactivation.
> No point in breaking everyone by changing it to 1.0.
Yeah that could work too.
(However I don't expect that changing it to 1.0 would break everyone.
Only a minority. Because multiple hardware changes are necessary to
trigger a need for reactivacion. In my case, I was changing the MAC
address, upgrading to a 64-bit host (it made Windows see slightly
different CPUID results), and upgrading QEMU (it made Windows see new
hdd/dvd drive firmware versions). All 3 events were necessary to
trigger a need for reactivation.)
Ultimately however I think it should be user-configurable.
--
Marc Bevand
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Don't use QEMU_VERSION in ATA/ATAPI replies to IDENTIFY cmds, Marc Bevand, 2008/09/10
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Don't use QEMU_VERSION in ATA/ATAPI replies to IDENTIFY cmds, Anthony Liguori, 2008/09/10
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Don't use QEMU_VERSION in ATA/ATAPI replies to IDENTIFY cmds,
Marc Bevand <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Don't use QEMU_VERSION in ATA/ATAPI replies to IDENTIFY cmds, Glauber Costa, 2008/09/10
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Don't use QEMU_VERSION in ATA/ATAPI replies to IDENTIFY cmds, Marc Bevand, 2008/09/10
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Don't use QEMU_VERSION in ATA/ATAPI replies to IDENTIFY cmds, Jamie Lokier, 2008/09/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Don't use QEMU_VERSION in ATA/ATAPI replies to IDENTIFY cmds, Glauber Costa, 2008/09/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Don't use QEMU_VERSION in ATA/ATAPI replies to IDENTIFY cmds, Jamie Lokier, 2008/09/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Don't use QEMU_VERSION in ATA/ATAPI replies to IDENTIFY cmds, Paul Brook, 2008/09/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Don't use QEMU_VERSION in ATA/ATAPI replies to IDENTIFY cmds, Avi Kivity, 2008/09/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Don't use QEMU_VERSION in ATA/ATAPI replies to IDENTIFY cmds, Ian Kirk, 2008/09/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Don't use QEMU_VERSION in ATA/ATAPI replies to IDENTIFY cmds, Paul Brook, 2008/09/11