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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PULL 0/8] pc: resizeable ROM blocks
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Paolo Bonzini |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PULL 0/8] pc: resizeable ROM blocks |
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Wed, 07 Jan 2015 13:59:36 +0100 |
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On 07/01/2015 13:37, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 11:52:40AM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> Maybe it's too optimistic. That's why I'm saying do not trim the tables
>> for a couple releases more.
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> I think it is too optimistic, and not trimming the tables does not
> solve it convincingly enough to my taste.
Not trimming the tables is just to give us more time to think about
problems with the new world order that Igor and I are introducing. I
don't want to rush it.
I'm okay with merging the patches together with the trimming, if the
experience during this time tells us that I was too optimistic.
>> If you have a bug, you're changing guest ABI.
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> That's not how we designed it. ACPI tables are just generated firmware.
> They are *not* ABI.
They are the only part of the firmware that a) describes the machine and
b) runs inside the OS. So they are at least special.
Paolo