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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V4 4/4] fw_cfg: insert fw_cfg file blobs via qem
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Paolo Bonzini |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V4 4/4] fw_cfg: insert fw_cfg file blobs via qemu cmdline |
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Mon, 01 Jun 2015 12:50:50 +0200 |
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On 01/06/2015 12:48, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 01, 2015 at 12:43:35PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 01/06/2015 12:23, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>>> Still, reserving part of the namespace for QEMU internal use
>>> is *not* policy, it's just good engineering.
>>>
>>> How about we forbid adding files under "etc/" ?
>>>
>>> That would be enough to avoid conflicts.
>>
>> I do not understand. What we're doing is free-beer. We can always say
>> no. What's your worry?
>
> Someone writes a tool using a specific path.
> We then add same path upstream, script breaks.
Who cares. We documented it.
>> One usecase of this feature is to avoid recompiling QEMU while playing
>> with firmware. If you cannot mimic QEMU's behavior (which is to add
>> "etc/" files), the feature is pointless, or at least I totally cannot
>> understand its purpose and I'm against merging it.
>
> Confused. Why does it produce the warning then?
Because someone else asked for it. I cannot answer. :)
> If it's just for playing games, add a configure
> switch to enable it, and disable by default.
> Don't set traps for users.
What is for playing games? What is the feature useful for, except for
developers.
Paolo
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V4 4/4] fw_cfg: insert fw_cfg file blobs via qemu cmdline, Laszlo Ersek, 2015/06/01
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V4 4/4] fw_cfg: insert fw_cfg file blobs via qemu cmdline, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2015/06/01
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V4 4/4] fw_cfg: insert fw_cfg file blobs via qemu cmdline, Paolo Bonzini, 2015/06/01
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V4 4/4] fw_cfg: insert fw_cfg file blobs via qemu cmdline, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2015/06/01
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V4 4/4] fw_cfg: insert fw_cfg file blobs via qemu cmdline,
Paolo Bonzini <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V4 4/4] fw_cfg: insert fw_cfg file blobs via qemu cmdline, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2015/06/01
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V4 4/4] fw_cfg: insert fw_cfg file blobs via qemu cmdline, Paolo Bonzini, 2015/06/01
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V4 4/4] fw_cfg: insert fw_cfg file blobs via qemu cmdline, Gabriel L. Somlo, 2015/06/01
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V4 4/4] fw_cfg: insert fw_cfg file blobs via qemu cmdline, Markus Armbruster, 2015/06/01
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V4 4/4] fw_cfg: insert fw_cfg file blobs via qemu cmdline, Paolo Bonzini, 2015/06/01
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V4 4/4] fw_cfg: insert fw_cfg file blobs via qemu cmdline, Laszlo Ersek, 2015/06/01
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V4 4/4] fw_cfg: insert fw_cfg file blobs via qemu cmdline, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2015/06/01
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V4 4/4] fw_cfg: insert fw_cfg file blobs via qemu cmdline, Paolo Bonzini, 2015/06/01
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V4 4/4] fw_cfg: insert fw_cfg file blobs via qemu cmdline, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2015/06/01
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V4 4/4] fw_cfg: insert fw_cfg file blobs via qemu cmdline, Paolo Bonzini, 2015/06/01