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


From: Anthony Liguori
Subject: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3]: Add UUID command-line option
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:37:01 -0500
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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 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.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

I also want to see those patches going in I don't care much who will
push them. I can resent last series one more time if it will help.

--
                        Gleb.





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