[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/6] Add UUID command-line option

[Gleb Natapov]

Hello,

  This is one more try to push this patch series into qemu. This time
I don't use vmport interface. Instead I implemented simple communication
channel between  qemu and BIOS using IO port.  I decided not to  use
firmware interface since current users of the interface may depend on
exact structure layout, so it doesn't look like a good idea to add
arbitrary fields there. Also I don't want to copy the whole ROM into BIOS
just to access one field of it. IO channel is implemented by the first
patch of the series. Patches 2-5 implement UUID related stuff. Patch 6
passes host CPU frequency to fill in SM BIOS table.

Please comment.

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Gleb Natapov (6):
      Pass cpu speed into SM BIOS.
      Add UUID to BIOS configuration info.
      Use libuuid if available.
      Add "info uuid" command to monitor.
      Add -uuid command line option.
      Use IO port for qemu<->guest BIOS communication.


 Makefile.target |    4 ++
 configure       |   13 +++++
 hw/pc.c         |  141 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 monitor.c       |   13 +++++
 sysemu.h        |    2 +
 vl.c            |   42 ++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 215 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

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        Gleb.