Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] usb: assign unique serial numbers to hid devices

[Dr. David Alan Gilbert]

* Gerd Hoffmann (address@hidden) wrote:
> > > +    [STR_SERIAL_MOUSE]     = "89126",
> > > +    [STR_SERIAL_TABLET]    = "28754",
> > > +    [STR_SERIAL_KEYBOARD]  = "68284",
> > 
> > Is there any significance to the magical numbers?
> 
> No, other than that the three device types should have different ones.

OK, I had vague memories a while ago of us asking about encoding things
in serial numbers and the previous 42 not actually being magical.

> > Will this change trigger a serial number change across migrate
> > or will the current serial be carried across?
> 
> No, it is not migrated over.
> So I guess we should better add a compat property ...

Thanks,

Dave

> cheers,
>   Gerd
> 
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Dr. David Alan Gilbert / address@hidden / Manchester, UK