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Re: [Qemu-devel] virtio block device and sysfs


From: john cooper
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] virtio block device and sysfs
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:33:33 -0400
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Jamie Lokier wrote:
> john cooper wrote:
>> All that said, I like the alternate choice of adding a
>> special virtio request far better.  It is actually simpler
>> (and more maintainable IMO) than going through the
>> gyrations of stuffing the S/N data through PCI config
>> space.
> 
> And it needn't have a 20 character limit.

Technically yes it can be longer.  Although IIRC the
20/21 byte assumption is fairly entrenched in
related code.  It may also be encouraged if the ATA
interface is used to expose the data (under windows
for instance).

-john 

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