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Re: [Qemu-devel] [libvirt] Configuring pflash devices for OVMF firmware
From: |
Gerd Hoffmann |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] [libvirt] Configuring pflash devices for OVMF firmware |
Date: |
Wed, 30 Jan 2019 09:00:12 +0100 |
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NeoMutt/20180716 |
Hi,
> > (Migration compat is left as an exercise for the reader :-))
>
> It's not just migration compatibility, it's also guest ABI: "the guest
> can tell the difference".
Is that actually the case on x86? I don't think so.
Note: arm is different, because the flash is listed in the device tree
which is guest visible.
> So, old machine types continue to get two flash devices, and new
> machine types get one. In other words, we're stuck maintaining (a)
> even if we decide to switch to (b).
I think that'll be true nevertheless for live migration compatibility.
cheers,
Gerd
Re: [Qemu-devel] Configuring pflash devices for OVMF firmware, Markus Armbruster, 2019/01/30
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Configuring pflash devices for OVMF firmware, Peter Maydell, 2019/01/30
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Configuring pflash devices for OVMF firmware, Laszlo Ersek, 2019/01/30
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Configuring pflash devices for OVMF firmware, Peter Maydell, 2019/01/30
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Configuring pflash devices for OVMF firmware, Markus Armbruster, 2019/01/31
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Configuring pflash devices for OVMF firmware, Peter Maydell, 2019/01/31
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Configuring pflash devices for OVMF firmware, Markus Armbruster, 2019/01/31
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Configuring pflash devices for OVMF firmware, Peter Maydell, 2019/01/31
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Configuring pflash devices for OVMF firmware, Markus Armbruster, 2019/01/31
Re: [Qemu-devel] Configuring pflash devices for OVMF firmware, Markus Armbruster, 2019/01/30