From: Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu version updates break Windows activation
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:08:18 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200811261508.19766.paul@codesourcery.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081126145929.GA1221@shareable.org>
On Wednesday 26 November 2008, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> Frederik Himpe wrote:
> > Every time qemu/kvm is updated, the version strings in the virtual
> > hardware change, which breaks an activated windows installation in qemu.
> > Windows thinks it's running on other hardware, and requires manual re-
> > activation by phone.
> >
> > Could the version strings please be made optional in the hardware?
> >
> > See also http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=467043
>
> Does Windows also break whenever you do a firmware update on a real
> machine?
Yes, if the new firmware causes the device to report itself slightly
differently. I've seen this happen when upgrading real drive firmwares.
Paul
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-11-26 15:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-25 19:23 [Qemu-devel] qemu version updates break Windows activation Frederik Himpe
2008-11-26 14:59 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-11-26 15:08 ` Paul Brook [this message]
2008-11-26 15:09 ` Stefano Stabellini
2008-11-27 14:38 ` Avi Kivity
2008-11-27 14:47 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-11-27 14:58 ` Ben Taylor
2008-11-27 14:58 ` Daniel P. Berrange
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