[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3]: Add UUID command-line option

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

Gleb Natapov wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 03:25:06PM +0200, Chris Lalancette wrote:
>   
>> All,
>>      Attached is a three part patch series to implement a "-uuid" command-line
>> option to qemu.  The original work for this was all done by Gleb Natapov; since
>> there hadn't seemed to be any activity on this since June, I picked up his
>> patches and ran with them (original posting:
>> http://www.archivum.info/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/2008-06/msg00167.html).  These
>> patches are basically the same as his, just cleaned up according to Anthony
>> Liguori's feedback.
>>     
> Actually there was activity on this. I addressed Anthony's feedback and
> reposted the patch series (I think even twice). Here is the last one:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-06/msg00448.html
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-06/msg00442.html
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-06/msg00443.html
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-06/msg00444.html
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-06/msg00445.html
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-06/msg00446.html
>
> Fabrice said that he doesn't like vmware backdoor interface though
> (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-06/msg00487.html)
> I asked what interface he wants to use for qemu/guest communication, but
> he never replied to this :(
>   

The backdoor interface is deprecated (from a VMware perspective) and is 
pretty terrible.  I'll go through and do a more thorough review of the 
patches Chris posted but one thing I already know I'd like to see the 
UUID plumbed through the SMBIOS tables for x86.  That's a requirement in 
my mind for adding a -uuid option.  I see no harm in also supporting the 
backdoor interface but the primary way to expose a UUID should be SMBIOS.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> I also want to see those patches going in I don't care much who will
> push them. I can resent last series one more time if it will help.
>
> --
> 			Gleb.
>