From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KNUl4-0002c4-PV for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:35:34 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KNUl3-0002bM-CF for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:35:34 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49622 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KNUl3-0002bH-5a for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:35:33 -0400 Received: from il.qumranet.com ([212.179.150.194]:56740) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KNUl2-0000fg-DR for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:35:33 -0400 Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:35:27 +0300 From: Gleb Natapov Message-ID: <20080728153527.GA23771@minantech.com> References: <488DC8B2.1070009@redhat.com> <20080728141515.GJ3196@minantech.com> <488DD98D.5010907@codemonkey.ws> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <488DD98D.5010907@codemonkey.ws> Subject: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3]: Add UUID command-line option Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Anthony Liguori Cc: Chris Lalancette , qemu-devel@nongnu.org On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 09:37:01AM -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote: > 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 Review my last submission I linked above then too. > 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. I am not sure I understand what you mean. Currently SMBIOS tables are built by bochs bios and UUID backdoor is needed to fill in missing info. -- Gleb.