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Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:26:21 +0300
From: Gleb Natapov <gleb@qumranet.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 4/6] Use libuuid if available.
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To: Andreas =?utf-8?Q?F=C3=A4rber?= <andreas.faerber@web.de>
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On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 01:08:50PM +0200, Andreas F=C3=A4rber wrote:
>
> Am 25.08.2008 um 11:58 schrieb Gleb Natapov:
>
>> If libuuid is available use it for UUID generation in case a user does=
=20
>> not
>> provide one.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov <gleb@qumranet.com>
>> ---
>
> I don't remember hearing an answer on why this is necessary. For which =
=20
> use case can't you just either use -uuid `uuidgen` or a hardcoded =20
> default value like the Slirp IPv4 subnet?
It can be used for UUID generation when VM is started for the first time.
Management application can retrieve UUID using monitor and use it for
consequent runs. But the same result can be achieved in a different way
too. So no, I really don't have a strong use case for this feature, but
the patch set is organised in such way that it is possible to ignore
this particular patch.

--
			Gleb.