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On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 08:26:53AM -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> That's why I think having a virtio-ilo makes sense.  This is not a
> solved problem today.

What's the scope of virtio-ilo?  If it's anything like a real ILO it's
going to do a lot of not-very-related things, such as:

 - pvpanic-type function
 - watchdog-type function
 - remote console / serial ports
 - remote CD-ROM
 - remote power switch

qemu already does nearly all of this ...

Rich.

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