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X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4864:20::744 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [QEMU] [PATCH v2 7/8] bootdevice: FW_CFG interface for LCHS values X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: kwolf@redhat.com, qemu-block@nongnu.org, arbel.moshe@oracle.com, seabios@seabios.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, mreitz@redhat.com, liran.alon@oracle.com, Gerd Hoffmann , karl.heubaum@oracle.com Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 10:36:54AM +0300, Sam Eiderman wrote: > So overall, WDYT? > Keep it extendible for a low price of ABI + “bootdevices” name. > Or go strict and rename to “bios-geometries”? If we add another qemu to firmware interface I think the interface should be documented. I also think that a mix of an ascii and binary interface is going to be difficult to describe and document. I'd prefer a pure ascii interface - for example a newline separated list of four space separted fields: -Kevin