From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KNTqz-0001BQ-JI for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:37:37 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KNTqy-0001Aw-2y for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:37:37 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34462 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KNTqx-0001At-T9 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:37:35 -0400 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.177]:38805) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KNTqx-0002Y7-J2 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:37:35 -0400 Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id p76so3320444pyb.10 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:37:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <488DD98D.5010907@codemonkey.ws> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:37:01 -0500 From: Anthony Liguori MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <488DC8B2.1070009@redhat.com> <20080728141515.GJ3196@minantech.com> In-Reply-To: <20080728141515.GJ3196@minantech.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Gleb Natapov Cc: Chris Lalancette , qemu-devel@nongnu.org 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. >