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From: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3]: Add UUID command-line option
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To: Gleb Natapov <gleb@qumranet.com>
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Gleb Natapov wrote:
>> Here's a patch implementing a configuration ROM (probably in a bad
>> address) including a fake UUID. I skipped the more difficult parts
>> like kernel address etc.
>>     
> I haven't seen any comments on this. Anthony, is this approach
> acceptable?
>   

I like having a configuration blob but am uncomfortable with stashing it 
in memory somewhere.  I would think maybe stealing a few IO ports and 
using that to read the rom may be nicer (albeit slower).  I think it's 
something that needs to be implemented fully to work out the kinks.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori


> 			Gleb.
>