From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L5i0w-0006a7-IT for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:38:42 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L5i0t-0006XQ-V5 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:38:40 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=36823 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L5i0t-0006Wy-8S for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:38:39 -0500 Received: from mx2.redhat.com ([66.187.237.31]:38719) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L5i0s-0004OY-4U for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:38:38 -0500 Received: from int-mx2.corp.redhat.com (int-mx2.corp.redhat.com [172.16.27.26]) by mx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id mAREcbGX004912 for ; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:38:37 -0500 Message-ID: <492EB0EA.50103@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:38:34 +0200 From: Avi Kivity MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu version updates break Windows activation References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Frederik Himpe wrote: > Every time qemu/kvm is updated, the version strings in the virtual > hardware change, which breaks an activated windows installation in qemu. > Windows thinks it's running on other hardware, and requires manual re- > activation by phone. > > Could the version strings please be made optional in the hardware? > > Perhaps we should switch the version strings not to include the qemu version, but instead carry their own version numbers, which would bump on on incompatible change (presumably, never). -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function