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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:49:14 +0200
From: Stefan Weil <weil@mail.berlios.de>
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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Check availability of uuid header / lib
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To: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
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Anthony Liguori schrieb:
> Stefan Weil wrote:
>> That patch no longer applies without merge conflicts.
>>
>> I just noticed that there was a discussion a year ago
>> when other developers suggested to use libuuid.
>>
>> We can see the result of that discussion in the current code:
>> QEMU does not use libuuid, not even functions with the
>> same interface. Nor does it include a function to generate
>> a new UUID value.
>>
>> There were arguments why QEMU would not need
>> UUID generation in its code. The VDI block driver
>> needs UUID generation unless we are satisfied with
>> dummy or zero values.
>>   
>
> I don't mind linking against libuuid.
>
> However, I think the VDI block driver has to support AIO before it can
> be merged into the tree.
>
> Regards,
>
> Anthony Liguori
>

AIO code is available now. See separate mail.

Regards,

Stefan Weil