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To: Marc Haber <mh+qemu-devel@zugschlus.de>, Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>, Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: john cooper <john.cooper@third-harmonic.com>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org

john cooper wrote:
> Marc Haber wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 02:26:11AM -0400, john cooper wrote:
>>> I could have swore I sent out a guest-driver-app-interface-less
>>> version of the patch using virtio to pass the S/N but didn't find it in
>>> the archives.  I did however locate it and can bring it forward as a
>>> reference for the above if interest exists.
>>
>> If it brings the issue forward and gives me hope to be able to do what
>> I want to do in a reasonable time frame, why not.
> 
> Just time.  But I'll resurrect the patch so we don't have to go through
> all of this again.

I found the old patch, tossed out the remaining pci and
ATA_IDENTIFY artifacts and brought it forward.  The result
is downright diminutive.

Patches and details follow.

-john
  
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john.cooper@redhat.com