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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V4 4/4] fw_cfg: insert fw_cfg file blobs
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To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Cc: matt.fleming@intel.com, "Gabriel L. Somlo" <somlo@cmu.edu>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, gsomlo@gmail.com, kraxel@redhat.com, Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>



On 01/06/2015 14:41, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 01, 2015 at 02:39:17PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 01/06/2015 14:38, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>>> I'm sorry - I don't understand. It's easy to do the right thing.  Just
>>> add the opt prefix. Why insist on user doing the right thing, and punish
>>> violations with failing at random?
>>>
>>> If it's useful for developers somehow, add a config flag for that.
>>
>> You've already been explained that config flags are not an answer.
> 
> Oh then just #define FW_CFG_USER_PREFIX "opt/".
> 
> Developers can edit that to "" if they want to play.

Shall we agree to just let Gerd decide since he's handling these patches?

Paolo