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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] ui/vnc.c: Fix crash with VNC
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To: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>, Gerhard Wiesinger <lists@wiesinger.com>
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Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> writes:

> On 9 November 2012 08:13, Gerhard Wiesinger <lists@wiesinger.com> wrote:
>> (think of situations where bits might not be accurate due to CPU bugs or
>> even QEMU/KVM in aerospace where
>> bits fall to other states due to high energy cosmic ray).
>
> If any aeroplane manufacturer is using QEMU for some safety critical
> purpose it would be nice if they'd let us know. I could then avoid
> flying with them in future :-)

While the abstract discussion is fun, it never hurts to be defensive.  I
agree the root cause is vmware-vga but checking in vnc doesn't hurt.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

>
> -- PMM