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EOM To: Gerd Hoffmann , QEMU Developers , Igor Mammedov Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Host-Lookup-Failed: Reverse DNS lookup failed for 2a00:1450:4864:20::633 (failed) Received-SPF: none client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::633; envelope-from=ani@anisinha.ca; helo=mail-ej1-x633.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -4 X-Spam_score: -0.5 X-Spam_bar: / X-Spam_report: (-0.5 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, PDS_HP_HELO_NORDNS=0.659, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RDNS_NONE=0.793, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_NONE=0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 4:11 PM Ani Sinha wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 3:48 PM Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > > > > On Thu, Mar 03, 2022 at 03:12:51PM +0530, Ani Sinha wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 15:11 Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > > > > > > > Sorry, no. Noticed the discussions but don't remember the details and > > > > didn't took the time to wade through the code to refresh my memory. > > > > > > Could you please take a look when you get time? You have the most context > > > in this space I believe. > > > > Should indeed not be needed unless you use a stone-aged seabios version. > > But I think you can't simply drop it for live migration compatibility > > reasons. So you'll need do the compatibility dance and drop it for new > > machine types only. I doubt the benefits outweigh that effort .. > > Igor what do you think? Since the static entries are separate from the rom file entries, I think we are in trouble only if the destination is using an old bios? Otherwise, the non-existence of the static entries should be simply ignored right?