Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 4/9] ACPI: Add Virtual Machine Generation ID support

2017-01-25 Thread Laszlo Ersek
On 01/25/17 11:04, Laszlo Ersek wrote: > (7) The blob constructed in this function, as a GArray, should be the > exact same object that is later linked into fw_cfg, via acpi_setup() --> > vmgenid_add_fw_cfg(). > > Currently, the blob is allocated here under the variable "guid", and > passed to bi

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 4/9] ACPI: Add Virtual Machine Generation ID support

2017-01-25 Thread Laszlo Ersek
On 01/25/17 02:43, b...@skyportsystems.com wrote: > From: Ben Warren > > This implements the VM Generation ID feature by passing a 128-bit > GUID to the guest via a fw_cfg blob. > Any time the GUID changes, and ACPI notify event is sent to the guest (1) typo: "and" -> "an" > > The user interfa

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 4/9] ACPI: Add Virtual Machine Generation ID support

2017-01-24 Thread ben
From: Ben Warren This implements the VM Generation ID feature by passing a 128-bit GUID to the guest via a fw_cfg blob. Any time the GUID changes, and ACPI notify event is sent to the guest The user interface is a simple device with one parameter: - guid (string, must be "auto" or in UUID forma