Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/6] Add UUID command-line option

[Avi Kivity]

Blue Swirl wrote:
> True, but realistic probing for memory could take some time if there
> is a huge amount of it.

No reason for that.  A binary search with a cap of 1TB and a granularity 
of 1MB requires only 20 probes.

>  Moreover, this level of precision would not
> gain anything in Qemu use, it would be unnecessary. If Bochs BIOS was
> aiming to be used as a real, physical PC BIOS in the future, then
> these kind of improvements might be useful.
>
>   

Agree, it isn't necessary.

> A long time ago on Sparc32, I put the memory size to one of CPU
> registers. That was quick and easy for both sides but dirty.
>   

For x86 it seems like an obvious candidate for vmport (and I don't 
understand the object to using vmport for uuid).

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