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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RESEND 0/2 V2] Virtual Machine Generation ID
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Paolo Bonzini |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RESEND 0/2 V2] Virtual Machine Generation ID |
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Sun, 14 Sep 2014 10:48:22 +0200 |
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Il 14/09/2014 08:25, Gal Hammer ha scritto:
> Hi,
>
> A two parts patch to add a QEmu support for Microsoft's Virtual Machine
> Generation ID device.
>
> The first one add a new ACPI directive which allow to use a 16-bytes
> buffer in an ACPI table. This buffer is for storing the VM's UUID.
>
> The second is the ACPI tables changes and the actual device.
>
> Your comment are welcomed.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gal.
>
> V2: - Remove "-uuid" command line parameter.
> - Move device's description from SSDT to DDST table.
> - Add new "vmgenid" sysbus device.
>
> Gal Hammer (2):
> i386: Add an ACPI_EXTRACT_NAME_BUFFER16 directive.
> i386: Add a Virtual Machine Generation ID device.
>
> default-configs/i386-softmmu.mak | 1 +
> default-configs/x86_64-softmmu.mak | 1 +
> hw/i386/acpi-build.c | 23 ++++++++++-
> hw/i386/acpi-dsdt.dsl | 37 +++++++++++++++++
> hw/misc/Makefile.objs | 1 +
> hw/misc/vmgenid.c | 85
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/hw/i386/pc.h | 3 ++
> scripts/acpi_extract.py | 23 +++++++----
> 8 files changed, 163 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 hw/misc/vmgenid.c
>
The idea is okay, but the device has to be added to the Q35 DSDT as
well. If you just #included a file in the same style as
acpi-dsdt-hpet.dsl, you would have a namespace clash between the PIIX
and Q35 DSDTs. acpi-dsdt-hpet.dsl can do it because it has no
ACPI_EXTRACT directives.
I think because of this, it is a bit simpler to add the device
optionally to the SSDT, similar to how the TPM is handled.
Paolo