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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Don't use QEMU_VERSION in ATA/ATAPI replies to
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Jamie Lokier |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Don't use QEMU_VERSION in ATA/ATAPI replies to IDENTIFY cmds |
Date: |
Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:18:58 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
Marc Bevand wrote:
> Consider this scenario: I change the MAC and the host at some point;
> no reactivation required. 10 months later I simply upgrade QEMU from
> 0.9.0 to 0.9.1 and change nothing else; reactivation is required. This
> is not something an enduser would expect.
I agree. (Also I agree with Glauber that the OS is sucky to care, but
it does and it's a notable use of QEMU to let you run Windows as a
guest so you can run Linux as a host :-)
> Another way to see it is that I was in control of the MAC and host
> change, but not of the IDENTIFY replies. An enduser should always be
> in control of the "hardware changes" he makes to a guest.
I agree. If it's something which changes by default, then it should
be settable to a fixed value by the user somehow. (Same goes for
other identifications the guest might see - I see that Microsoft
Virtual PC lets you specify a few of them in its config file.)
> Also, I believe (but am not sure) that if I had installed Windows on
> QEMU version A and upgraded to version B to C to D, then Windows would
> require reactivation after the upgrade to D because it would be seen
> as the 3rd "hardware change".
I don't think Windows counts these as multiple changes, but I'm not sure.
-- Jamie
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Don't use QEMU_VERSION in ATA/ATAPI replies to IDENTIFY cmds, Marc Bevand, 2008/09/10
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Don't use QEMU_VERSION in ATA/ATAPI replies to IDENTIFY cmds, Anthony Liguori, 2008/09/10
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Don't use QEMU_VERSION in ATA/ATAPI replies to IDENTIFY cmds, Marc Bevand, 2008/09/10
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Don't use QEMU_VERSION in ATA/ATAPI replies to IDENTIFY cmds, Glauber Costa, 2008/09/10
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Don't use QEMU_VERSION in ATA/ATAPI replies to IDENTIFY cmds, Marc Bevand, 2008/09/10
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Don't use QEMU_VERSION in ATA/ATAPI replies to IDENTIFY cmds,
Jamie Lokier <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Don't use QEMU_VERSION in ATA/ATAPI replies to IDENTIFY cmds, Glauber Costa, 2008/09/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Don't use QEMU_VERSION in ATA/ATAPI replies to IDENTIFY cmds, Jamie Lokier, 2008/09/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Don't use QEMU_VERSION in ATA/ATAPI replies to IDENTIFY cmds, Paul Brook, 2008/09/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Don't use QEMU_VERSION in ATA/ATAPI replies to IDENTIFY cmds, Avi Kivity, 2008/09/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Don't use QEMU_VERSION in ATA/ATAPI replies to IDENTIFY cmds, Ian Kirk, 2008/09/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Don't use QEMU_VERSION in ATA/ATAPI replies to IDENTIFY cmds, Paul Brook, 2008/09/11