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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 4/8] Use libuuid if available.
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Gleb Natapov |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 4/8] Use libuuid if available. |
Date: |
Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:13:45 +0300 |
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 03:05:00PM +0100, Paul Brook wrote:
> On Thursday 11 September 2008, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> > If libuuid is available use it for UUID generation in case a user asks for
> > it.
>
> I don't think this feature is worth the extra dependency. IMHO Generation of
> UUIDs should be left to the management utility. Anyone invoking qemu manually
> can trivially generate a UUID using commonly available tools (e.g. uuidgen).
>
> If we really must have this feature then you need to document it.
>
I don't think it's must. Lets ignore it for now.
--
Gleb.
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 0/8] Add new firmware configuration mechanism, Gleb Natapov, 2008/09/11
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 1/8] Key/value based qemu<->guest firmware communication mechanism., Gleb Natapov, 2008/09/11
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 2/8] Add -uuid command line option., Gleb Natapov, 2008/09/11
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 3/8] Add "info uuid" command to monitor., Gleb Natapov, 2008/09/11
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 4/8] Use libuuid if available., Gleb Natapov, 2008/09/11
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 5/8] Add UUID to firmware configuration info., Gleb Natapov, 2008/09/11
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 6/8] Pass cpu speed into SM BIOS., Gleb Natapov, 2008/09/11
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 7/8] Add common keys to firmware configuration, Gleb Natapov, 2008/09/11
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 8/8] Add sparc keys to firmware configuration., Gleb Natapov, 2008/09/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 0/8] Add new firmware configuration mechanism, Blue Swirl, 2008/09/11