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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Sort the fw_cfg file list
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Michael S. Tsirkin |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Sort the fw_cfg file list |
Date: |
Tue, 15 Mar 2016 09:17:10 +0200 |
On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 08:04:48AM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > > Don't add a new machine type in this version, just use the 2.6 one.
> >
> > Unfortunately this patch won't help any, as your next patch reorders fw
> > cfg files which will affect the old machine types.
>
> We can make that depend on dont_sort_fw_cfgs too, to keep things as-is
> on old machine types.
Yes, except the name is a bit off then. It's more "legacy_fw_cfg_order"
than "dont_sort_fw_cfgs".
> Which probably implies only new machine types
> will see the new smbios entries.
>
> cheers,
> Gerd
Not really I think.
If there's a new device triggering a new smbios entry, we don't care how
it's sorted since by then there's no question of cross-version migration
with old QEMU.
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- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Sort the fw_cfg file list, minyard, 2016/03/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Sort the fw_cfg file list, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2016/03/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Sort the fw_cfg file list, Gerd Hoffmann, 2016/03/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Sort the fw_cfg file list,
Michael S. Tsirkin <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Sort the fw_cfg file list, Gerd Hoffmann, 2016/03/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Sort the fw_cfg file list, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2016/03/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Sort the fw_cfg file list, Gerd Hoffmann, 2016/03/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Sort the fw_cfg file list, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2016/03/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Sort the fw_cfg file list, Corey Minyard, 2016/03/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Sort the fw_cfg file list, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2016/03/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Sort the fw_cfg file list, Corey Minyard, 2016/03/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Sort the fw_cfg file list, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2016/03/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Sort the fw_cfg file list, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2016/03/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Sort the fw_cfg file list, Corey Minyard, 2016/03/15