Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/3] Get system state configuration from QEMU and patch DSDT with it.

[Gleb Natapov]

On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 05:46:46PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 05/20/2012 05:43 PM, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> > > 
> > > Or it can be a fixed address in low memory, or a scratch register in
> > > hardware.
> > > 
> > Both will work (fixed addresses are better be avoided and who needs
> > another PV device), but I do not see how either of them is better then
> > patching. What is your concern?
> >
> 
> Patching is harder to maintain.  Unfortunately it's unavoidable.
> 
Here we in agreement, and I was against patching till it was unavoidable,
but than pci hotplug started using it, and afterwards processor
definitions, so no point in avoiding it now by using inferior methods.
 
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                        Gleb.