Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/2] ipmi: Allow UUID to be set for a BMC

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 09/11/18 14:33, Corey Minyard wrote:
> On 11/8/18 5:22 PM, David Gibson wrote:
> I'm not sure about migration.  I suppose it could be migrated, but I
> would consider the BMC part of the hardware that needs to be the
> same on both sides.  It's a fuzzy line, I suppose.  The qemu UUID
> is migrated, so I suppose that's not an issue.
> 
> Controlling it explicitly is important for some testing I do, and might
> be for other people at some point in time, if you are trying to
> emulate something specific.  And when re-invoking qemu, you
> might want to keep it the same to avoid confusing software.

I don't understand, do you need it to be different from the dmicode
UUID?  On real hardware are they the same or different?

Thanks,

Paolo