Re: [SeaBIOS] [PATCH] enable_vga_console(): print machine UUID under seabios version message

2012-12-11 Thread Laszlo Ersek
On 12/11/12 15:52, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > >>> Also even with qemu the uuid might not be set (just start qemu without >>> -uuid $something), that case needs to be handled too. Easiest is >>> probably to just not print it when not preset. >> >> How can I distinguish "unset" from "set to all zeros"?

Re: [SeaBIOS] [PATCH] enable_vga_console(): print machine UUID under seabios version message

2012-12-11 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
>> Also even with qemu the uuid might not be set (just start qemu without >> -uuid $something), that case needs to be handled too. Easiest is >> probably to just not print it when not preset. > > How can I distinguish "unset" from "set to all zeros"? "set to all zeros" equals "unset", no? I dou

Re: [SeaBIOS] [PATCH] enable_vga_console(): print machine UUID under seabios version message

2012-12-11 Thread Laszlo Ersek
On 12/11/12 05:54, Kevin O'Connor wrote: > On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 06:11:08PM +0100, Laszlo Ersek wrote: >> There are users who would like to see the UUID at startup, and it probably >> won't bother others. > > The patch isn't going to work for non-qemu users (eg, coreboot). At least on qemu, I f

Re: [SeaBIOS] [PATCH] enable_vga_console(): print machine UUID under seabios version message

2012-12-11 Thread Laszlo Ersek
On 12/11/12 11:10, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > On 12/11/12 05:54, Kevin O'Connor wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 06:11:08PM +0100, Laszlo Ersek wrote: >>> There are users who would like to see the UUID at startup, and it probably >>> won't bother others. >> >> The patch isn't going to work for non-qem

Re: [SeaBIOS] [PATCH] enable_vga_console(): print machine UUID under seabios version message

2012-12-11 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
On 12/11/12 05:54, Kevin O'Connor wrote: > On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 06:11:08PM +0100, Laszlo Ersek wrote: >> There are users who would like to see the UUID at startup, and it probably >> won't bother others. > > The patch isn't going to work for non-qemu users (eg, coreboot). Also even with qemu t

Re: [SeaBIOS] [PATCH] enable_vga_console(): print machine UUID under seabios version message

2012-12-10 Thread Kevin O'Connor
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 06:11:08PM +0100, Laszlo Ersek wrote: > There are users who would like to see the UUID at startup, and it probably > won't bother others. The patch isn't going to work for non-qemu users (eg, coreboot). -Kevin ___ SeaBIOS mailin

[SeaBIOS] [PATCH] enable_vga_console(): print machine UUID under seabios version message

2012-12-10 Thread Laszlo Ersek
There are users who would like to see the UUID at startup, and it probably won't bother others. Related RHBZ: 876250. Signed-off-by: Laszlo Ersek --- src/util.h |1 + src/bootsplash.c | 15 ++- src/output.c | 15 +++ 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 1