Jamie Lokier wrote: > john cooper wrote: >> All that said, I like the alternate choice of adding a >> special virtio request far better. It is actually simpler >> (and more maintainable IMO) than going through the >> gyrations of stuffing the S/N data through PCI config >> space. > > And it needn't have a 20 character limit.
Technically yes it can be longer. Although IIRC the 20/21 byte assumption is fairly entrenched in related code. It may also be encouraged if the ATA interface is used to expose the data (under windows for instance). -john -- john.coo...@redhat.com
