Since both "drive=" and "serial=" expects an arbitrary string (while the value for "drive=" must be unique since it's the "id=" of a "-drive"), why not use the same string from "drive=" as the value of "serial=" when it's not specified explicitly?
Apparently "-device scsi-hd" has already been doing that (although it does not create the "sn" VPD when a serial is not explicitly specified). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1529449 Title: serial is required for -device nvme Status in QEMU: New Bug description: I am not exactly sure if this is a bug, but I don't see why the option "serial" should be required for -device nvme like the option "drive". Truth is it seem to accept random string as its value anyway, if that's the case, couldn't qemu just generate one for it when it's not specified? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1529449/+subscriptions
