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qemu-kvm package

  1. Bug #959308
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 959308

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Evan (ev) wrote :

Serge,

The caller here is all our end users.

I'd like to argue for carrying a patch against upstream. All the other major virtual machines set a system UUID by default:
- VirtualBox: http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#idp12395280 (search for hardwareuuid)
- VMWare: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1541
- Parallels: http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=32400

Microsoft requires it for Logo Certification, as I understand it.

I can't imagine it doing any harm. I suspect there are countless more things in the wild depending on one being set than there are ones expecting a NULL value.