Re: [libvirt] pvpanic plans?
Il 22/08/2013 22:39, Anthony Liguori ha scritto:
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Laszlo Ersek
<lersek(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> On 08/22/13 22:09, Anthony Liguori wrote:
>
>> The difference is that ACPI or platform devices in general are
>> unexpected to be added. By definition it means that the motherboard has
>> most likely been changed.
>
> You could encounter a new ACPI artifact after simply re-flashing your MB
> with an updated BIOS, without opening the chassis. "If windows can't
> deal with that, their loss!" :)
I'm pretty sure "does Windows boot up okay" is on every major vendor's
firmware test plan for shipping new updates...
For a firmware vendor it is perfectly okay to ship and require new
drivers for functionality introduced by a firmware update...
Paolo