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authorFrediano Ziglio <frediano.ziglio@citrix.com>2013-02-19 08:54:33 +0000
committerKeir Fraser <keir@xen.org>2013-02-21 16:47:49 +0000
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genid: Update Windows generation ID
First draft specification document it as a 64bit counter, now are a 128bit value handled as a couple of 64bit values. Allow to disable the device is values are all zeroes. Add documentation for platform/generation-id key. Signed-off-by: Frediano Ziglio <frediano.ziglio@citrix.com>
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@@ -164,6 +164,12 @@ Various platform properties.
* acpi_s3 -- is ACPI S3 support enabled for this domain
* acpi_s4 -- is ACPI S4 support enabled for this domain
+#### ~/platform/generation-id = INTEGER ":" INTEGER [HVM,INTERNAL]
+
+Two 64 bit values that represent the Windows Generation ID.
+Is used by the BIOS initializer to get this value.
+If not present or "0:0" (all zeroes) device will not be present to the machine.
+
### Frontend device paths
Paravirtual device frontends are generally specified by their own