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On Thu, 4 May 2017 00:33:27 +0200
Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com> wrote:

[...] 
> If we invented a read-only, side-effect-free PCI config space register
> that gave me this value plain and simple (similarly to how a new fw_cfg
> file would do), that would be a lot cleaner for me.
Just a thought,
have you considered firmware setting size it needs explicitly?
That way we won't have to bump that value on qemu side when
qemu dictated size becomes too small and won't need compat cruft
around it.

> 
> Thanks!
> Laszlo
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