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Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH v2] OvmfPkg/BhyveBhfPkg: add support for QemuFwCfg
To: Rebecca Cran <rebecca@bsdio.com>, devel@edk2.groups.io,
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From: "Peter Grehan" <grehan@freebsd.org>
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> [re-posting from my personal email account, since my mail to  > freebsd-virtualization got rejected]> > I seem to remember seeing 
previous feedback that Bhyve developers > strongly preferred the 
BhyveFwCtl mechanism. I've been out of the loop > though (busy with 
$dayjob) so I don't know if things have changed. > Hopefully other 
people can provide feedback.
  I'm fine with phasing out BhyveFwCtl, so long as backwards compat is 
maintained.

later,

Peter.