Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH, v4]: xl: randomly generate UUID''s

Christoph Egger
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:59:32 -0000

On Wednesday 01 September 2010 15:36:17 Ian Jackson
wrote:
> Christoph Egger writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH, v4]: xl: randomly
generate UUID''s"):
> > The assumption that uuid_t and uint8_t[16] being interchangeable
> > is wrong.
>
> This is why Stefano wrote:
> > > >  - Fix LIBXL_UUID_BYTES on NetBSD. Note that the code
assumes
> > > >    uint8_t[16] to always be interchangeable with
libxl_uuid_t.
>
> NB libxl_uuid_t, not uuid_t.

That''s not the case in the way the conversion is implemented for
NetBSD.