Changeset 89868 in vbox for trunk/src/VBox/Main/src-all

Timestamp:

Jun 23, 2021 6:02:11 PM (4 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

svn:sync-xref-src-repo-rev:

145325

Message:

Main/Console+Machine: Eliminate CMPXCHG16B hack (see bugref:6300) since it is no longer needed. Also make the ParavirtProvider check (Windows Server versions) for the Hyper-V case somewhat future proof. Add a reminder to Global.cpp when adding new guest OS types.

File:

• trunk/src/VBox/Main/src-all/Global.cpp (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/src/VBox/Main/src-all/Global.cpp

@@ -29 +29 @@
     /* NOTE1: we assume that unknown is always the first two entries!
      * NOTE2: please use powers of 2 when specifying the size of harddisks since
-     *        '2GB' looks better than '1.95GB' (= 2000MB) */
+     *        '2GB' looks better than '1.95GB' (= 2000MB)
+     * NOTE3: if you add new guest OS types please check if the code in
+     *        Machine::getEffectiveParavirtProvider and Console::i_configConstructorInner
+     *        are still covering the relevant cases. */
     { "Other",   "Other",             "Other",              "Other/Unknown",
       VBOXOSTYPE_Unknown,         VBOXOSHINT_NONE,