[OE-core] [PATCH] qemu: Upgrade to 2.8.1.1

[Patrick Ohly]

On Mon, 2017-05-15 at 08:47 -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
> On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 7:41 AM, Aníbal Limón
> <anibal.limon at linux.intel.com> wrote:
> >> Upstream is already at 2.9, why this version?
> >
> > Patrick has a patches for enable TPM into QEMU 2.8.x line, but there
> > apply into 2.9.x but the compile fails.
> >
> > I guess there's a need to work on those patches before 2.9.x upgrade.
> >
> 
> its also easier to backport it to pyro since its fresh release. Eventually yes
> 2.9 is going to come into master.

We are working on better patches for qemu master which make swtpm usable
without being root. Those are under review on the qemu mailing list at
the moment.

The part of the code which gets touched by these patches hasn't changed
much. It shouldn't be hard port either the current patches or the new
ones, should that become necessary for 2.9.x.

-- 
Best Regards, Patrick Ohly

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