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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] SMBIOS: Allow users to chose base board typ
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Michal Privoznik |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] SMBIOS: Allow users to chose base board type |
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Wed, 20 May 2015 14:09:41 +0200 |
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On 20.05.2015 11:24, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>
>
> On 20/05/2015 11:15, Michal Privoznik wrote:
>> So far we only mistakenly claimed support for selecting base
>> board type. This patch finally implements it. There's an enum in
>> SMBIOS specification that lays out all the possible values.
>> Therefore, the type is taken as an integer of the corresponding
>> string value.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <address@hidden>
>
> The possible values are:
>
> 01h Unknown
> 02h Other
> 03h Server Blade
> 04h Connectivity Switch
> 05h System Management Module
> 06h Processor Module
> 07h I/O Module
> 08h Memory Module
> 09h Daughter board
> 0Ah Motherboard (includes processor, memory, and I/O)
> 0Bh Processor/Memory Module
> 0Ch Processor/IO Module
> 0Dh Interconnect Board
>
> What is the usecase?
I've got this bug on me:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1220527
It's request to implement Type 2 in libvirt. However, while implementing
that, I found out not all fields are supported in qemu. So I've posted a
patch.
Michal