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Re: [Qemu-devel] [ARM SMBIOS V3 PATCH 0/5] SMBIOS Support for ARM
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Wei Huang |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [ARM SMBIOS V3 PATCH 0/5] SMBIOS Support for ARM |
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Tue, 11 Aug 2015 21:11:45 -0500 |
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On 08/11/2015 09:08 PM, Wei Huang wrote:
> SMBIOS tables present userful system hardware info to management
> applications, such as DMI tools. Even though SMBIOS was originally
> developed for Intel x86, it has been extended to both Itanium and
> ARM (32bit & 64bit). More and more ARM server releases, such as
> RHEL Server for ARM, start to integrate support for SMBIOS.
>
> This patchset is intendted to provid SMBIOS tables for ARM mach-virt
> machine. The SMBIOS tables are created and stored in fw_cfg, relying on
> OVMF (AAVMF) to parse/present SMBIOS entry.
>
> RFC version have been tested by Laszlo using his customized version of
> AAVMF. This new version (V3) integrates SMBIOS 3.0 support
> for ARM mach-virt. I have tested this version using a customized AAVMF
> created by Laszlo, who has submitted his patches to OVMF mailing list.
>
> V2->V3:
> * Removed unncessary ram_size paramemter (patch 3 in V2, Laszlo)
> * Fixed UUID encode (Laszlo)
> * Added -smbios option (Leif)
> * Fixed misc variable defintion (Laszlo)
> * V2 regression tested on x86 (Gabriel and Leif)
* Main changes are in Patch 4 and 5.
* I left Laszlo out in Acked-by of Patch 4 as most comments were from
him in this patch.
* I tested UUID and it did show up correctly inside the guest VM.
Thanks,
-Wei
>
> V1->V2:
> * Add NULL checking for fw_cfg (Shannon Zhao)
> * Init 3.0 entry point table max size to smbios_tables_len (Laszlo)
> * Minor re-arrangement of smbios.h layout with function headers to the bottom
> * Validated SMBIOS 3.0 tables with a customized AAVMF created by Laszlo
>
> RFC->V1:
> * Add SMBIOS 3.0 support for buidling SMBIOS
> * Switch from SMBIOS 2.1 to 3.0 for ARM mach-virt
> * RFC version Tested-by Laszlo Ersek and Acked-by Gabriel Somlo
>
> Thanks,
> -Wei
>
> Wei Huang (5):
> smbios: extract x86 smbios building code into a function
> smbios: remove dependency on x86 e820 tables
> smbios: move smbios code into a common folder
> smbios: add smbios 3.0 support
> smbios: implement smbios support for mach-virt
>
> arch_init.c | 2 +-
> default-configs/arm-softmmu.mak | 1 +
> default-configs/i386-softmmu.mak | 1 +
> default-configs/x86_64-softmmu.mak | 1 +
> hw/Makefile.objs | 1 +
> hw/arm/virt.c | 25 +++++++++
> hw/i386/Makefile.objs | 2 +-
> hw/i386/pc.c | 56 +++++++++++++------
> hw/i386/pc_piix.c | 5 +-
> hw/i386/pc_q35.c | 5 +-
> hw/smbios/Makefile.objs | 1 +
> hw/{i386 => smbios}/smbios.c | 102
> +++++++++++++++++++++++------------
> include/hw/{i386 => smbios}/smbios.h | 53 ++++++++++++++----
> qemu-options.hx | 2 +-
> tests/bios-tables-test.c | 2 +-
> vl.c | 2 +-
> 16 files changed, 191 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 hw/smbios/Makefile.objs
> rename hw/{i386 => smbios}/smbios.c (93%)
> rename include/hw/{i386 => smbios}/smbios.h (85%)
>
- [Qemu-devel] [ARM SMBIOS V3 PATCH 0/5] SMBIOS Support for ARM, Wei Huang, 2015/08/11
- [Qemu-devel] [ARM SMBIOS V3 PATCH 1/5] smbios: extract x86 smbios building code into a function, Wei Huang, 2015/08/11
- [Qemu-devel] [ARM SMBIOS V3 PATCH 2/5] smbios: remove dependency on x86 e820 tables, Wei Huang, 2015/08/11
- [Qemu-devel] [ARM SMBIOS V3 PATCH 3/5] smbios: move smbios code into a common folder, Wei Huang, 2015/08/11
- [Qemu-devel] [ARM SMBIOS V3 PATCH 5/5] smbios: implement smbios support for mach-virt, Wei Huang, 2015/08/11
- [Qemu-devel] [ARM SMBIOS V3 PATCH 4/5] smbios: add smbios 3.0 support, Wei Huang, 2015/08/11
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