From: "Sebastian Herbszt" <herbszt@gmx.de>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] Pass cpu speed into SM BIOS.
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:26:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <024101c906e8$9baaef60$0201a8c0@zeug> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20080825142626.GP6192@minantech.com
Gleb Natapov wrote:
>> This is the incorrect frequency for a QEMU guest. I'm not sure why this
>> is included. What does passing the frequency give us?
>>
> This is included for two reasons. First one is to demonstrate that
> proposed interface is extensible. Second is that Micrisoft SVVP test
> requires this info (and much more) to be set in SMBIOS tables.
Can you elaborate a bit on the "and much more" part? Is this the stuff
described in "SMBIOS "Designed for Windows" Logo Requirements" at
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/firmware/SMBIOS.mspx ?
> Using real HW value seams to be better than just provide some default one.
What downside does using a default value have? On the upside this patch would
not be needed.
- Sebastian
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-08-25 19:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-08-25 9:58 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/6] Add UUID command-line option Gleb Natapov
2008-08-25 9:58 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/6] Use IO port for qemu<->guest BIOS communication Gleb Natapov
2008-08-25 14:24 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-08-25 14:40 ` Gleb Natapov
2008-08-25 15:01 ` Blue Swirl
2008-08-25 18:01 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-08-25 18:27 ` Blue Swirl
2008-08-26 8:24 ` Gleb Natapov
2008-08-26 16:46 ` Blue Swirl
2008-08-26 19:30 ` Avi Kivity
2008-08-26 19:43 ` Blue Swirl
2008-08-27 8:18 ` Avi Kivity
2008-08-27 11:05 ` Gleb Natapov
2008-08-27 17:10 ` Blue Swirl
2008-08-28 5:29 ` Gleb Natapov
2008-09-07 2:33 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-09-07 9:32 ` Blue Swirl
2008-09-08 5:39 ` Gleb Natapov
2008-08-25 14:25 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-08-25 14:46 ` Gleb Natapov
2008-08-25 15:37 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-08-25 18:53 ` [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] Use IO port for qemu<->guest BIOScommunication Sebastian Herbszt
2008-08-26 8:17 ` Gleb Natapov
2008-08-25 9:58 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 2/6] Add -uuid command line option Gleb Natapov
2008-08-25 9:58 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/6] Add "info uuid" command to monitor Gleb Natapov
2008-08-25 9:58 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 4/6] Use libuuid if available Gleb Natapov
2008-08-25 11:08 ` Andreas Färber
2008-08-25 11:26 ` Gleb Natapov
2008-08-25 11:35 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-08-25 11:45 ` Andreas Färber
2008-08-25 14:03 ` Gleb Natapov
2008-08-25 18:57 ` [Qemu-devel] " Sebastian Herbszt
2008-08-25 9:58 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 5/6] Add UUID to BIOS configuration info Gleb Natapov
2008-08-25 9:58 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 6/6] Pass cpu speed into SM BIOS Gleb Natapov
2008-08-25 14:17 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-08-25 14:26 ` Gleb Natapov
2008-08-25 19:26 ` Sebastian Herbszt [this message]
2008-08-26 6:23 ` [Qemu-devel] " Gleb Natapov
2008-08-27 23:42 ` [Qemu-devel] " Sebastian Herbszt
2008-08-28 5:28 ` Gleb Natapov
2008-08-25 19:15 ` [Qemu-devel] " Sebastian Herbszt
2008-08-26 6:34 ` Gleb Natapov
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