[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH][SEABIOS] Make SMBIOS table pass MS SVVP test

[Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:53:00PM -0500, Kevin O'Connor wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 06:59:01PM +0200, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 10:57:02AM -0500, Kevin O'Connor wrote:
> > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 08:30:41PM +0200, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 07:15:55PM +0100, Sebastian Herbszt wrote:
> > > > > Ok - sounds good if bios_characteristics gets proper system based values.
> > > > > 
> > > > Kevin can you help here. I can send a patch, but I am not sure I know
> > > > everything SeaBIOS supports.
> > > 
> > > I don't know what bios_characteristics should be set to.
> > > 
> > http://www.phoenix.com/NR/rdonlyres/51EEA1E6-20C1-4FA2-A3D8-AD8E45335C47/0/specssmbios.pdf
> > Page 30 have the description.
> 
>    Bit 4   ISA is supported
>    Bit 7   PCI is supported
>    Bit 9   Plug and Play is supported
>   Bit 10   APM is supported
>   Bit 12   BIOS shadowing is allowed
>   Bit 15   Boot from CD is supported
>   Bit 16   Selectable Boot is supported
>   Bit 19   EDD (Enhanced Disk Drive) Specification is supported
>   Bit 22   Int 13h - 5.25" / 360 KB Floppy Services are supported
>   Bit 23   Int 13h - 5.25" /1.2MB Floppy Services are supported
>   Bit 24   Int 13h - 3.5" / 720 KB Floppy Services are supported
>   Bit 25   Int 13h - 3.5" / 2.88 MB Floppy Services are supported
>   Bit 27   Int 9h, 8042 Keyboard services are supported
>   Bit 28   Int 14h, Serial Services are supported
>   Bit 29   Int 17h, Printer Services are supported
>   Bit 30   Int 10h, CGA/Mono Video Services are supported
> 
> Several of the above are dependent on CONFIG_xxx settings.
> 
> However, I'm not really sure how the above overlaps with your SVVP
> patch..
> 
It is not. I am just thinking about putting real info there instead of
"not supported". SVVP pass as it is. Do you prefer to leave it as is?

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			Gleb.