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

[Yaniv Kaul <ykaul@redhat.com>]

On 11/22/2009 7:39 PM, Sebastian Herbszt wrote:


<SNIP>
>>>
>>> >/* Type 16 -- Physical Memory Array */
>>> >@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@ smbios_init_type_16(void *start, u32 
>>> memory_size_mb, int nr_mem_devs)
>>> >
>>> >    p->location = 0x01; /* other */
>>> >    p->use = 0x03; /* system memory */
>>> >-    p->error_correction = 0x01; /* other */
>>> >+    p->error_correction = 0x06; /* Multi-bit ECC to make Microsoft 
>>> happy */
>>> >    p->maximum_capacity = memory_size_mb * 1024;
>>> >    p->memory_error_information_handle = 0xfffe; /* none provided */
>>> >    p->number_of_memory_devices = nr_mem_devs;
>>>
>>> Does it happen to work with "Unknown" or "None"?
>>>
>> No. They explicitly request single or multi-bit ECC. Though I was told
>> that Microsoft gives exception for this requirement.
>
> Odd. Why do they care whether the VM reports (non existent) error 
> correction support.


The test probably does not realize it's a VM and SVVP runs the 2008R2 
system tests - which requires ECC memory (and PCI express bus for 
network and block devices, but that's another exception).
Y.

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>> -- 
>> Gleb.
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> - Sebastian
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