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

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>]

On 22.11.2009 18:39, Sebastian Herbszt wrote:
> Gleb Natapov wrote:
>> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 05:51:41PM +0100, Sebastian Herbszt wrote:
>>> Is the requirement for "Targeted Content Delivery" specified
>>> somewhere with something more
>>> clear than "SMBIOS data is useful in identifying the computer for
>>> targeted delivery of
>>> model-specific software and firmware content" (e.g. changing BIOS
>>> version, release date, etc.)?
>>>
>>> >@@ -130,8 +131,8 @@ smbios_init_type_1(void *start)
>>> >    p->header.length = sizeof(struct smbios_type_1);
>>> >    p->header.handle = 0x100;
>>> >
>>> >-    load_str_field_or_skip(1, manufacturer_str);
>>> >-    load_str_field_or_skip(1, product_name_str);
>>> >+    load_str_field_with_default(1, manufacturer_str, "QEMU");
>>> >+    load_str_field_with_default(1, product_name_str, "QEMU");
>>>
>>> Use "QEMU Virtual Platform" product name derivated from "VMware
>>> Virtual Platform" ?
>>> Use "QEMU Project" or "QEMU Community" throughout for manufacturer
>>> name?
>> I'll change this to use defines as per Kevin's request, so to keep
>> number of defines to minimum
>> lets make it "QEMU Project" everywhere.
>
> Will you introduce something like CONFIG_SYSVENDOR? Would be useful in
> case some other project
> (Bochs, Xen?) starts to use seabios.

coreboot already uses SeaBIOS on various x86 hardware platforms.

Regards,
Carl-Daniel

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