Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] i386: Add a Virtual Machine Generation ID device.

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>]

Il 10/08/2014 13:32, Gal Hammer ha scritto:
> Based on Microsoft's sepecifications (paper can be dowloaded from
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=260709), add a device
> description to the SSDT ACPI table.
> 
> The GUID is set using a new "-vmgenid" command line parameter.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gal Hammer <ghammer@redhat.com>
> ---
>  hw/i386/acpi-build.c  | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>  hw/i386/ssdt-misc.dsl | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  qemu-options.hx       |  9 +++++++++
>  vl.c                  | 11 +++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 76 insertions(+)

Please make this a new device (like pvpanic), instead of adding a new
command-line option.

> 
> +    Scope(\_SB) {
> +
> +        Device(VMGI) {
> +            Name(_HID, "QEMU0002")
> +            Name(_CID, "VM_Gen_Counter")
> +            Name(_DDN, "VM_Gen_Counter")
> +
> +            ACPI_EXTRACT_NAME_DWORD_CONST ssdt_acpi_vm_gid_addr
> +            Name(VGIA, 0x12345678)
> +
> +            ACPI_EXTRACT_NAME_BUFFER16 ssdt_acpi_vm_gid
> +            Name(VGID, Buffer(16) {
> +                0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
> +                0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 })
> +
> +            Method(_STA, 0, NotSerialized) {
> +                Store(VGIA, Local0)
> +                If (LEqual(Local0, Zero)) {
> +                    Return (0x00)
> +                } Else {
> +                    Return (0x0F)
> +                }
> +            }
> +
> +            Method(ADDR, 0, Serialized) {
> +                Store(Package(2) { }, Local0)
> +                Store(VGIA, Index(Local0, 0))
> +                Store(0x0000, Index(Local0, 1))
> +                return (Local0)
> +            }
> +        }
> +    }
> +

Please either put this in the DSDT, or omit the Device altogether if you
put it in the SSDT and there is no VMGID device.

Thanks,

Paolo