From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ryan Harper Subject: Re: DMI BIOS String Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:03:51 -0500 Message-ID: <20110822200351.GY5792@us.ibm.com> References: <36364596.872670.1314014107101.JavaMail.root@zmail07.collab.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Andrew Cathrow , kvm@vger.kernel.org To: Derek Return-path: Received: from e4.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.144]:41403 "EHLO e4.ny.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753370Ab1HVUED (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:04:03 -0400 Received: from d01relay01.pok.ibm.com (d01relay01.pok.ibm.com [9.56.227.233]) by e4.ny.us.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.13.1) with ESMTP id p7MJenOl031734 for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:40:49 -0400 Received: from d01av01.pok.ibm.com (d01av01.pok.ibm.com [9.56.224.215]) by d01relay01.pok.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id p7MK3wvh169590 for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:03:58 -0400 Received: from d01av01.pok.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d01av01.pok.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.13.1/NCO v10.0 AVout) with ESMTP id p7MK3tjF014223 for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:03:58 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <36364596.872670.1314014107101.JavaMail.root@zmail07.collab.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: * Andrew Cathrow [2011-08-22 06:55]: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Derek" > > To: kvm@vger.kernel.org > > Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 11:52:19 PM > > Subject: DMI BIOS String > > Hi Folks, > > > > I could not track down any solid info on modifying the DMI BIOS > > string. > > qemu-kvm -help | grep bios > > -smbios file=binary for binary mode, this commit message is most helpful commit b6f6e3d3a71cee61320216a42940cfaa9b42a162 Author: aliguori Date: Fri Apr 17 18:59:56 2009 +0000 qemu: Add support for SMBIOS command line otions (Alex Williamson) Create a new -smbios option (x86-only) to allow binary SMBIOS entries to be passed through to the BIOS or modify the default values of individual fields of type 0 and 1 entries on the command line. Binary SMBIOS entries can be generated as follows: dmidecode -t 1 -u | grep $'^\t\t[^"]' | xargs -n1 | \ perl -lne 'printf "%c", hex($_)' > smbios_type_1.bin These can then be passed to the BIOS using this switch: -smbios file=smbios_type_1.bin Command line generation supports the following syntax: -smbios type=0[,vendor=str][,version=str][,date=str][,release=%d.%d] -smbios type=1[,manufacturer=str][,product=str][,version=str][,serial=str] [,uuid=$(uuidgen)][,sku=str][,family=str] For instance, to add a serial number to the type 1 table: -smbios type=1,serial=0123456789 Interface is extensible to support more fields/tables as needed. aliguori: remove texi formatting from help output Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori > -smbios type=0[,vendor=str][,version=str][,date=str][,release=%d.%d] > -smbios type=1[,manufacturer=str][,product=str][,version=str][,serial=str] > > or if you're using libvirt > http://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsSysinfo > > > > > > For example, in VirtualBox you can use 'vboxmanage setsextradata' to > > set the BIOS product and vendor string per VM. > > > > Any ideas if this is possible with KVM? > > > > Thanks, > > Derek-- > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- Ryan Harper Software Engineer; Linux Technology Center IBM Corp., Austin, Tx ryanh@us.ibm.com