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Tsirkin" To: Igor Mammedov Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, peter.maydell@linaro.org, pbonzini@redhat.com, gaosong@loongson.cn, alistair.francis@wdc.com, palmer@dabbelt.com, bin.meng@windriver.com, liwei1518@gmail.com, dbarboza@ventanamicro.com, zhiwei_liu@linux.alibaba.com, anisinha@redhat.com, philmd@linaro.org, wangyanan55@huawei.com, eblake@redhat.com, armbru@redhat.com, qemu-arm@nongnu.org, qemu-riscv@nongnu.org, f.ebner@proxmox.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/19] Workaround Windows failing to find 64bit SMBIOS entry point with SeaBIOS Message-ID: <20240227104944-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> References: <20240227154749.1818189-1-imammedo@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20240227154749.1818189-1-imammedo@redhat.com> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.133.124; envelope-from=mst@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -21 X-Spam_score: -2.2 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.2 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.088, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01, T_SPF_TEMPERROR=0.01 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 04:47:30PM +0100, Igor Mammedov wrote: > Windows (10) bootloader when running on top of SeaBIOS, fails to find > SMBIOSv3 entry point. Tracing it shows that it looks for v2 anchor markers > only and not v3. Tricking it into believing that entry point is found > lets Windows successfully locate and parse SMBIOSv3 tables. Whether it > will be fixed on Windows side is not clear so here goes a workaround. > > Idea is to try build v2 tables if QEMU configuration permits, > and fallback to v3 tables otherwise. That will mask Windows issue > form majority of users. > However if VM configuration can't be described (typically large VMs) > by v2 tables, QEMU will use SMBIOSv3 and Windows will hit the issue > again. In this case complain to Microsoft and/or use UEFI instead of > SeaBIOS (requires reinstall). Sounds like the best we can do. > Default compat setting of smbios-entry-point-type after series > for pc/q35 machines: > * 9.0-newer: 'auto' > * 8.1-8.2: '64' > * 8.0-older: '32' > > Fixes: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/2008 > CC: peter.maydell@linaro.org > CC: pbonzini@redhat.com > CC: mst@redhat.com > CC: gaosong@loongson.cn > CC: alistair.francis@wdc.com > CC: palmer@dabbelt.com > CC: bin.meng@windriver.com > CC: liwei1518@gmail.com > CC: dbarboza@ventanamicro.com > CC: zhiwei_liu@linux.alibaba.com > CC: imammedo@redhat.com > CC: anisinha@redhat.com > CC: philmd@linaro.org > CC: wangyanan55@huawei.com > CC: eblake@redhat.com > CC: armbru@redhat.com > CC: qemu-arm@nongnu.org > CC: qemu-riscv@nongnu.org > CC: f.ebner@proxmox.com > > Igor Mammedov (19): > tests: smbios: make it possible to write SMBIOS only test > tests: smbios: add test for -smbios type=11 option > tests: smbios: add test for legacy mode CLI options > smbios: cleanup smbios_get_tables() from legacy handling > smbios: get rid of smbios_smp_sockets global > smbios: get rid of smbios_legacy global > smbios: avoid mangling user provided tables > smbios: don't check type4 structures in legacy mode > smbios: build legacy mode code only for 'pc' machine > smbios: handle errors consistently > smbios: clear smbios_tables pointer after freeing > get rid of global smbios_ep_type > smbios: extend smbios-entry-point-type with 'auto' value > smbios: in case of entry point is 'auto' try to build v2 tables 1st > smbios: error out when building type 4 table is not possible > smbios: clear smbios_type4_count before building tables > tests: acpi/smbios: whitelist expected blobs > pc/q35: set SMBIOS entry point type to 'auto' by default > tests: acpi: update expected SSDT.dimmpxm blob > > hw/i386/fw_cfg.h | 3 +- > include/hw/firmware/smbios.h | 29 +- > hw/arm/virt.c | 6 +- > hw/i386/Kconfig | 1 + > hw/i386/fw_cfg.c | 14 +- > hw/i386/pc.c | 4 +- > hw/i386/pc_piix.c | 4 + > hw/i386/pc_q35.c | 3 + > hw/loongarch/virt.c | 7 +- > hw/riscv/virt.c | 6 +- > hw/smbios/Kconfig | 2 + > hw/smbios/meson.build | 4 + > hw/smbios/smbios.c | 481 +++++++++++---------------- > hw/smbios/smbios_legacy.c | 185 +++++++++++ > hw/smbios/smbios_legacy_stub.c | 16 + > qapi/machine.json | 5 +- > tests/data/acpi/q35/SSDT.dimmpxm | Bin 1815 -> 1815 bytes > tests/data/smbios/type11_blob | Bin 0 -> 11 bytes > tests/data/smbios/type11_blob.legacy | Bin 0 -> 10 bytes > tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c | 81 ++++- > 20 files changed, 535 insertions(+), 316 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 hw/smbios/smbios_legacy.c > create mode 100644 hw/smbios/smbios_legacy_stub.c > create mode 100644 tests/data/smbios/type11_blob > create mode 100644 tests/data/smbios/type11_blob.legacy > > -- > 2.39.3