From: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
To: minyard@acm.org
Cc: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 01/16] smbios: Add a function to directly add an entry
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:46:15 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <50043747.6050801@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1342383911-6094-1-git-send-email-minyard@acm.org>
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On 07/15/2012 02:24 PM, minyard@acm.org wrote:
> From: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>
>
> There was no way to directly add a table entry to the SMBIOS table,
> even though the BIOS supports this. So add a function to do this.
> This is in preparation for the IPMI handler adding it's SMBIOS table
> entry.
>
> Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>
> ---
> hw/smbios.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> hw/smbios.h | 15 ++++++++-------
> 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
Are you planning to expose this via the command line? Libvirt would
like the ability to set arbitrary name/value pairs in SMBIOS (such as
asset tag in the type 3 page), rather than the current limitation of
only being able to set pre-defined names in just type 0 and 1 sections.
--
Eric Blake eblake@redhat.com +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-15 20:24 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 01/16] smbios: Add a function to directly add an entry minyard
2012-07-15 20:24 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 02/16] pc: move SMBIOS setup to after device init minyard
2012-07-15 20:24 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 03/16] vl: Move init_timer_alarm() earlier minyard
2012-07-15 20:24 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 04/16] qemu-char: Allocate CharDriverState in qemu_chr_new_from_opts minyard
2012-07-15 20:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 05/16] qemu-char: Allow a chardev to reconnect if disconnected minyard
2012-07-15 20:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 06/16] qemu-char: Fix a race reporting opens and closes minyard
2012-07-15 20:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 07/16] qemu-char: remove free of chr from win_stdio_close minyard
2012-07-15 20:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 08/16] qemu-char: Close fd at end of file minyard
2012-07-15 20:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 09/16] qdev: Add a pre-firmware init capability minyard
2012-07-15 20:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 10/16] qom: release previous object when setting minyard
2012-07-16 6:24 ` Paolo Bonzini
2012-07-17 0:07 ` Corey Minyard
2012-07-15 20:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/16] Add a base IPMI interface minyard
2012-07-15 20:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 12/16] IPMI: Add a PC ISA type structure minyard
2012-07-16 7:16 ` Paolo Bonzini
2012-07-17 0:16 ` Corey Minyard
2012-07-15 20:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 13/16] IPMI: Add a KCS low-level interface minyard
2012-07-15 20:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 14/16] IPMI: Add a BT " minyard
2012-07-15 20:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 15/16] IPMI: Add a local BMC simulation minyard
2012-07-15 20:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 16/16] IPMI: Add an external connection simulation interface minyard
2012-07-15 21:05 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 01/16] smbios: Add a function to directly add an entry Corey Minyard
2012-07-16 15:46 ` Eric Blake [this message]
2012-07-17 0:06 ` Corey Minyard
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