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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] SMBIOS: Allow users to chose base
	board type
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To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: rth@twiddle.net

On 20.05.2015 11:24, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> 
> 
> On 20/05/2015 11:15, Michal Privoznik wrote:
>> So far we only mistakenly claimed support for selecting base
>> board type. This patch finally implements it. There's an enum in
>> SMBIOS specification that lays out all the possible values.
>> Therefore, the type is taken as an integer of the corresponding
>> string value.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
> 
> The possible values are:
> 
> 	01h     Unknown
> 	02h     Other
> 	03h     Server Blade
> 	04h     Connectivity Switch
> 	05h     System Management Module
> 	06h     Processor Module
> 	07h     I/O Module
> 	08h     Memory Module
> 	09h     Daughter board
> 	0Ah     Motherboard (includes processor, memory, and I/O)
> 	0Bh     Processor/Memory Module
> 	0Ch     Processor/IO Module
> 	0Dh     Interconnect Board
> 
> What is the usecase?

I've got this bug on me:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1220527

It's request to implement Type 2 in libvirt. However, while implementing
that, I found out not all fields are supported in qemu. So I've posted a
patch.

Michal