Re: [kvm-devel] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2 of 3] Optionally link against libuuid if present

["Filip Navara" <filip.navara@gmail.com>]

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The specific VMware backdoor call isn't implemented, but the framework is
there and it wouldn't be hard to add support for it. The BIOS can fallback
to some "reasonable" value if the backdoor isn't available.

Best regards,
Filip Navara

On Jan 20, 2008 5:20 PM, Alexander Graf <alex@csgraf.de> wrote:

>
> On Jan 20, 2008, at 2:17 PM, Filip Navara wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > attached is a patch that implements the SMBIOS within the Bochs BIOS
> > code. Complete list of changes:
> >
> > - Added generation of SSDT ACPI table that contains definitions for
> > available processors.
> > - Added basic implementation of SMBIOS.
> > - Added querying of BIOS UUID using VMware backdoor I/O port (enable
> > only if BX_QEMU is defined).
> > - Added RTC device to ACPI DSDT table.
> >
>
> This is great news. I was eagerly waiting for this. It looks like this
> fixes most problems I had with running Mac OS X as a guest OS. I will
> definitely try this tomorrow and tell you the results.
>
> Is the VMWare I/O backdoor implemented already or is this patch meant
> to be applied on top of another patch?
>
> Regards,
>
> Alex
>
>

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