Re: [SeaBIOS] SMBIOS strings

[Sebastian Herbszt]

Jes Sorensen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We were looking at the dmidecode output from qemu-kvm pre-seabios and
> current qemu-kvm and noticed some of the strings have changed.
>
> The main problem with this is that certain OSes are quite sensitive to
> system changes and avoiding to change things unnecessarily would
> probably be a good thing.

Which OSes do care? Windows only?
> I wanted to check with the lists if there are any strong feelings about
> this, and whether some of these changes were made for specific reasons?
>
> For example:
>
> Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
> BIOS Information
>   Vendor: QEMU
>   Version: QEMU
>   Vendor: Bochs
>   Version: Bochs
>  Release Date: 01/01/2007
>  Address: 0xE8000
>  Runtime Size: 96 kB

You can configure this with CONFIG_APPNAME.
> and this:
>
> Handle 0x0401, DMI type 4, 32 bytes
> Processor Information
>   Socket Designation: CPU 1
>   Socket Designation: CPU01
>  Type: Central Processor
>  Family: Other
>   Manufacturer: QEMU
>   ID: 63 06 00 00 FD FB 8B 07
>   Manufacturer: Bochs
>   ID: 23 06 00 00 FD FB 8B 07
>  Version: Not Specified
>  Voltage: Unknown
>  External Clock: Unknown
>
> I guess the Socket Designation in particular might have been done for a
> reason?
>
> Otherwise, if there are no objections, I'll look at adding some patches
> to make it more backwards compatible.
>
> Cheers,
> Jes

Is the different ID displayed on the same VM configuration (esp. -cpu option) ?
The value is gained by calling CPUID so it should not be different.

Which pre-seabios qemu-kvm bios are you comparing to?

Sebastian