[SeaBIOS] Re: [PATCH 2/2] bios_date: Introduce fw_cfg to set SystemBiosDate

[Gerd Hoffmann]

Hi,
> In some cases when the SMBIOS tables are small enough (both in legacy
> and non-legacy mode) - These tables are allocated in FSEG instead of
> high-mem, specifically Type0->release_date string which might cause
> SystemBiosDate to change - depending on its value. This leads to an
> inconsistent behaviour that depends on the SMBIOS table sizes.
>
> We fix this inconsistency by controlling which dates appear in FSEG:
> * Introducing fw_cfg key 'etc/win-bios-date' to control the date
>   that appears in FSEG(0xFFF5).

I don't think we need a separate fw_cfg file for this.

If qemu provides a type0 table we can just take the date from it.

If qemu does not provide a type0 table we should not have a
inconsistency in the first place.

cheers,
  Gerd