Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] SMBIOS: Allow users to chose base board type

[Michal Privoznik]

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 <address@hidden>
> 
> 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