Re: [DISCUSSION] Allow ACPI default OEM ID and OEM table ID fields to be set.

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 02:27:11PM +0100, Antoine Damhet wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> We recently found out that some softwares are effectively crashing
> when they detect qemu's `OEM ID` or `OEM table ID` in the ACPI tables.
> 
> I see no reason not to expose the setting to the user/command-line. A
> previous patch has been submitted in 2015[1] but did not get through
> because (if I understand correctly) using the IDs on the `SLIC`, `BXPC`
> and `RSDT` tables were enough at the time.
> 
> If you agree, I am willing to forward port the patches of M. Jones but I
> need to ask how it would work `Signed-Off`-wise ?

On this point, the patch I sent was actually written by
Michael Tokarev, I was only trying to get them upstream.

Rich.

> Thanks in advance for your time,
> 
> PS: the softwares will crash if the signature is found in any of the
>     exposed tables.
> 
> [1]: 
> https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/1441220618-4750-1-git-send-email-rjones@redhat.com/
> 
> -- 
> Antoine 'xdbob' Damhet

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