hw/i386: expose a "smbios-entry-point-type" PC machine property
commit0e4edb3b3b5770ac325f5df02689154be5e64963
authorEduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 15:11:00 +0000 (26 11:11 -0400)
committerMichael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Fri, 7 Jan 2022 10:19:55 +0000 (7 05:19 -0500)
tree661d172b19cc67e629042063d7bd34b6359fb423
parentbdf54a9a7bda0bde0c0b7b5767dd670f36ccc9e0
hw/i386: expose a "smbios-entry-point-type" PC machine property

The i440fx and Q35 machine types are both hardcoded to use the
legacy SMBIOS 2.1 (32-bit) entry point. This is a sensible
conservative choice because SeaBIOS only supports SMBIOS 2.1

EDK2, however, can also support SMBIOS 3.0 (64-bit) entry points,
and QEMU already uses this on the ARM virt machine type.

This adds a property to allow the choice of SMBIOS entry point
versions For example to opt in to 64-bit SMBIOS entry point:

   $QEMU -machine q35,smbios-entry-point-type=64

Based on a patch submitted by Daniel Berrangé.

Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20211026151100.1691925-4-ehabkost@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
hw/i386/pc.c
hw/i386/pc_piix.c
hw/i386/pc_q35.c
include/hw/i386/pc.h