hw/i386/fw_cfg.h | 3 +- include/hw/firmware/smbios.h | 29 +- hw/arm/virt.c | 6 +- hw/i386/Kconfig | 1 + hw/i386/fw_cfg.c | 14 +- hw/i386/pc.c | 4 +- hw/i386/pc_piix.c | 4 + hw/i386/pc_q35.c | 3 + hw/loongarch/virt.c | 7 +- hw/riscv/virt.c | 6 +- hw/smbios/Kconfig | 2 + hw/smbios/meson.build | 4 + hw/smbios/smbios.c | 481 +++++++++++---------------- hw/smbios/smbios_legacy.c | 185 +++++++++++ hw/smbios/smbios_legacy_stub.c | 16 + qapi/machine.json | 5 +- tests/data/acpi/q35/SSDT.dimmpxm | Bin 1815 -> 1815 bytes tests/data/smbios/type11_blob | Bin 0 -> 11 bytes tests/data/smbios/type11_blob.legacy | Bin 0 -> 10 bytes tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c | 81 ++++- 20 files changed, 535 insertions(+), 316 deletions(-) create mode 100644 hw/smbios/smbios_legacy.c create mode 100644 hw/smbios/smbios_legacy_stub.c create mode 100644 tests/data/smbios/type11_blob create mode 100644 tests/data/smbios/type11_blob.legacy
Windows (10) bootloader when running on top of SeaBIOS, fails to find
SMBIOSv3 entry point. Tracing it shows that it looks for v2 anchor markers
only and not v3. Tricking it into believing that entry point is found
lets Windows successfully locate and parse SMBIOSv3 tables. Whether it
will be fixed on Windows side is not clear so here goes a workaround.
Idea is to try build v2 tables if QEMU configuration permits,
and fallback to v3 tables otherwise. That will mask Windows issue
form majority of users.
However if VM configuration can't be described (typically large VMs)
by v2 tables, QEMU will use SMBIOSv3 and Windows will hit the issue
again. In this case complain to Microsoft and/or use UEFI instead of
SeaBIOS (requires reinstall).
Default compat setting of smbios-entry-point-type after series
for pc/q35 machines:
* 9.0-newer: 'auto'
* 8.1-8.2: '64'
* 8.0-older: '32'
Fixes: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/2008
CC: peter.maydell@linaro.org
CC: pbonzini@redhat.com
CC: mst@redhat.com
CC: gaosong@loongson.cn
CC: alistair.francis@wdc.com
CC: palmer@dabbelt.com
CC: bin.meng@windriver.com
CC: liwei1518@gmail.com
CC: dbarboza@ventanamicro.com
CC: zhiwei_liu@linux.alibaba.com
CC: imammedo@redhat.com
CC: anisinha@redhat.com
CC: philmd@linaro.org
CC: wangyanan55@huawei.com
CC: eblake@redhat.com
CC: armbru@redhat.com
CC: qemu-arm@nongnu.org
CC: qemu-riscv@nongnu.org
CC: f.ebner@proxmox.com
Igor Mammedov (19):
tests: smbios: make it possible to write SMBIOS only test
tests: smbios: add test for -smbios type=11 option
tests: smbios: add test for legacy mode CLI options
smbios: cleanup smbios_get_tables() from legacy handling
smbios: get rid of smbios_smp_sockets global
smbios: get rid of smbios_legacy global
smbios: avoid mangling user provided tables
smbios: don't check type4 structures in legacy mode
smbios: build legacy mode code only for 'pc' machine
smbios: handle errors consistently
smbios: clear smbios_tables pointer after freeing
get rid of global smbios_ep_type
smbios: extend smbios-entry-point-type with 'auto' value
smbios: in case of entry point is 'auto' try to build v2 tables 1st
smbios: error out when building type 4 table is not possible
smbios: clear smbios_type4_count before building tables
tests: acpi/smbios: whitelist expected blobs
pc/q35: set SMBIOS entry point type to 'auto' by default
tests: acpi: update expected SSDT.dimmpxm blob
hw/i386/fw_cfg.h | 3 +-
include/hw/firmware/smbios.h | 29 +-
hw/arm/virt.c | 6 +-
hw/i386/Kconfig | 1 +
hw/i386/fw_cfg.c | 14 +-
hw/i386/pc.c | 4 +-
hw/i386/pc_piix.c | 4 +
hw/i386/pc_q35.c | 3 +
hw/loongarch/virt.c | 7 +-
hw/riscv/virt.c | 6 +-
hw/smbios/Kconfig | 2 +
hw/smbios/meson.build | 4 +
hw/smbios/smbios.c | 481 +++++++++++----------------
hw/smbios/smbios_legacy.c | 185 +++++++++++
hw/smbios/smbios_legacy_stub.c | 16 +
qapi/machine.json | 5 +-
tests/data/acpi/q35/SSDT.dimmpxm | Bin 1815 -> 1815 bytes
tests/data/smbios/type11_blob | Bin 0 -> 11 bytes
tests/data/smbios/type11_blob.legacy | Bin 0 -> 10 bytes
tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c | 81 ++++-
20 files changed, 535 insertions(+), 316 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 hw/smbios/smbios_legacy.c
create mode 100644 hw/smbios/smbios_legacy_stub.c
create mode 100644 tests/data/smbios/type11_blob
create mode 100644 tests/data/smbios/type11_blob.legacy
--
2.39.3
On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 04:47:30PM +0100, Igor Mammedov wrote: > Windows (10) bootloader when running on top of SeaBIOS, fails to find > SMBIOSv3 entry point. Tracing it shows that it looks for v2 anchor markers > only and not v3. Tricking it into believing that entry point is found > lets Windows successfully locate and parse SMBIOSv3 tables. Whether it > will be fixed on Windows side is not clear so here goes a workaround. > > Idea is to try build v2 tables if QEMU configuration permits, > and fallback to v3 tables otherwise. That will mask Windows issue > form majority of users. > However if VM configuration can't be described (typically large VMs) > by v2 tables, QEMU will use SMBIOSv3 and Windows will hit the issue > again. In this case complain to Microsoft and/or use UEFI instead of > SeaBIOS (requires reinstall). Sounds like the best we can do. > Default compat setting of smbios-entry-point-type after series > for pc/q35 machines: > * 9.0-newer: 'auto' > * 8.1-8.2: '64' > * 8.0-older: '32' > > Fixes: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/2008 > CC: peter.maydell@linaro.org > CC: pbonzini@redhat.com > CC: mst@redhat.com > CC: gaosong@loongson.cn > CC: alistair.francis@wdc.com > CC: palmer@dabbelt.com > CC: bin.meng@windriver.com > CC: liwei1518@gmail.com > CC: dbarboza@ventanamicro.com > CC: zhiwei_liu@linux.alibaba.com > CC: imammedo@redhat.com > CC: anisinha@redhat.com > CC: philmd@linaro.org > CC: wangyanan55@huawei.com > CC: eblake@redhat.com > CC: armbru@redhat.com > CC: qemu-arm@nongnu.org > CC: qemu-riscv@nongnu.org > CC: f.ebner@proxmox.com > > Igor Mammedov (19): > tests: smbios: make it possible to write SMBIOS only test > tests: smbios: add test for -smbios type=11 option > tests: smbios: add test for legacy mode CLI options > smbios: cleanup smbios_get_tables() from legacy handling > smbios: get rid of smbios_smp_sockets global > smbios: get rid of smbios_legacy global > smbios: avoid mangling user provided tables > smbios: don't check type4 structures in legacy mode > smbios: build legacy mode code only for 'pc' machine > smbios: handle errors consistently > smbios: clear smbios_tables pointer after freeing > get rid of global smbios_ep_type > smbios: extend smbios-entry-point-type with 'auto' value > smbios: in case of entry point is 'auto' try to build v2 tables 1st > smbios: error out when building type 4 table is not possible > smbios: clear smbios_type4_count before building tables > tests: acpi/smbios: whitelist expected blobs > pc/q35: set SMBIOS entry point type to 'auto' by default > tests: acpi: update expected SSDT.dimmpxm blob > > hw/i386/fw_cfg.h | 3 +- > include/hw/firmware/smbios.h | 29 +- > hw/arm/virt.c | 6 +- > hw/i386/Kconfig | 1 + > hw/i386/fw_cfg.c | 14 +- > hw/i386/pc.c | 4 +- > hw/i386/pc_piix.c | 4 + > hw/i386/pc_q35.c | 3 + > hw/loongarch/virt.c | 7 +- > hw/riscv/virt.c | 6 +- > hw/smbios/Kconfig | 2 + > hw/smbios/meson.build | 4 + > hw/smbios/smbios.c | 481 +++++++++++---------------- > hw/smbios/smbios_legacy.c | 185 +++++++++++ > hw/smbios/smbios_legacy_stub.c | 16 + > qapi/machine.json | 5 +- > tests/data/acpi/q35/SSDT.dimmpxm | Bin 1815 -> 1815 bytes > tests/data/smbios/type11_blob | Bin 0 -> 11 bytes > tests/data/smbios/type11_blob.legacy | Bin 0 -> 10 bytes > tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c | 81 ++++- > 20 files changed, 535 insertions(+), 316 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 hw/smbios/smbios_legacy.c > create mode 100644 hw/smbios/smbios_legacy_stub.c > create mode 100644 tests/data/smbios/type11_blob > create mode 100644 tests/data/smbios/type11_blob.legacy > > -- > 2.39.3
On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 04:47:30PM +0100, Igor Mammedov wrote: > Windows (10) bootloader when running on top of SeaBIOS, fails to find > SMBIOSv3 entry point. Tracing it shows that it looks for v2 anchor markers > only and not v3. Tricking it into believing that entry point is found > lets Windows successfully locate and parse SMBIOSv3 tables. Whether it > will be fixed on Windows side is not clear so here goes a workaround. > > Idea is to try build v2 tables if QEMU configuration permits, > and fallback to v3 tables otherwise. That will mask Windows issue > form majority of users. > However if VM configuration can't be described (typically large VMs) > by v2 tables, QEMU will use SMBIOSv3 and Windows will hit the issue > again. In this case complain to Microsoft and/or use UEFI instead of > SeaBIOS (requires reinstall). Igor so you want to repost a version with a couple of patches squashed? > Default compat setting of smbios-entry-point-type after series > for pc/q35 machines: > * 9.0-newer: 'auto' > * 8.1-8.2: '64' > * 8.0-older: '32' > > Fixes: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/2008 > CC: peter.maydell@linaro.org > CC: pbonzini@redhat.com > CC: mst@redhat.com > CC: gaosong@loongson.cn > CC: alistair.francis@wdc.com > CC: palmer@dabbelt.com > CC: bin.meng@windriver.com > CC: liwei1518@gmail.com > CC: dbarboza@ventanamicro.com > CC: zhiwei_liu@linux.alibaba.com > CC: imammedo@redhat.com > CC: anisinha@redhat.com > CC: philmd@linaro.org > CC: wangyanan55@huawei.com > CC: eblake@redhat.com > CC: armbru@redhat.com > CC: qemu-arm@nongnu.org > CC: qemu-riscv@nongnu.org > CC: f.ebner@proxmox.com > > Igor Mammedov (19): > tests: smbios: make it possible to write SMBIOS only test > tests: smbios: add test for -smbios type=11 option > tests: smbios: add test for legacy mode CLI options > smbios: cleanup smbios_get_tables() from legacy handling > smbios: get rid of smbios_smp_sockets global > smbios: get rid of smbios_legacy global > smbios: avoid mangling user provided tables > smbios: don't check type4 structures in legacy mode > smbios: build legacy mode code only for 'pc' machine > smbios: handle errors consistently > smbios: clear smbios_tables pointer after freeing > get rid of global smbios_ep_type > smbios: extend smbios-entry-point-type with 'auto' value > smbios: in case of entry point is 'auto' try to build v2 tables 1st > smbios: error out when building type 4 table is not possible > smbios: clear smbios_type4_count before building tables > tests: acpi/smbios: whitelist expected blobs > pc/q35: set SMBIOS entry point type to 'auto' by default > tests: acpi: update expected SSDT.dimmpxm blob > > hw/i386/fw_cfg.h | 3 +- > include/hw/firmware/smbios.h | 29 +- > hw/arm/virt.c | 6 +- > hw/i386/Kconfig | 1 + > hw/i386/fw_cfg.c | 14 +- > hw/i386/pc.c | 4 +- > hw/i386/pc_piix.c | 4 + > hw/i386/pc_q35.c | 3 + > hw/loongarch/virt.c | 7 +- > hw/riscv/virt.c | 6 +- > hw/smbios/Kconfig | 2 + > hw/smbios/meson.build | 4 + > hw/smbios/smbios.c | 481 +++++++++++---------------- > hw/smbios/smbios_legacy.c | 185 +++++++++++ > hw/smbios/smbios_legacy_stub.c | 16 + > qapi/machine.json | 5 +- > tests/data/acpi/q35/SSDT.dimmpxm | Bin 1815 -> 1815 bytes > tests/data/smbios/type11_blob | Bin 0 -> 11 bytes > tests/data/smbios/type11_blob.legacy | Bin 0 -> 10 bytes > tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c | 81 ++++- > 20 files changed, 535 insertions(+), 316 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 hw/smbios/smbios_legacy.c > create mode 100644 hw/smbios/smbios_legacy_stub.c > create mode 100644 tests/data/smbios/type11_blob > create mode 100644 tests/data/smbios/type11_blob.legacy > > -- > 2.39.3
On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 05:08:05 -0500 "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 04:47:30PM +0100, Igor Mammedov wrote: > > Windows (10) bootloader when running on top of SeaBIOS, fails to find > > SMBIOSv3 entry point. Tracing it shows that it looks for v2 anchor markers > > only and not v3. Tricking it into believing that entry point is found > > lets Windows successfully locate and parse SMBIOSv3 tables. Whether it > > will be fixed on Windows side is not clear so here goes a workaround. > > > > Idea is to try build v2 tables if QEMU configuration permits, > > and fallback to v3 tables otherwise. That will mask Windows issue > > form majority of users. > > However if VM configuration can't be described (typically large VMs) > > by v2 tables, QEMU will use SMBIOSv3 and Windows will hit the issue > > again. In this case complain to Microsoft and/or use UEFI instead of > > SeaBIOS (requires reinstall). > > Igor so you want to repost a version with a couple of patches squashed? requested changes where in several patches (style and making series easier to review), I'll repost series with those changes today. > > Default compat setting of smbios-entry-point-type after series > > for pc/q35 machines: > > * 9.0-newer: 'auto' > > * 8.1-8.2: '64' > > * 8.0-older: '32' > > > > Fixes: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/2008 > > CC: peter.maydell@linaro.org > > CC: pbonzini@redhat.com > > CC: mst@redhat.com > > CC: gaosong@loongson.cn > > CC: alistair.francis@wdc.com > > CC: palmer@dabbelt.com > > CC: bin.meng@windriver.com > > CC: liwei1518@gmail.com > > CC: dbarboza@ventanamicro.com > > CC: zhiwei_liu@linux.alibaba.com > > CC: imammedo@redhat.com > > CC: anisinha@redhat.com > > CC: philmd@linaro.org > > CC: wangyanan55@huawei.com > > CC: eblake@redhat.com > > CC: armbru@redhat.com > > CC: qemu-arm@nongnu.org > > CC: qemu-riscv@nongnu.org > > CC: f.ebner@proxmox.com > > > > Igor Mammedov (19): > > tests: smbios: make it possible to write SMBIOS only test > > tests: smbios: add test for -smbios type=11 option > > tests: smbios: add test for legacy mode CLI options > > smbios: cleanup smbios_get_tables() from legacy handling > > smbios: get rid of smbios_smp_sockets global > > smbios: get rid of smbios_legacy global > > smbios: avoid mangling user provided tables > > smbios: don't check type4 structures in legacy mode > > smbios: build legacy mode code only for 'pc' machine > > smbios: handle errors consistently > > smbios: clear smbios_tables pointer after freeing > > get rid of global smbios_ep_type > > smbios: extend smbios-entry-point-type with 'auto' value > > smbios: in case of entry point is 'auto' try to build v2 tables 1st > > smbios: error out when building type 4 table is not possible > > smbios: clear smbios_type4_count before building tables > > tests: acpi/smbios: whitelist expected blobs > > pc/q35: set SMBIOS entry point type to 'auto' by default > > tests: acpi: update expected SSDT.dimmpxm blob > > > > hw/i386/fw_cfg.h | 3 +- > > include/hw/firmware/smbios.h | 29 +- > > hw/arm/virt.c | 6 +- > > hw/i386/Kconfig | 1 + > > hw/i386/fw_cfg.c | 14 +- > > hw/i386/pc.c | 4 +- > > hw/i386/pc_piix.c | 4 + > > hw/i386/pc_q35.c | 3 + > > hw/loongarch/virt.c | 7 +- > > hw/riscv/virt.c | 6 +- > > hw/smbios/Kconfig | 2 + > > hw/smbios/meson.build | 4 + > > hw/smbios/smbios.c | 481 +++++++++++---------------- > > hw/smbios/smbios_legacy.c | 185 +++++++++++ > > hw/smbios/smbios_legacy_stub.c | 16 + > > qapi/machine.json | 5 +- > > tests/data/acpi/q35/SSDT.dimmpxm | Bin 1815 -> 1815 bytes > > tests/data/smbios/type11_blob | Bin 0 -> 11 bytes > > tests/data/smbios/type11_blob.legacy | Bin 0 -> 10 bytes > > tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c | 81 ++++- > > 20 files changed, 535 insertions(+), 316 deletions(-) > > create mode 100644 hw/smbios/smbios_legacy.c > > create mode 100644 hw/smbios/smbios_legacy_stub.c > > create mode 100644 tests/data/smbios/type11_blob > > create mode 100644 tests/data/smbios/type11_blob.legacy > > > > -- > > 2.39.3 >
Am 27.02.24 um 16:47 schrieb Igor Mammedov: > Windows (10) bootloader when running on top of SeaBIOS, fails to find > SMBIOSv3 entry point. Tracing it shows that it looks for v2 anchor markers > only and not v3. Tricking it into believing that entry point is found > lets Windows successfully locate and parse SMBIOSv3 tables. Whether it > will be fixed on Windows side is not clear so here goes a workaround. > > Idea is to try build v2 tables if QEMU configuration permits, > and fallback to v3 tables otherwise. That will mask Windows issue > form majority of users. > However if VM configuration can't be described (typically large VMs) > by v2 tables, QEMU will use SMBIOSv3 and Windows will hit the issue > again. In this case complain to Microsoft and/or use UEFI instead of > SeaBIOS (requires reinstall). > > Default compat setting of smbios-entry-point-type after series > for pc/q35 machines: > * 9.0-newer: 'auto' > * 8.1-8.2: '64' > * 8.0-older: '32' > > Fixes: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/2008 Thank you! I'm happy to confirm that this series works around the issue :) Best Regards, Fiona
Am 29.02.24 um 14:18 schrieb Fiona Ebner: > Am 27.02.24 um 16:47 schrieb Igor Mammedov: >> Windows (10) bootloader when running on top of SeaBIOS, fails to find >> SMBIOSv3 entry point. Tracing it shows that it looks for v2 anchor markers >> only and not v3. Tricking it into believing that entry point is found >> lets Windows successfully locate and parse SMBIOSv3 tables. Whether it >> will be fixed on Windows side is not clear so here goes a workaround. >> >> Idea is to try build v2 tables if QEMU configuration permits, >> and fallback to v3 tables otherwise. That will mask Windows issue >> form majority of users. >> However if VM configuration can't be described (typically large VMs) >> by v2 tables, QEMU will use SMBIOSv3 and Windows will hit the issue >> again. In this case complain to Microsoft and/or use UEFI instead of >> SeaBIOS (requires reinstall). >> >> Default compat setting of smbios-entry-point-type after series >> for pc/q35 machines: >> * 9.0-newer: 'auto' >> * 8.1-8.2: '64' >> * 8.0-older: '32' >> >> Fixes: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/2008 > > Thank you! I'm happy to confirm that this series works around the issue :) > While I still didn't do any in-depth testing (don't have enough knowledge for that anyways), I played around a bit more now, check that nothing obvious breaks also with a Linux VM and also ran a successful 'make check'. If that is enough, feel free to add: Tested-by: Fiona Ebner <f.ebner@proxmox.com> Best Regards, Fiona
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