From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:51293) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TjfUl-0003TL-4p for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:21:17 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TjfUg-0006ZF-90 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:20:47 -0500 Received: from indium.canonical.com ([91.189.90.7]:42919) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TjfUf-0006ZB-Tj for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:20:42 -0500 Received: from loganberry.canonical.com ([91.189.90.37]) by indium.canonical.com with esmtp (Exim 4.71 #1 (Debian)) id 1TjfUf-0003gt-B3 for ; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:20:41 +0000 Received: from loganberry.canonical.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by loganberry.canonical.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47BF62E807E for ; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:20:41 +0000 (UTC) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:14:27 -0000 From: Cole Robinson <1090604@bugs.launchpad.net> Sender: bounces@canonical.com References: <20121215001427.24095.85792.malonedeb@soybean.canonical.com> Message-Id: <20121215001427.24095.85792.malonedeb@soybean.canonical.com> Errors-To: bounces@canonical.com Subject: [Qemu-devel] [Bug 1090604] [NEW] RFE: Implement support for SMBIOS Type 41 structures Reply-To: Bug 1090604 <1090604@bugs.launchpad.net> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Public bug reported: This was originally filed in Fedora bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3D669955 """ Please extend the existing support for SMBIOS in qemu to add a capability t= o provide "Onboard Devices Extended Information" (Type 41). Not only is thi= s replacing one of the existing types, but it also provides a mapping betwe= en devices and physical system chassis locations. But there is no physical = chassis! Right. However, this doesn't mean you don't want to tell the guest= OS which virtual (e.g. network) interface is which. You can do that, if yo= u implement this extension that is already going into real hardware, and li= kely other VMs too. See also page 117 of the v2.7 of the SMBIOS spec. FWIW, VMware ESX and Workstation expose their PCI NICs in the PCI IRQ Routi= ng Table. Kind of odd the first time you see it with biosdevname, as your = NIC becomes pci3#1, but that's "correct" from a BIOS perspective. :-) """ ** Affects: qemu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- = You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1090604 Title: RFE: Implement support for SMBIOS Type 41 structures Status in QEMU: New Bug description: This was originally filed in Fedora bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3D669955 """ Please extend the existing support for SMBIOS in qemu to add a capability= to provide "Onboard Devices Extended Information" (Type 41). Not only is t= his replacing one of the existing types, but it also provides a mapping bet= ween devices and physical system chassis locations. But there is no physica= l chassis! Right. However, this doesn't mean you don't want to tell the gue= st OS which virtual (e.g. network) interface is which. You can do that, if = you implement this extension that is already going into real hardware, and = likely other VMs too. See also page 117 of the v2.7 of the SMBIOS spec. FWIW, VMware ESX and Workstation expose their PCI NICs in the PCI IRQ Rou= ting Table. Kind of odd the first time you see it with biosdevname, as you= r NIC becomes pci3#1, but that's "correct" from a BIOS perspective. :-) """ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1090604/+subscriptions