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Jason Andryuk 9aeb3a20c4 xl/libxl: Add ability to specify SMBIOS strings
hvm_xs_strings.h specifies xenstore entries which can be used to set or
override smbios strings.  hvmloader has support for reading them, but
xl/libxl support is not wired up.

Allow specifying the strings with the new xl.cfg option:
smbios=["bios_vendor=Xen Project","system_version=1.0"]

In terms of strings, the SMBIOS specification 3.5 says:
https://www.dmtf.org/sites/default/files/standards/documents/DSP0134_3.5.0.pdf
"""
Strings must be encoded as UTF-8 with no byte order mark (BOM). For
compatibility with older SMBIOS parsers, US-ASCII characters should be
used.  NOTE There is no limit on the length of each individual text
string. However, the length of the entire structure table (including all
strings) must be reported in the Structure Table Length field of the
32-bit Structure Table Entry Point (see 5.2.1) and/or the Structure
Table Maximum Size field of the 64-bit Structure Table Entry Point (see
5.2.2).
"""

The strings aren't checked for utf-8 or length.  hvmloader has a sanity
check on the overall length.

The libxl_smbios_type enum starts at 1 since otherwise the 0th key is
not printed in the json output.

Signed-off-by: Jason Andryuk <jandryuk@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com>
2023-03-15 18:41:46 +00:00
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