Hi, > > I suspect smbios 3.0 (64-bit entry point) is already supported. > > > > With current qemu and all the smbios fixes in the last cycle, perhaps this > > is > > mainly just setting smbios_entry_point_type to SMBIOS_ENTRY_POINT_TYPE_64 if > > MachineState::smp::max_cpus is bigger than 720 (e.g. in pc_q35_init()?) > > The need for the 64-bit entry point depends on a combination of RAM config > and CPU count. IMHO we need to unconditionally switch the latest machine > types to use the 64-bit entry point by default, rather than trying to infer > some special condition to dynamically change on the fly. > > Before doing that we need confirmation that our firmware builds in qemu.git > (SeaBIOS and EDK2) will be happy with the 64-bit EP. I suspect they should > be fine by now, but I've CC'd Gerd to confirm.
edk2 is ready for quite a while (years). seabios was lagging behind for a long time, but smbios 3.0 support finally landed early last year, in release 1.16.0 (qemu 7.0). So, yes, firmware-wise we are ready to flip the default now. take care, Gerd
