Re: [Xen-devel] SMBIOS UUID

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/12/16 19:05, Dejan Markic wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> sorry, as this might be a stupid question for some of you, but I
> wonder why here:
>
> https://github.com/mirage/xen/blob/master/tools/firmware/hvmloader/smbios.c#L438
>
>
> You allow almost everything to be overwritten in SMBIOS type 1 table
> except the UUID.

Probably only because whomever implemented the code didn't need to do that.

> Would there be any problems if UUID was also picked up from xenstore
> with, for instance, HVM_XS_SYSTEM_UUID?

The UUID is currently picked up from the domain's UUID stored in Xen, so
is currently under toolstack control.

I don't see a particular problem with being able to specify it via
xenstore.  What is your usecase here?

~Andrew

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