[SeaBIOS] [PATCH 2/2] smbios: allow vendor/manufacturer/version/product names be set on config.h

[Eduardo Habkost]

On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 11:09:08AM +0200, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> On 6/18/10 10:19 PM, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
> > Instead of using the same string for every field, let those fields to be set
> > individually on config.h
> >
> > The current default value is kept (CONFIG_APPNAME), but it should allow
> > fine-tuned configuration at build-time on config.h.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost at redhat.com>
> >   
> Out of curiosity: What's the use case?

Basically it is to give better vendor/product information on the smbios
tags for KVM virtual machines running on RHEL hosts. The most relevant
field for me is the BIOS name/version field on smbios, that can be used
to identify the specific SeaBIOS build being used, but I also want to
set better defaults for the other fields, in case they are not
explicitly set by the Qemu process.

On my case, I don't plan to customize all the defines: some smbios
fields and the ACPI stuff was added just for completeness. The rationale
is that CONFIG_APPNAME is useful, but it affects too many different
fields, so I am making the existing config option a bit more flexible.

-- 
Eduardo