On 16/03/2023 7:53 am, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 06.03.2023 21:40, Jason Andryuk wrote:
>> 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.  This patches adds a new xl.cfg option
>> and libxl support to write the xenstore strings.
>>
>> The xl syntax looks like:
>> smbios=["bios_vendor=Xen Project","system_version=1.0"]
>>
>> The Go binding generation needed extending to support Arrays inside a
>> KeyedUnion, which is what the first patch does.  The generated go code
>> builds, but it is otherwise untested.
>>
>> There are also oem strings, oem-1..oem-99, that HVM loader supports.
>> xl parse multiple oem strings like smbios=["oem=A,oem=B"], libxl then
>> iterates over them and assigned to the oem-%d entries.  Both xl and
>> libxl check that the 99 string limit isn't exceeded.
>>
>> The rendered man page and html don't have a newline at the end of the
>> new section after patch 2.
>> """
>>            battery_device_name=STRING
>>        ms_vm_genid="OPTION"
>> """
>>
>> however the txt format is correct:
>> """
>>         battery_device_name=STRING
>>
>>     ms_vm_genid="OPTION"
>> """
>>
>> It goes away after patch 3 is applied since it adds text about the "oem"
>> option in between the two lines above.  I'm at a loss as to why this is
>> happening.
>>
>> v4 is a rebase and resend of v3.
>>
>> Jason Andryuk (3):
>>   golang/xenlight: Extend KeyedUnion to support Arrays
>>   xl/libxl: Add ability to specify SMBIOS strings
>>   xl/libxl: Add OEM string support to smbios
>>
>>  docs/man/xl.cfg.5.pod.in             | 49 +++++++++++++++++++
>>  tools/golang/xenlight/gengotypes.py  | 41 +++++++++-------
>>  tools/golang/xenlight/helpers.gen.go | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++
>>  tools/golang/xenlight/types.gen.go   | 28 +++++++++++
>>  tools/include/libxl.h                |  5 ++
>>  tools/libs/light/libxl_dom.c         | 33 +++++++++++++
>>  tools/libs/light/libxl_types.idl     | 27 +++++++++++
>>  tools/xl/xl_parse.c                  | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>  8 files changed, 288 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> Is this work something that's worth mentioning in CHANGELOG.md?

Yes.  Thanks for remembering - I'd forgotten.

~Andrew

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