Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC PATCH 01/10] smbios: Add "plus VMware-Tools" to HVM_XS_SYSTEM_PRODUCT_NAME.

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/12/2013 19:35, Olaf Hering wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 12, Don Slutz wrote:
>
>> -    s = xenstore_read(HVM_XS_SYSTEM_PRODUCT_NAME, "HVM domU");
>> +    s = xenstore_read(HVM_XS_SYSTEM_PRODUCT_NAME, "HVM domU plus 
>> VMware-Tools");
> This will break other code which checks for the current string.
> (/sys/class/dmi/id/product_name)
>
> Olaf

Furthermore, the whole point of this is so the toolstack can write the
xenstore key

/local/domain/$DOMID/bios-strings/system-product-name

with a custom value which will be written into the SMBios table.

The toolstack itself should have a big "pretend to be vmware" flag for a
domain.

~Andrew

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