Bug 11229 - Different major versions of QEMU produce different RMC fingerprints
Summary: Different major versions of QEMU produce different RMC fingerprints
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: BSPs
Classification: Build System, Metadata & Runtime
Component: bsps-meta-intel (show other bugs)
Version: 2.4
Hardware: x86 Multiple
: Medium normal
Target Milestone: 2.3
Assignee: Todor Minchev
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Reported: 2017-03-23 16:17 UTC by Todor Minchev
Modified: 2017-03-31 22:00 UTC (History)
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Description Todor Minchev 2017-03-23 16:17:12 UTC 
QEMU inserts its default machine type into the processor information field (SMBIOS type 2 structure) which results in different fingerprints. This needs some investigation, we should not have to maintain separate RMC database records for each version of QEMU.
Comment 1 Todor Minchev 2017-03-31 22:00:41 UTC 
This should not really be fixed in RMC. RMC uses whatever processor type is reported by smbios to generate a board fingerprint. Qemu modifies the processor type field in each of its releases. Therefore to support multiple qemu releases with the same rmc.db record, we should use a common machine type by passing "-machine" parameter when qemu is started. 

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