[Xen-changelog] [xen-3.4-testing] hvmloader: Advertise ECC memory in SMBIOS tables.

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# HG changeset patch
# User Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxx>
# Date 1259310506 0
# Node ID 87ff5a18039d3932774887ec1fef473e5dc32918
# Parent  a5d8227c81338e27fd708ff861b1f46dbcdf11b9
hvmloader: Advertise ECC memory in SMBIOS tables.

Microsoft's Windows logo certified hardware requires ECC; since the
SVVP certification runs the same test on the guest, Xen domains will
currently fail it.

From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxx>
xen-unstable changeset:   20492:12644e457c37
xen-unstable date:        Wed Nov 25 14:04:46 2009 +0000
---
 tools/firmware/hvmloader/smbios.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -r a5d8227c8133 -r 87ff5a18039d tools/firmware/hvmloader/smbios.c
--- a/tools/firmware/hvmloader/smbios.c Fri Nov 27 08:27:49 2009 +0000
+++ b/tools/firmware/hvmloader/smbios.c Fri Nov 27 08:28:26 2009 +0000
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ smbios_type_16_init(void *start, uint32_
     
     p->location = 0x01; /* other */
     p->use = 0x03; /* system memory */
-    p->error_correction = 0x01; /* other */
+    p->error_correction = 0x06; /* Multi-bit ECC to make Microsoft happy */
     p->maximum_capacity = memsize * 1024;
     p->memory_error_information_handle = 0xfffe; /* none provided */
     p->number_of_memory_devices = nr_mem_devs;

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