[PATCH 3/5] smbios: Use SMBIOS 3.0 to support an address above 4GB

Simon Glass sjg at chromium.org
Sun Oct 8 23:36:42 CEST 2023


When the SMBIOS table is written to an address above 4GB a 32-bit table
address is not large enough.

Use an SMBIOS3 table in that case.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
---

 include/smbios.h | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 lib/smbios.c     | 22 ++++++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/smbios.h b/include/smbios.h
index c9df2706f5a6..ddabb558299e 100644
--- a/include/smbios.h
+++ b/include/smbios.h
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 
 /* SMBIOS spec version implemented */
 #define SMBIOS_MAJOR_VER	3
-#define SMBIOS_MINOR_VER	0
+#define SMBIOS_MINOR_VER	7
+
 
 enum {
 	SMBIOS_STR_MAX	= 64,	/* Maximum length allowed for a string */
@@ -54,6 +55,25 @@ struct __packed smbios_entry {
 	u8 bcd_rev;
 };
 
+struct __packed smbios3_entry {
+	u8 anchor[5];
+	u8 checksum;
+	u8 length;
+	u8 major_ver;
+
+	u8 minor_ver;
+	u8 docrev;
+	u8 entry_point_rev;
+	u8 reserved;
+	u32 max_struct_size;
+
+	u64 struct_table_address;
+};
+
+/* These two structures should use the same amount of 16-byte-aligned space */
+static_assert(ALIGN(16, sizeof(struct smbios_entry)) ==
+	      ALIGN(16, sizeof(struct smbios3_entry)));
+
 /* BIOS characteristics */
 #define BIOS_CHARACTERISTICS_PCI_SUPPORTED	(1 << 7)
 #define BIOS_CHARACTERISTICS_UPGRADEABLE	(1 << 11)
diff --git a/lib/smbios.c b/lib/smbios.c
index c7a557bc9b7b..82e259f31791 100644
--- a/lib/smbios.c
+++ b/lib/smbios.c
@@ -487,7 +487,11 @@ ulong write_smbios_table(ulong addr)
 	addr = ALIGN(addr, 16);
 	start_addr = addr;
 
-	addr += sizeof(struct smbios_entry);
+	/*
+	 * So far we don't know which struct will be used, but they both end
+	 * up using the same amount of 16-bit-aligned space
+	 */
+	addr += max(sizeof(struct smbios_entry), sizeof(struct smbios3_entry));
 	addr = ALIGN(addr, 16);
 	tables = addr;
 
@@ -513,13 +517,23 @@ ulong write_smbios_table(ulong addr)
 	 */
 	table_addr = (ulong)map_sysmem(tables, 0);
 	if (sizeof(table_addr) > sizeof(u32) && table_addr > (ulong)UINT_MAX) {
+		struct smbios3_entry *se;
 		/*
 		 * We need to put this >32-bit pointer into the table but the
 		 * field is only 32 bits wide.
 		 */
-		printf("WARNING: SMBIOS table_address overflow %llx\n",
-		       (unsigned long long)table_addr);
-		addr = 0;
+		printf("WARNING: Using SMBIOS3.0 due to table-address overflow %lx\n",
+		       table_addr);
+		se = map_sysmem(start_addr, sizeof(struct smbios_entry));
+		memset(se, '\0', sizeof(struct smbios_entry));
+		memcpy(se->anchor, "_SM3_", 5);
+		se->length = sizeof(struct smbios3_entry);
+		se->major_ver = SMBIOS_MAJOR_VER;
+		se->minor_ver = SMBIOS_MINOR_VER;
+		se->docrev = 0;
+		se->entry_point_rev = 1;
+		se->max_struct_size = len;
+		se->struct_table_address = table_addr;
 	} else {
 		struct smbios_entry *se;
 
-- 
2.42.0.609.gbb76f46606-goog



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