Opened 17 years ago
Closed 16 years ago
#1298 closed defect (fixed)
DMI warning => Fixed in SVN
| Reported by: | Peter Schow | Owned by: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 1.5.6 |
| Keywords: | bios dmidecode | Cc: | Peter.Schow@… |
| Guest type: | other | Host type: | other |
Description (last modified by )
When running /usr/sbin/dmidecode on an Ubuntu 7.10 guest, under Virtual Box on OpenSolaris, a BIOS structure is not being published correctly:
# /usr/sbin/dmidecode | more
# dmidecode 2.9
Legacy DMI 2.3 present.
2 structures occupying 256 bytes.
Table at 0x000E1000.
Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 20 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: innotek GmbH
Version: VirtualBox
Release Date: 12/01/2006
Address: 0xE0000
Runtime Size: 128 kB
ROM Size: 128 kB
Characteristics:
ISA is supported
PCI is supported
Boot from CD is supported
Selectable boot is supported
8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h)
ACPI is supported
Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: innotek GmbH
Product Name: VirtualBox
Version: 1.2
Serial Number: 0
UUID: 012ADD44-8FA0-4270-5A9D-CA61EDA0FFC2
Wake-up Type: Power Switch
SKU Number: Not Specified
Family: Virtual Machine
Wrong DMI structures length: 256 bytes announced, structures occupy 130 bytes.
Change History (3)
comment:1 by , 17 years ago
| Description: | modified (diff) |
|---|
comment:2 by , 16 years ago
| Summary: | BIOS emulation fails for Ubuntu 7.10 guest under Open Solaris → DMI warning => Fixed in SVN |
|---|
I think we fixed this properly now. Check the public subversion repository.
comment:3 by , 16 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
|---|---|
| Status: | new → closed |
Note:
See TracTickets
for help on using tickets.


I'm are aware of this message. However, I don't see it mentioned in the ACPI spec that the size of the ACPI table (which is specified in the global ACPI header) must be exactly the size of all ACPI tables. And I don't know any which which is complaining about this.
dmidecodeis might be a bit too pedantic.