smbios/msdm pve

smbios_pve.sh

#!/bin/bash

# On the 'donor' machine, boot a live linux ISO (Ubuntu or whatever)
# and connect it to the internet. Then run these commands, which will
# dump the contents to sprunge.us so you can retrieve them easily. Or
# copy them manually, whatever. 

mkdir -p /tmp/MSDM
cd /tmp/MSDM
for f in SLIC MSDM; do
  [ -e /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/$f ] && cat /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/$f > $f.bin
done
dmidecode -t 0 -u | awk '/^\t\t[0-9A-F][0-9A-F]( |$)/' | xxd -r -p > smbios_type_0.bin
dmidecode -t 1 -u | awk '/^\t\t[0-9A-F][0-9A-F]( |$)/' | xxd -r -p > smbios_type_1.bin

# This adds the correct params to qemu so it uses the extracted files from the donor machine
echo "args: -acpitable file=$MDIR/SLIC -acpitable file=$MDIR/MSDM -smbios file=$MDIR/smbios_type_0.bin -smbios file=$MDIR/smbios_type_1.bin"