About the error info "BIOS Release Date string is unexpected length: 7. This string must be in MM/DD/YYYY format. No other format is allowed and no additional information may be included. See field description in the SMBIOS specification." I talked with xuwei, and run a edk2-ovmf-20220826gitba0e0e4c6a-2.el9.noarch pkg, that error was disappeared. but case still got failed. just update latest debug progress here. and thanks to xueqiang. debugging in progress as well.
https://kojihub.stream.rdu2.redhat.com/koji/taskinfo?taskID=1921102 https://gitlab.com/kraxel/centos-edk2/-/commits/bz2168046-smbios-release-date
Boot a Win2022 guest with the attached build in Comment 6 (edk2-ovmf-20221207gitfff6d81270b5-5.el9.bz2168046.20230208.1117.noarch.rpm) Check the BIOS string, the release date format is correct. PS C:\Users\Administrator> systeminfo | findstr BIOS BIOS Version: EDK II edk2-20221207gitfff6d81270b5-5.el9.bz2168046.20230208.1117, 12/7/2022
Hi Dehan, Please help check if the build in comment 6 could pass SVVP job.
(In reply to Qianqian Zhu from comment #8) > Hi Dehan, > > Please help check if the build in comment 6 could pass SVVP job. After updating rpm to edk2-ovmf-20221207gitfff6d81270b5-5.el9.bz2168046.20230208.1117.noarch, svvp failed case still be there. please contact me if you need to check the whole log. @kraxel @xuwei .
Please be aware that the test case still failed with the provided build. Hi Dehan, Would you please paste the latest fail log here?
QE bot(pre verify): Set 'Verified:Tested,SanityOnly' as gating/tier1 test pass.
Move this back to MODIFIED as we open another bz 2169904 against qemu-kvm.
Tested with edk2-ovmf-20221207gitfff6d81270b5-6.el9.noarch, it works as expected. So set status to VERIFIED. 1. boot a rhel9.2 guest, check the release date # dmidecode -t 0 # dmidecode 3.3 Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs. SMBIOS 2.8 present. Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 26 bytes BIOS Information Vendor: EDK II Version: edk2-20221207gitfff6d81270b5-6.el9 Release Date: 12/07/2022 Address: 0xE8000 Runtime Size: 96 kB ROM Size: 64 kB Characteristics: BIOS characteristics not supported Targeted content distribution is supported UEFI is supported System is a virtual machine BIOS Revision: 0.0 2. boot a win2022 guest, check the release date PS C:\Users\Administrator> systeminfo | findstr BIOS BIOS Version: EDK II edk2-20221207gitfff6d81270b5-6.el9, 12/7/2022
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory (Important: edk2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update), and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2165