fix(pkg): bump qemu pkgrel to 5 so it upgrades over 11.1.2-4

chore: release 1.4.3
fix(usb): scrub qemu strings from usb-net descriptors
2026-10-10 13:35:06 +02:00 · 2026-10-10 13:33:08 +02:00 · 2026-10-10 13:33:08 +02:00 · 2026-10-10 06:10:08 +02:00 · 2026-10-10 06:10:08 +02:00 · 2026-10-10 03:57:09 +02:00
24 changed files with 1040 additions and 131 deletions
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ cd vfio-native/packaging
 | Package | What it is |
 | --- | --- |
 | `vfio-native` | the three commands, the patches, the ACPI tables, the benchmark, the libvirt hook |
-| `vfio-native-qemu` | QEMU 11.1.1 with the platform-identity patches, in `/opt/qemu-native` |
+| `vfio-native-qemu` | QEMU 11.1.2 with the platform-identity patches, in `/opt/qemu-native` |
 | `vfio-native-kvm-dkms` | the patched KVM modules, rebuilt by DKMS for every installed 7.2.x kernel |

 The modules land in `updates/dkms/`, which modprobe prefers, but nothing reloads them for you.
@@ -144,10 +144,18 @@ vm-native-setup -d win11 -p full -c 8 -m 16 -r -u auto -y
 | `-s` | Secure Boot with enrolled keys, `on` (default) or `off` |
 | `-u` | USB passthrough: `none`, `auto`, or `vid:pid,...,0000:bb:dd.f` |
 | `-r` | randomise the hardware identity: serials, MAC, memory module |
+| `-S` | refit to a real machine's dumped SMBIOS (Method B) |
 | `-y` | no prompts |

 It backs the domain up first and prints the revert command. Re-running it is safe.

+To present as a specific machine instead of this host, fill the target keys in the
+domain's `identity.env` (`SYS_PRODUCT`, `BIOS_*`, `CPU_*`, ...): the tool then authors
+SMBIOS type 0-4/17 as `-smbios type=` field args (Method A), so a new-laptop refit is a
+few field edits. `-S <dmi-blob>` instead splits a real machine's dumped DMI table into
+`-smbios file=` blobs for byte-perfect fidelity (Method B); mixing is per structure type.
+Either wires the ICH9 USB set, disables HPET, and needs `-p full`.
+
 ### 5. Check it worked

 ```sh
@@ -274,9 +282,9 @@ and ship with a cover letter and a selftest in `patches/kvm/`.
 either alone leaves it standing. `EXPERIMENTAL-0006` is built into the DKMS package but off by
 default; it is not upstream material, because it hands the guest raw host CPUID.

-**QEMU** - eight patchsets against v11.1.1: `01-firmware`, `02-disk-identity`, `03-pci-ids`,
-`04-fw-cfg`, `05-usb-hid`, `06-audio`, and `07-edid` and `08-cpu-misc`, which clear no check by
-themselves and are carried for other detectors.
+**QEMU** - ten patchsets against v11.1.2: `01-firmware`, `02-disk-identity`, `03-pci-ids`,
+`04-fw-cfg`, `05-usb-hid`, `06-audio`, `09-firmware-chain` and `10-smbios`, and `07-edid` and
+`08-cpu-misc`, which clear no check by themselves and are carried for other detectors.

 ---

@@ -366,7 +374,7 @@ the whole trail, including the two wrong turns.

 ```
 patches/kvm/          five upstream-style kernel patches, a cover letter, plus one experimental
-patches/qemu/         eight patchsets against QEMU 11.1.1
+patches/qemu/         ten patchsets against QEMU 11.1.2
 packaging/            three AUR-shaped packages: tools, patched QEMU, DKMS modules
 scripts/              setup, verify, GPU, libvirt hook, module install
 scripts/generate-tables.py   raw SMBIOS type 7/26/27/28/29 blobs for -smbios file=
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ says *why*, with the source references. Written 2026-09-03 at 2/85, revised 2026
 on both VMAware v2.8.1 and VMAware HEAD (commit 95fecc2) - the one survivor is `GPU_CAPABILITIES`,
 and VMAware's own verdict is "Running on bare metal", likeliness 20%, confirmation false.

-Source read against: VMAware `src/vmaware.hpp`, QEMU 11.1.1, kernel 7.2.3 `arch/x86/kvm`.
+Source read against: VMAware `src/vmaware.hpp`, QEMU 11.1.2, kernel 7.2.3 `arch/x86/kvm`.

 ---

@@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ Links, in order:
 5. ~~FACP C2/C3 latencies, vmaware.hpp:9242~~ - `0xfff` -> `0xffe`
 6. Debug Port OperationRegion at `0x0402` - already dead on this tree
 7. HPET register-validation loop - dormant, domain sets `hpet present='no'`. Re-arms if enabled.
-8. Dummy SATA, DMAR, APIC source overrides - already dead on this tree
+8. Dummy SATA, DMAR, APIC source overrides - dead on this tree (SATA at `1f.2`: see the SATA
+   subsection below - device 31's functions carry no generic `_ADR` node, so the `D0FA`+`0x1F0002`
+   pair never forms)

 Link 3 requires **all four** of `LNKE`, `LNKH`, `GSIE`, `GSIH`, which is QEMU's eight-link plus
 eight-GSI layout. Real boards have four PCI link devices and no GSI-named ones, so rename the
@@ -125,6 +127,142 @@ WAET and never did: `build_waet()` has zero call sites, so its `grep -q build_wa
 satisfied by the definition alone and the insert never ran. Guard on a call site, not on a
 definition.

+**The chain grew.** `firmware()` returns on its first hit, so clearing one link only exposes the
+next, and current VMAware has added links past the eight above. `09-firmware-chain` clears the
+rest, measured to 0 detections on both v2.8.1 and HEAD:
+
+| Link | Fix |
+| --- | --- |
+| IQST/IQCR + PRR0/PRRI interrupt-query methods | renamed PSTA/PCRS/PRS0/PRSI |
+| TPM PPI regions/method TPP2/TPP3/TPFN | renamed PPI2/PPI3/PPIF |
+| zeroed `_S5` SLP_TYP package | 2-element package form |
+| `ACPI0006` `_HID` in `\_GPE` | declared by full path `\_GPE._HID`; dropping it stops macOS powering off |
+| Q35 MMCONFIG reservation device `MCFG` | renamed `PCMM` |
+| synthetic GSI link devices, empty `_DIS`/`_SRS` | gave the no-op methods a body |
+| PCIe `_OSC` `And(CDW3, 0x1F, ..)` mask | swapped the `And()` operands (commutative) |
+| PIRQ link `_PRS` fixed IRQ 5/10/11 | listed the same set as `{11, 10, 5}` |
+
+A q35 guest also needs a named USB controller in the DSDT (the ICH9 EHCI/UHCI set, declared `EHC1`/
+`UHC1`), or the release flags "complete absence of USB controller declarations"; that is a domain
+choice, not a QEMU patch.
+
+### CLEARED - the CPU-hotplug I/O signature that macOS forced back in (`11-macos-cpu-hotplug`)
+
+macOS references `\_SB.CPUS.Cxxx` from its own CpuPlug SSDT, so the guest must carry QEMU's
+`build_cpus_aml` output (the `\_SB.PCI0.PRES` controller plus the `\_SB.CPUS` `Processor` objects)
+or it hangs in ACPI namespace init. `01-firmware` had dropped that whole block, which is why macOS
+lived in an opt-in patch: the block reintroduces exactly one FIRMWARE tell, so a macOS-capable build
+scored 2/85 on v2.8.1 while HEAD stayed clean.
+
+The tell is a single check. v2.8.1 `firmware()` carries `cpu_hotplug_io[] = {0x0B, 0xD8, 0x0C}` and
+byte-matches it anywhere in the tables. Those three bytes are `WordData 0x0CD8` - the CPU-hotplug
+register port that `build_cpus_aml` writes into the `PRST` `OperationRegion` base
+(`ICH9_CPU_HOTPLUG_IO_BASE`). Confirmed by dumping the macOS-build DSDT: the bytes appear only at the
+`OperationRegion` operand, never in the `_CRS`. A small-resource `IO` descriptor encodes `0x0CD8` as
+`0x47 0x01 0xD8 0x0C 0xD8 0x0C 0x01 0x0C` - the `0xD8 0x0C` runs are preceded by `0x01`/`0x0C`, never
+`0x0B` - so the `_CRS` is not what matches and does not need touching. The renamed `_UID` ("Reserved
+resources C") already dodges the separate `"CPU Hotplug resources"` string check; it was never the
+live tell. HEAD has no `cpu_hotplug_io` check, so it never flagged the block.
+
+**Relocating the base does not work.** The obvious fix - move `ICH9_CPU_HOTPLUG_IO_BASE` off `0x0CD8`
+so the pattern changes - clears the scanner but hangs every SMM/OVMF guest: macOS spins ~10 cores at
+boot and never reaches login, Windows the same. `OvmfPkg/Include/IndustryStandard/Q35MchIch9.h`
+hardcodes `ICH9_CPU_HOTPLUG_BASE 0x0CD8` and OVMF's SMM code reads the register block at that fixed
+port, independent of the AML. The non-SMM path (plain OVMF, a bare Linux boot) survives a move; the
+SMM guests we actually run do not. A/B confirmed it: macOS reaches login on `0x0CD8`, spins on
+`0x0CE4`. Patching OVMF is already on the rejected list.
+
+**The fix keeps the port and hides only the AML operand.** `11` emits the `OperationRegion` base for
+a SystemIO region as `Add(0x0C00, 0xD8)` instead of the literal `0x0CD8`. It evaluates to the
+identical `0x0CD8` at namespace load - the port QEMU decodes, the port in `_CRS`, and the port OVMF
+reads are all unchanged - but the AML is `0x72 0x0B 0x00 0x0C 0x0A 0xD8 ..`, so the `0x0B 0xD8 0x0C`
+run never appears. macOS's interpreter evaluates the computed base without complaint.
+
+Verified on QEMU 11.1.2 with this fix in the default series: the DSDT keeps `\_SB.CPUS`/`PRES`/
+`Processor(C000..)` and `0x0CD8`, with no `0x0B 0xD8 0x0C` anywhere (iasl-clean); macOS boots to
+login and powers off via S5 in ~12 s; VMAware v2.8.1 and HEAD both report `detected=0` / `FIRMWARE=0`
+on the stealth guest; Windows (secboot + SMM) and Linux boot unchanged. The opt-in split is gone.
+
+### CLEARED - the SATA controller OVMF must find at 1f.2 (`03-pci-ids`, 1.4.1)
+
+`03-pci-ids` originally relocated the ICH9 SATA controller off its standard slot
+(`ICH9_SATA1_DEV` 31 -> 20) to move the dummy-SATA DSDT node away from `00:1f.2`. That breaks
+OVMF first-boot for any SATA-booted guest: OVMF expects the q35 AHCI at `00:1f.2`, so with it at
+`00:14.2` OVMF never builds the disk boot option and falls through to `Start PXE over IPv4`. Only
+macOS exposed this - it boots OpenCore off AHCI; the Windows identity guests boot from NVMe and
+never touched the moved controller. A/B confirmed it: stock QEMU reaches the OpenCore picker, the
+1.4.0 patched binary PXEs, and restoring `ICH9_SATA1_DEV = 31` reaches the picker again
+(`BdsDxe: loading ... from PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1F,0x2)/Sata`).
+
+The relocation was never load-bearing for the score. The dummy-SATA FIRMWARE link
+(vmaware.hpp ~9963) fires only on **both** the NameSeg `D0FA` **and** `Name(_ADR, 0x001F0002)`.
+With SATA back at `1f.2`, neither is present: QEMU describes device 31's functions under the ICH9
+LPC/ISA scope, not through `build_append_pci_bus_devices`, so the controller gets no generic
+`_ADR` node at all, and `get_mimic_pci_name` never emits `D0FA` for any devfn. Dumped the DSDT of a
+`1f.2`-SATA guest on the fixed build: zero `D0FA`, zero `08 5F 41 44 52 0C 02 00 1F 00`. No vendor
+or device ID changes, so `DEVICES` / `PCI_VENDOR` / `CPU_HEURISTIC` are untouched.
+
+Fix: drop the `ICH9_SATA1_DEV` hunk, leave SATA at stock `1f.2`. macOS boots on the default series;
+0/85 preserved.
+
+### CLEARED - the dangling ACPI name macOS aborts the DSDT on (folded into `01-firmware`)
+
+`01-firmware` renames the cold-plug PCI device ACPI nodes through `get_mimic_pci_name`
+(`build_append_pci_bus_devices`) to break the stock `S`+hex NameSeg signature. It left the hotplug
+and bus-notification code naming/referencing the *same* devices by the old `S%.02X` scheme, in four
+spots: the child-bridge `Scope` and `^S%.02X.PCNT` cross-reference in
+`build_append_notification_callback`, the `Notify()` target in `build_append_pcihp_notify_entry`,
+and the per-slot `Scope`/`Device` in `build_append_pcihp_slots`. So the DSDT opens `Scope(S13)` on a
+device actually declared `GFX3` - a dangling NameSeg.
+
+Only macOS exposes it. Its ACPI parser aborts the whole DSDT load on the missing name:
+`[S13_] Namespace lookup failure` -> `[DSDT] table load failed` -> `[\_SB.PCI0] ... AE_NOT_FOUND`,
+then it hangs in early IOKit (last line `AppleACPIPlatformExpert/cpus`). Linux and Windows swallow
+the `AE_NOT_FOUND` and boot on, which is why the identity guests never showed it - only a from-scratch
+macOS recovery boot did. Diagnosed with macOS IOKit verbose (`boot-args io=0xffffffff`).
+
+Fix (in `01-firmware`, alongside the `get_mimic_pci_name` definition it completes): route those four
+sites through `get_mimic_pci_name` so definitions and references agree. It *removes* `S%.02X`
+NameSegs rather than adding any, so the score is unaffected - re-measured on the rebuilt binary,
+VMAware v2.8.1 and HEAD both `detected=0`/`FIRMWARE=0`, and a Tahoe recovery boots to the installer
+GUI.
+
+---
+
+## CLEARED - CTYPE and SMBIOS_VM_BIT (the SMBIOS QEMU synthesises)
+
+On Linux, VMAware reads SMBIOS four ways: `DMIDECODE` and `DMI_SCAN` match VM vendor strings in
+`dmidecode -t system` and seven `/sys/class/dmi/id` files, `SMBIOS_VM_BIT` tests bit 4 of type 0
+byte 19, and `CTYPE` fires on chassis type 1, Other (HEAD e1a9786, vmaware.hpp:8272, :8948, :9023,
+:8234). On Windows, `FIRMWARE` also scans the raw tables (`RSMB`, :10369) for `pc-q35` and `Q35 +`
+(:9726). The strings are domain identity. The bit, the chassis type and the default strings are
+what QEMU emits by itself.
+
+QEMU synthesises every required structure the domain does not supply. Switching that off
+(`smbios_defaults = false`) leaves only what the domain passes: either a complete real dump through
+`-smbios file=`, or a table with no processor, memory or end-of-table structures. `10-smbios` keeps
+it on and fixes what the synthesised structures leak:
+
+| Leak | Fix |
+| --- | --- |
+| type 3 chassis type hard-coded to 1 (Other) | defaults to 3 (Desktop), set with `-smbios type=3,chassis-type=N` |
+| type 0 VM bit set whenever type 0 fields are given | `vm` defaults off; libvirt `<sysinfo>` cannot pass `vm=off` |
+| unset product and version strings `Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)`, `pc-q35-<ver>` | `Unknown`, like the manufacturer from `04-fw-cfg` |
+
+Measured on a Linux q35 guest, the same score on VMAware v2.8.1 and HEAD:
+
+| SMBIOS from the domain | QEMU | Score |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| complete real dump, 52 `file=` structures | defaults off | 0/85 |
+| the same dump | defaults on | 0/85, `dmidecode` byte-identical |
+| field arguments for types 0-4 with `vm=off` | defaults on, builders unpatched | 1/85, `CTYPE` |
+| field arguments for types 0-4, no `vm=off`, `chassis-type` set | `10-smbios` | 0/85 |
+
+Identity is authored as field arguments. A dump through `-smbios file=` adds what field arguments
+cannot express (memory module detail, OEM structures, battery) and mixes with them per type: a type
+given as `file=` cannot also take field arguments. Windows and macOS guests are not yet measured
+against this patch.
+
 ---

 ## OPEN - GPU_CAPABILITIES (weight 20)
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pkgbase = vfio-native-kvm-dkms
 	provides = vfio-native-kvm
 	conflicts = vfio-native-kvm
 	noextract = linux-7.2.3.tar.xz
-	source = git+https://git.archworks.co/sandwich/vfio-native.git#tag=v1.1.0
+	source = git+https://git.archworks.co/sandwich/vfio-native.git#tag=v1.4.0
 	source = https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v7.x/linux-7.2.3.tar.xz
 	source = dkms.conf
 	source = dkms-out-of-tree.patch
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 pkgname=vfio-native-kvm-dkms
 _pkgbase=vfio-native-kvm
 _kver=7.2.3
-_tag=1.1.0
+_tag=1.4.3
 pkgver=${_kver}
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="KVM modules patched to raise the exceptions the architecture specifies (DKMS, 7.2.x kernels)"
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 pkgbase = vfio-native-qemu
-	pkgdesc = QEMU 11.1.1 with the vfio-native platform-identity patches, in /opt/qemu-native
-	pkgver = 11.1.1
-	pkgrel = 1
+	pkgdesc = QEMU 11.1.2 with the vfio-native platform-identity patches, in /opt/qemu-native
+	pkgver = 11.1.2
+	pkgrel = 2
 	url = https://git.archworks.co/sandwich/vfio-native
 	arch = x86_64
 	license = GPL-2.0-only
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ pkgbase = vfio-native-qemu
 	depends = pipewire
 	optdepends = vfio-native: the setup tooling that points a domain at this build
 	options = !strip
-	source = git+https://git.archworks.co/sandwich/vfio-native.git#tag=v1.1.0
-	source = https://download.qemu.org/qemu-11.1.1.tar.xz
+	source = git+https://git.archworks.co/sandwich/vfio-native.git#tag=v1.4.0
+	source = https://download.qemu.org/qemu-11.1.2.tar.xz
 	sha256sums = SKIP
-	sha256sums = 079ffbff8a7111bbc89022107cbabf3bbfd614d5fc9d7cc675991196aca12482
+	sha256sums = 731b5681e4bb18be313231579b8efd0296c5b015fa36dc533874b639ba838016

 pkgname = vfio-native-qemu
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # Maintainer: Sandwich <sandwich@archworks.co>
 #
-# QEMU 11.1.1 with the platform-identity patches from vfio-native, installed
+# QEMU 11.1.2 with the platform-identity patches from vfio-native, installed
 # under /opt/qemu-native so the system qemu package is never touched. Clears
 # FIRMWARE, VIRTUAL_DISK, DISK_SERIAL, PCI_VENDOR, DEVICES, QEMU_FW_CFG and
 # QEMU_USB. Only the x86_64 system emulator is built.

 pkgname=vfio-native-qemu
-_qver=11.1.1
-_tag=1.1.0
+_qver=11.1.2
+_tag=1.4.3
 pkgver=${_qver}
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=5
 pkgdesc="QEMU ${_qver} with the vfio-native platform-identity patches, in /opt/qemu-native"
 arch=('x86_64')
 url="https://git.archworks.co/sandwich/vfio-native"
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ options=('!strip')
 source=("git+${url}.git#tag=v${_tag}"
        "https://download.qemu.org/qemu-${_qver}.tar.xz")
 sha256sums=('SKIP'
-            '079ffbff8a7111bbc89022107cbabf3bbfd614d5fc9d7cc675991196aca12482')
+            '731b5681e4bb18be313231579b8efd0296c5b015fa36dc533874b639ba838016')

 prepare() {
    cd "qemu-${_qver}"
-    for p in "${srcdir}"/vfio-native/patches/qemu/0[1-8]-*.patch; do
+    for p in "${srcdir}"/vfio-native/patches/qemu/[0-9][0-9]-*.patch; do
        msg2 "applying ${p##*/}"
        patch -Np1 --no-backup-if-mismatch -i "$p"
    done
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkgbase = vfio-native
 	pkgdesc = Present a libvirt guest as a self-consistent physical machine, and tune it
-	pkgver = 1.1.1
+	pkgver = 1.4.0
 	pkgrel = 1
 	url = https://git.archworks.co/sandwich/vfio-native
 	install = vfio-native.install
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pkgbase = vfio-native
 	optdepends = cpupower: set the host CPU governor
 	optdepends = vfio-native-kvm-dkms: patched KVM modules for the full level
 	optdepends = vfio-native-qemu: patched QEMU for the full level
-	source = git+https://git.archworks.co/sandwich/vfio-native.git#tag=v1.1.1
+	source = git+https://git.archworks.co/sandwich/vfio-native.git#tag=v1.4.0
 	sha256sums = SKIP

 pkgname = vfio-native
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 # Three packages:
 #   vfio-native            scripts, patches, ACPI tables and the benchmark
 #   vfio-native-kvm-dkms   the patched KVM modules, rebuilt by DKMS per kernel
-#   vfio-native-qemu       QEMU 11.1.1 with the platform-identity patches, in /opt
+#   vfio-native-qemu       QEMU 11.1.2 with the platform-identity patches, in /opt

 pkgname=vfio-native
-pkgver=1.3.2
+pkgver=1.4.3
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Present a libvirt guest as a self-consistent physical machine, and tune it"
 arch=('any')
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ package() {
    install -Dm755 scripts/install-modules.sh   "${share}/scripts/install-modules.sh"
    install -Dm755 scripts/restore-stock-kvm.sh "${share}/scripts/restore-stock-kvm.sh"
    install -Dm755 scripts/generate-tables.py   "${share}/scripts/generate-tables.py"
+    install -Dm755 scripts/split_smbios.py       "${share}/scripts/split_smbios.py"
    install -Dm755 scripts/libvirt-hook-cpuid-passthrough.sh "${share}/scripts/libvirt-hook-cpuid-passthrough.sh"
    install -Dm755 scripts/cpuid-passthrough-watch          "${share}/scripts/cpuid-passthrough-watch"
    install -Dm644 -t "${share}/acpi" acpi/*.aml acpi/*.dsl
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ enabled through the `cpuid_passthrough` module parameter after the guest has boo

 ## QEMU - `qemu/`

-Against QEMU v11.1.1. Apply in numeric order.
+Against QEMU v11.1.2. Apply in numeric order.

 | Patch | Clears |
 | --- | --- |
@@ -42,15 +42,33 @@ Against QEMU v11.1.1. Apply in numeric order.
 | `02-disk-identity` | `VIRTUAL_DISK`, `DISK_SERIAL` - `QEMU HARDDISK`, empty serials, SCSI inquiry strings |
 | `03-pci-ids` | `PCI_VENDOR`, `DEVICES` - Red Hat/QEMU vendor and subsystem IDs, ICH9 layout |
 | `04-fw-cfg` | `QEMU_FW_CFG` - the fw_cfg device signature |
-| `05-usb-hid` | `QEMU_USB` - USB HID descriptor strings |
+| `05-usb-identity` | `QEMU_USB` - USB HID descriptor strings, and the usb-net CDC/RNDIS device-identity strings (keeps the `0525:a4a1` CDC id so generic CDC-ECM drivers still bind it) |
 | `06-audio` | `DEVICES` - HDA codec and controller identity |
 | `07-edid` | none. Carried for other detectors; VMAware does not read EDID. |
 | `08-cpu-misc` | none. CPU feature plumbing and one upstream backport. |
+| `09-firmware-chain` | `FIRMWARE` - the DSDT links current VMAware added after `01-firmware` |
+| `10-smbios` | `CTYPE`, `SMBIOS_VM_BIT`, `FIRMWARE` - what QEMU's synthesised SMBIOS leaks: chassis type Other, the type 0 VM bit, `pc-q35` default strings; adds `-smbios type=3,chassis-type=N` |
+| `11-macos-cpu-hotplug` | `FIRMWARE` - re-adds the `\_SB.CPUS` CPU objects macOS needs, with the CPU-hotplug I/O base `0x0CD8` hidden from the scanner (renamed `_UID`, `Add()`-split OperationRegion base) rather than removed |

-`patch -p1 < qemu/01-firmware.patch` and so on, then build with the prefix set to `/opt` so the
-system QEMU package is left alone:
+The numbered patches are the default series and score 0/85 on both VMAware HEAD and v2.8.1.
+`03-pci-ids` scopes the virtio subsystem-id change so OVMF still binds virtio (its generic default
+goes to Intel/0, virtio devices keep the Red Hat subsystem ids their drivers and OVMF expect). It
+also leaves the ICH9 SATA controller at its stock slot `1f.2`: OVMF locates the q35 AHCI there, so
+moving it broke first-boot for SATA-booted UEFI guests (macOS fell through to PXE) while buying
+nothing for the score - the dummy-SATA FIRMWARE tell needs both the `D0FA` name and `_ADR 0x1F0002`,
+and device 31's functions emit neither. See `docs/ANALYSIS.md`.
+
+`11-macos-cpu-hotplug` makes the series universal: macOS boots (it needs the `\_SB.CPUS.Cxxx`
+objects from `build_cpus_aml`) and both VMAware builds still read bare metal, with no opt-in. The
+block's only tell, the `0x0CD8` CPU-hotplug port that v2.8.1 FIRMWARE byte-matches, is removed at
+the AML level without moving the port, so the same series boots Windows and Linux unchanged. The
+earlier opt-in split and the relocate-the-base approach are in "Approaches tried and rejected".
+
+Apply in numeric order, then build with the prefix set to `/opt` so the system QEMU package is left
+alone:

 ```sh
+for p in qemu/[0-9][0-9]-*.patch; do patch -p1 < "$p"; done
 ./configure --prefix=/opt/qemu-native --target-list=x86_64-softmmu
 ninja -C build && ninja -C build install
 ```
@@ -64,6 +82,8 @@ ninja -C build && ninja -C build install
 | CPUID leaf override (Hypervisor-Phantom) | Halved the timing signature, still detected, and *added* a `SINGLE_STEP` detection. |
 | Clearing `INTERCEPT_CPUID` outright | Guest never boots. |
 | Intercept clearing, minimal hypercall | Triple fault, or no effect. |
+| Opt-in macOS CPU block (`optional/macos-cpu-hotplug`) | Worked but split the series in two; a macOS-capable build scored 2/85 on v2.8.1. Folded into `11` instead. |
+| Relocating the CPU-hotplug I/O base off `0x0CD8` | Clears the scanner but hangs every SMM/OVMF guest (macOS spins 10 cores at boot, Windows too): OVMF hardcodes `0x0CD8` in `OvmfPkg` and reads the register block directly. `11` keeps the port and hides only the AML operand. |

 `TIMER` has two detectors that OR together. The exception-latency one passes on stock KVM once it
 is measured the way VMAware measures it; the instruction-latency one is removable with
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Targets VMAware check: FIRMWARE
 ACPI table fingerprints: PCI link-device names, PNP0A06 resource stubs, the
 FADT C-state latencies and the AML the checker string-matches on.

-Applies to QEMU v11.1.1. Apply from the source root with:
+Applies to QEMU v11.1.2. Apply from the source root with:
    patch -p1 < 01-firmware.patch

 ---
@@ -193,10 +193,9 @@ index 8837b69..4001d9d 100644
     if (pcms->wdat_enabled == true) {
         g_assert(pm.tco_io_base);
 diff --git a/hw/acpi/pcihp.c b/hw/acpi/pcihp.c
-index 87162ff..4c303cb 100644
 --- a/hw/acpi/pcihp.c
 +++ b/hw/acpi/pcihp.c
-@@ -687,10 +687,10 @@ void build_append_pcihp_resources(Aml *scope /* \\_SB.PCI0 */,
+@@ -687,10 +687,10 @@
 {
     Aml *dev, *crs;
 
@@ -209,7 +208,7 @@ index 87162ff..4c303cb 100644
     /* device present, functioning, decoding, not shown in UI */
     aml_append(dev, aml_name_decl("_STA", aml_int(0xB)));
     crs = aml_resource_template();
-@@ -699,6 +699,83 @@ void build_append_pcihp_resources(Aml *scope /* \\_SB.PCI0 */,
+@@ -699,6 +699,89 @@
     aml_append(scope, dev);
 }
 
@@ -251,7 +250,7 @@ index 87162ff..4c303cb 100644
 +        case 5:
 +            // Slot 5: USB XHCI (QEMU default often)
 +            if (func == 0) sprintf(name, "XHC1");
-+            else sprintf(name, "XHC%X", func);
+            else sprintf(name, "XHC%X", func + 1);
 +            break;
 +
 +        case 6:
@@ -261,19 +260,25 @@ index 87162ff..4c303cb 100644
 +            break;
 +
 +        case 29:
-+            // Slot 29 (0x1D): USB EHCI (Intel Standard)
-+            if (func == 0) sprintf(name, "EHC1");
-+            else sprintf(name, "EHC%X", func);
+            // Slot 29 (0x1D): ICH9 USB, UHCI at functions 0-2 and EHCI at 7
+            if (func == 7) sprintf(name, "EHC1");
+            else sprintf(name, "UHC%X", func + 1);
 +            break;
 +
 +        case 20:
-+            // Slot 20 (0x14): LPC / SMBus / SATA 2
-+            if (func == 0) sprintf(name, "LPCB");      // ISA Bridge
-+            else if (func == 2) sprintf(name, "SAT1"); // 2nd SATA
+            // Slot 20 (0x14): SMBus / SATA 2; the q35 LPC bridge is 1f.0
+            if (func == 2) sprintf(name, "SATA");      // 2nd SATA; slot 6 owns SAT0-SAT7
 +            else if (func == 3) sprintf(name, "SBUS"); // SMBus
 +            else sprintf(name, "S20%X", func);         // Fallback
 +            break;
 +
+        case 31:
+            // Slot 31 (0x1F): the ICH9 LPC bridge, named as 03-pci-ids' PIRQ field expects
+            if (func == 0) {
+                sprintf(name, "LPCB");
+                break;
+            }
+            /* fall through */
 +        default:
 +            /*
 +             * For generic slots, we use "RP" (Root Port) + devfn (Hex).
@@ -293,7 +298,57 @@ index 87162ff..4c303cb 100644
 bool build_append_notification_callback(Aml *parent_scope, const PCIBus *bus)
 {
     Aml *method;
-@@ -912,7 +989,11 @@ void build_append_pci_bus_devices(Aml *parent_scope, PCIBus *bus)
+@@ -708,7 +791,9 @@
+     GQueue *pcnt_bus_list = g_queue_new();
+ 
+     QLIST_FOREACH(sec, &bus->child, sibling) {
+-        Aml *br_scope = aml_scope("S%.02X", sec->parent_dev->devfn);
+        char mimic_nm[5];
+        get_mimic_pci_name(mimic_nm, sec->parent_dev->devfn);
+        Aml *br_scope = aml_scope("%s", mimic_nm);
+         if (pci_bus_is_root(sec)) {
+             continue;
+         }
+@@ -747,7 +832,9 @@
+ 
+     /* Notify about child bus events in any case */
+     while ((sec = g_queue_pop_head(pcnt_bus_list))) {
+-        aml_append(method, aml_name("^S%.02X.PCNT", sec->parent_dev->devfn));
+        char mimic_nm[5];
+        get_mimic_pci_name(mimic_nm, sec->parent_dev->devfn);
+        aml_append(method, aml_name("^%s.PCNT", mimic_nm));
+     }
+ 
+     aml_append(parent_scope, method);
+@@ -802,9 +889,11 @@
+ {
+     Aml *if_ctx;
+     int32_t devfn = PCI_DEVFN(slot, 0);
+    char mimic_nm[5];
+ 
+    get_mimic_pci_name(mimic_nm, devfn);
+     if_ctx = aml_if(aml_and(aml_arg(0), aml_int(0x1U << slot), NULL));
+-    aml_append(if_ctx, aml_notify(aml_name("S%.02X", devfn), aml_arg(1)));
+    aml_append(if_ctx, aml_notify(aml_name("%s", mimic_nm), aml_arg(1)));
+     aml_append(method, if_ctx);
+ }
+ 
+@@ -867,10 +956,12 @@
+             continue;
+         }
+ 
+        char mimic_nm[5];
+        get_mimic_pci_name(mimic_nm, devfn);
+         if (bus->devices[devfn]) {
+-            dev = aml_scope("S%.02X", devfn);
+            dev = aml_scope("%s", mimic_nm);
+         } else {
+-            dev = aml_device("S%.02X", devfn);
+            dev = aml_device("%s", mimic_nm);
+             aml_append(dev, aml_name_decl("_ADR", aml_int(adr)));
+         }
+ 
+@@ -912,7 +1003,11 @@
         }
 
         /* start to compose PCI device descriptor */
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Targets VMAware check: VIRTUAL_DISK / DISK_SERIAL
 Storage that announces itself as emulated: 'QEMU HARDDISK', 'QEMU DVD-ROM',
 empty serials and the QEMU vendor string in SCSI inquiry data.

-Applies to QEMU v11.1.1. Apply from the source root with:
+Applies to QEMU v11.1.2. Apply from the source root with:
    patch -p1 < 02-disk-identity.patch

 ---
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ diff --git a/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c b/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c
 index 1b0cce1..0e8ded4 100644
 --- a/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c
 +++ b/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c
-@@ -2551,7 +2551,7 @@ static void scsi_realize(SCSIDevice *dev, Error **errp)
+@@ -2556,7 +2556,7 @@ static void scsi_realize(SCSIDevice *dev, Error **errp)
         s->version = g_strdup(QEMU_HW_VERSION);
     }
     if (!s->vendor) {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ index 1b0cce1..0e8ded4 100644
     }
     if (s->serial && strlen(s->serial) > MAX_SERIAL_LEN) {
         error_setg(errp, "The serial number can't be longer than %d characters",
-@@ -2615,7 +2615,7 @@ static void scsi_hd_realize(SCSIDevice *dev, Error **errp)
+@@ -2620,7 +2620,7 @@ static void scsi_hd_realize(SCSIDevice *dev, Error **errp)
     s->qdev.blocksize = s->qdev.conf.logical_block_size;
     s->qdev.type = TYPE_DISK;
     if (!s->product) {
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ index 1b0cce1..0e8ded4 100644
     }
     scsi_realize(&s->qdev, errp);
 }
-@@ -2642,7 +2642,7 @@ static void scsi_cd_realize(SCSIDevice *dev, Error **errp)
+@@ -2647,7 +2647,7 @@ static void scsi_cd_realize(SCSIDevice *dev, Error **errp)
     s->qdev.type = TYPE_ROM;
     s->features |= 1 << SCSI_DISK_F_REMOVABLE;
     if (!s->product) {
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ diff --git a/hw/ide/core.c b/hw/ide/core.c
 index fb9bf11..7f44de2 100644
 --- a/hw/ide/core.c
 +++ b/hw/ide/core.c
-@@ -2640,21 +2640,20 @@ int ide_init_drive(IDEState *s, IDEDevice *dev, IDEDriveKind kind, Error **errp)
+@@ -2648,21 +2648,20 @@ int ide_init_drive(IDEState *s, IDEDevice *dev, IDEDriveKind kind, Error **errp)
     if (dev->serial) {
         pstrcpy(s->drive_serial_str, sizeof(s->drive_serial_str), dev->serial);
     } else {
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ Targets VMAware check: PCI_VENDOR / DEVICES
 PCI vendor, device and subsystem IDs that read as Red Hat / QEMU, and the
 ICH9 southbridge layout OVMF expects to find at 1f:0.

-Applies to QEMU v11.1.1. Apply from the source root with:
+Virtio devices keep Red Hat's subsystem IDs: their vendor ID names them
+anyway, and OVMF and the guest virtio drivers only bind with them.
+
+Applies to QEMU v11.1.2. Apply from the source root with:
    patch -p1 < 03-pci-ids.patch

 ---
@@ -24,19 +27,6 @@ index f2448e9..4eea405 100644
 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_QEMU_IPMI          0x1112
 
 /* VMWare (0x15ad) */
-@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ extern bool pci_available;
- #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_82801IR      0x2922
- 
- /* Red Hat / Qumranet (for QEMU) -- see pci-ids.txt */
-#define PCI_VENDOR_ID_REDHAT_QUMRANET    0x1af4
-#define PCI_SUBVENDOR_ID_REDHAT_QUMRANET 0x1af4
-#define PCI_SUBDEVICE_ID_QEMU            0x1100
-+#define PCI_VENDOR_ID_REDHAT_QUMRANET    0x1af4 // VirtIO devices | IVSHMEM Driver | Looking Glass
-+#define PCI_SUBVENDOR_ID_REDHAT_QUMRANET 0x8086 // VirtIO devices | IVSHMEM Driver | Looking Glass
-+#define PCI_SUBDEVICE_ID_QEMU            0x0000 // VirtIO devices | IVSHMEM Driver | Looking Glass
- 
- /* legacy virtio-pci devices */
- #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIRTIO_NET         0x1000
@@ -100,21 +100,21 @@ extern bool pci_available;
  */
 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIRTIO_10_BASE     0x1040
@@ -100,15 +90,6 @@ index 2c35dd0..2b6a39c 100644
 #define ICH9_LPC_NB_PIRQS                       8       /* PCI A-H */
 
 #define ICH9_LPC_PMBASE                         0x40
-@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ struct ICH9LPCState {
- #define ICH9_GPIO_GSI "gsi"
- 
- /* D31:F2 SATA Controller #1 */
-#define ICH9_SATA1_DEV                          31
-+#define ICH9_SATA1_DEV                          20
- #define ICH9_SATA1_FUNC                         2
- 
- /* D31:F0 power management I/O registers
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ struct ICH9LPCState {
 /* D31:F3 SMBus controller */
 #define TYPE_ICH9_SMB_DEVICE "ICH9-SMB"
@@ -166,16 +147,32 @@ index e2aab3d..9131b5d 100644
     dc->user_creatable = true;
     vc->get_id = device_vmstate_if_get_id;
     rc->get_state = device_get_reset_state;
-diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
-index f064aa2..cfdbbc1 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
-+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
-@@ -1689,7 +1689,7 @@ static void pc_machine_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, const void *data)
+diff --git a/hw/pci/pci.c b/hw/pci/pci.c
+index d319160..7206e3d 100644
+--- a/hw/pci/pci.c
+++ b/hw/pci/pci.c
+@@ -355,8 +355,8 @@ static void pci_irq_handler(void *opaque, int irq_num, int level);
+ static void pci_add_option_rom(PCIDevice *pdev, bool is_default_rom, Error **);
+ static void pci_del_option_rom(PCIDevice *pdev);
 
-     pcmc->pci_enabled = true;
-     pcmc->has_acpi_build = true;
-    pcmc->smbios_defaults = true;
-+    pcmc->smbios_defaults = false;
-     pcmc->gigabyte_align = true;
-     pcmc->has_reserved_memory = true;
-     pcmc->enforce_amd_1tb_hole = true;
+-static uint16_t pci_default_sub_vendor_id = PCI_SUBVENDOR_ID_REDHAT_QUMRANET;
+-static uint16_t pci_default_sub_device_id = PCI_SUBDEVICE_ID_QEMU;
+static uint16_t pci_default_sub_vendor_id = PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL;
+static uint16_t pci_default_sub_device_id = 0;
+ 
+ PCIHostStateList pci_host_bridges;
+ 
+diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
+index 6f5db5f..a7e07b8 100644
+--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
+@@ -2029,6 +2029,9 @@ static void virtio_pci_device_plugged(DeviceState *d, Error **errp)
+     modern = virtio_pci_modern(proxy);
+ 
+     config = proxy->pci_dev.config;
+    /* virtio drivers match Red Hat's subsystem IDs; OVMF needs a device ID >= 0x40 */
+    pci_set_word(config + PCI_SUBSYSTEM_VENDOR_ID, PCI_SUBVENDOR_ID_REDHAT_QUMRANET);
+    pci_set_word(config + PCI_SUBSYSTEM_ID, PCI_SUBDEVICE_ID_QEMU);
+     if (proxy->class_code) {
+         pci_config_set_class(config, proxy->class_code);
+     }
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Targets VMAware check: QEMU_FW_CFG

 The fw_cfg device signature, which names QEMU literally.

-Applies to QEMU v11.1.1. Apply from the source root with:
+Applies to QEMU v11.1.2. Apply from the source root with:
    patch -p1 < 04-fw-cfg.patch

 ---
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-Subject: [PATCH] usb-hid: QEMU_USB
+Subject: [PATCH] usb: QEMU_USB

 Targets VMAware check: QEMU_USB

-USB HID descriptors carrying QEMU vendor strings and product IDs.
+USB device identity strings that name QEMU: the HID descriptors (dev-hid.c)
+and the usb-net CDC/RNDIS descriptors plus its RNDIS vendor-description and
+product_desc (dev-network.c). The usb-net VID/PID (0525:a4a1, a real Linux
+USB Ethernet Gadget id) is left intact so the device stays CDC-class and the
+guest's generic CDC-ECM driver (e.g. macOS AppleUSBEthernet) still binds it.

-Applies to QEMU v11.1.1. Apply from the source root with:
-    patch -p1 < 05-usb-hid.patch
+Applies to QEMU v11.1.2. Apply from the source root with:
+    patch -p1 < 05-usb-identity.patch

 ---
 diff --git a/hw/usb/dev-hid.c b/hw/usb/dev-hid.c
@@ -109,3 +113,49 @@ index ae19d60..9fe1223 100644
     dc->vmsd = &vmstate_usb_kbd;
     device_class_set_props(dc, usb_keyboard_properties);
     set_bit(DEVICE_CATEGORY_INPUT, dc->categories);
+
+diff --git a/hw/usb/dev-network.c b/hw/usb/dev-network.c
+--- a/hw/usb/dev-network.c
+++ b/hw/usb/dev-network.c
+@@ -99,15 +99,15 @@
+ #define ETH_FRAME_LEN                   1514 /* Max. octets in frame sans FCS */
+ 
+ static const USBDescStrings usb_net_stringtable = {
+-    [STRING_MANUFACTURER]       = "QEMU",
+-    [STRING_PRODUCT]            = "RNDIS/QEMU USB Network Device",
+    [STRING_MANUFACTURER]       = "Linux",
+    [STRING_PRODUCT]            = "USB Ethernet",
+     [STRING_ETHADDR]            = "400102030405",
+-    [STRING_DATA]               = "QEMU USB Net Data Interface",
+-    [STRING_CONTROL]            = "QEMU USB Net Control Interface",
+-    [STRING_RNDIS_CONTROL]      = "QEMU USB Net RNDIS Control Interface",
+-    [STRING_CDC]                = "QEMU USB Net CDC",
+-    [STRING_SUBSET]             = "QEMU USB Net Subset",
+-    [STRING_RNDIS]              = "QEMU USB Net RNDIS",
+    [STRING_DATA]               = "CDC Ethernet Data",
+    [STRING_CONTROL]            = "CDC Ethernet Control",
+    [STRING_RNDIS_CONTROL]      = "RNDIS Communications Control",
+    [STRING_CDC]                = "CDC Ethernet",
+    [STRING_SUBSET]             = "CDC Subset Ethernet",
+    [STRING_RNDIS]              = "RNDIS Ethernet",
+     [STRING_SERIALNUMBER]       = "1",
+ };
+ 
+@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@
+ 
+     /* mandatory */
+     case OID_GEN_VENDOR_DESCRIPTION:
+-        pstrcpy((char *)outbuf, outlen, "QEMU USB RNDIS Net");
+        pstrcpy((char *)outbuf, outlen, "USB Ethernet");
+         return strlen((char *)outbuf) + 1;
+ 
+     case OID_GEN_VENDOR_DRIVER_VERSION:
+@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@
+     USBDeviceClass *uc = USB_DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
+ 
+     uc->realize        = usb_net_realize;
+-    uc->product_desc   = "QEMU USB Network Interface";
+    uc->product_desc   = "USB Ethernet Adapter";
+     uc->usb_desc       = &desc_net;
+     uc->handle_reset   = usb_net_handle_reset;
+     uc->handle_control = usb_net_handle_control;
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Targets VMAware check: DEVICES

 Intel HDA codec and controller identity strings.

-Applies to QEMU v11.1.1. Apply from the source root with:
+Applies to QEMU v11.1.2. Apply from the source root with:
    patch -p1 < 06-audio.patch

 ---
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Targets VMAware check: (display identity)
 Generated EDID vendor and model. Note VMAware does not read EDID - this is
 carried for other detectors, not for the score.

-Applies to QEMU v11.1.1. Apply from the source root with:
+Applies to QEMU v11.1.2. Apply from the source root with:
    patch -p1 < 07-edid.patch

 ---
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Targets VMAware check: (CPU model plumbing)

 CPU feature-word plumbing and an upstream backport; not aimed at a check.

-Applies to QEMU v11.1.1. Apply from the source root with:
+Applies to QEMU v11.1.2. Apply from the source root with:
    patch -p1 < 08-cpu-misc.patch

 ---
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+Subject: [PATCH] acpi: clear the remaining VMAware FIRMWARE chain links
+
+Targets VMAware check: FIRMWARE
+
+01-firmware cleared the FIRMWARE links known when it was written. Current
+VMAware adds more DSDT fingerprints to the same chain, and firmware() returns
+on the first match, so the technique keeps firing until every link is gone.
+This clears the rest, taking a q35 guest to 0 detections on both the v2.8.1
+release and current HEAD. Each change is a rename or a byte-neutral rewrite of
+emitted AML; none alters ACPI semantics.
+
+Links cleared:
+  - PCI interrupt-link query methods IQST/IQCR and the PRR0/PRRI resource
+    template/field -> PSTA/PCRS/PRS0/PRSI
+  - TPM Physical Presence Interface regions/method TPP2/TPP3/TPFN -> PPI2/PPI3/PPIF
+  - zeroed _S5 SLP_TYP: emit the 2-element package form
+  - ACPI0006 _HID in \_GPE: declared by its full path \_GPE._HID; the
+    object stays, because macOS will not power off without it
+  - Q35 MMCONFIG reservation device MCFG -> PCMM
+  - synthetic GSI link devices: give the no-op _DIS/_SRS a body so the
+    empty-stub descriptor no longer matches
+  - PCIe _OSC capability mask: And() operands swapped (commutative)
+  - PIRQ link _PRS: list the identical IRQ set as {11, 10, 5} so the fixed
+    5/10/11 descriptor differs
+
+Applies to QEMU v11.1.2, on top of 01-firmware. From the source root:
+    patch -p1 < 09-firmware-chain.patch
+
+diff --git a/hw/acpi/pci.c b/hw/acpi/pci.c
+index 8c7ed1047..0d6a95d67 100644
+--- a/hw/acpi/pci.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/pci.c
+@@ -326,8 +326,8 @@ Aml *build_pci_host_bridge_osc_method(bool enable_native_pcie_hotplug)
+      * Allow SHPC (PCI bridges can have SHPC controller)
+      * Disable PCIe Native Hot-plug if ACPI PCI Hot-plug is enabled.
+      */
+-    aml_append(if_ctx, aml_and(a_ctrl,
+-        aml_int(0x1E | (enable_native_pcie_hotplug ? 0x1 : 0x0)), a_ctrl));
+    aml_append(if_ctx, aml_and(
+        aml_int(0x1E | (enable_native_pcie_hotplug ? 0x1 : 0x0)), a_ctrl, a_ctrl));
+ 
+     if_ctx2 = aml_if(aml_lnot(aml_equal(aml_arg(1), aml_int(1))));
+     /* Unknown revision */
+diff --git a/hw/acpi/tpm.c b/hw/acpi/tpm.c
+index e70377598..d7c234cc5 100644
+--- a/hw/acpi/tpm.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/tpm.c
+@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ void tpm_build_ppi_acpi(TPMIf *tpm, Aml *dev, hwaddr ppi_base)
+      * the PPI code and parameter (PPRQ, PPRM) to the firmware.
+      */
+     aml_append(dev,
+-               aml_operation_region("TPP2", AML_SYSTEM_MEMORY,
+               aml_operation_region("PPI2", AML_SYSTEM_MEMORY,
+                                     aml_int(ppi_base + 0x100),
+                                     0x5A));
+-    field = aml_field("TPP2", AML_ANY_ACC, AML_NOLOCK, AML_PRESERVE);
+    field = aml_field("PPI2", AML_ANY_ACC, AML_NOLOCK, AML_PRESERVE);
+     aml_append(field, aml_named_field("PPIN", 8));
+     aml_append(field, aml_named_field("PPIP", 32));
+     aml_append(field, aml_named_field("PPRP", 32));
+@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ void tpm_build_ppi_acpi(TPMIf *tpm, Aml *dev, hwaddr ppi_base)
+ 
+     aml_append(dev,
+                aml_operation_region(
+-                   "TPP3", AML_SYSTEM_MEMORY,
+                   "PPI3", AML_SYSTEM_MEMORY,
+                    aml_int(ppi_base +
+                            0x15a /* movv, docs/specs/tpm.rst */),
+                            0x1));
+-    field = aml_field("TPP3", AML_BYTE_ACC, AML_NOLOCK, AML_PRESERVE);
+    field = aml_field("PPI3", AML_BYTE_ACC, AML_NOLOCK, AML_PRESERVE);
+     aml_append(field, aml_named_field("MOVV", 8));
+     aml_append(dev, field);
+ 
+@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ void tpm_build_ppi_acpi(TPMIf *tpm, Aml *dev, hwaddr ppi_base)
+      * DerefOf in Windows is broken with SYSTEM_MEMORY.  Use a dynamic
+      * operation region inside of a method for getting FUNC[op].
+      */
+-    method = aml_method("TPFN", 1, AML_SERIALIZED);
+    method = aml_method("PPIF", 1, AML_SERIALIZED);
+     {
+         Aml *op = aml_arg(0);
+         ifctx = aml_if(aml_lgreater_equal(op, aml_int(0x100)));
+@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ void tpm_build_ppi_acpi(TPMIf *tpm, Aml *dev, hwaddr ppi_base)
+ 
+                 /* get opcode flags */
+                 aml_append(ifctx2,
+-                           aml_store(aml_call1("TPFN", op), op_flags));
+                           aml_store(aml_call1("PPIF", op), op_flags));
+ 
+                 /* if func[opcode] & TPM_PPI_FUNC_NOT_IMPLEMENTED */
+                 ifctx3 = aml_if(
+@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ void tpm_build_ppi_acpi(TPMIf *tpm, Aml *dev, hwaddr ppi_base)
+                                              op));
+ 
+                 /* get opcode flags */
+-                aml_append(ifctx2, aml_store(aml_call1("TPFN", op),
+                aml_append(ifctx2, aml_store(aml_call1("PPIF", op),
+                                              op_flags));
+                 /* if func[opcode] & TPM_PPI_FUNC_NOT_IMPLEMENTED */
+                 ifctx3 = aml_if(
+@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ void tpm_build_ppi_acpi(TPMIf *tpm, Aml *dev, hwaddr ppi_base)
+                                      op));
+ 
+                 /* get opcode flags */
+-                aml_append(ifctx2, aml_store(aml_call1("TPFN", op),
+                aml_append(ifctx2, aml_store(aml_call1("PPIF", op),
+                                              op_flags));
+                 /* return confirmation status code */
+                 aml_append(ifctx2,
+diff --git a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
+index 4001d9d69..087d5f778 100644
+--- a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
+++ b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
+@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ static Aml *build_link_dev(const char *name, uint8_t uid, Aml *reg)
+     Aml *dev;
+     Aml *crs;
+     Aml *method;
+-    uint32_t irqs[] = {5, 10, 11};
+    uint32_t irqs[] = {11, 10, 5};
+ 
+     dev = aml_device("%s", name);
+     aml_append(dev, aml_name_decl("_HID", aml_eisaid("PNP0C0F")));
+@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ static Aml *build_link_dev(const char *name, uint8_t uid, Aml *reg)
+     aml_append(dev, aml_name_decl("_PRS", crs));
+ 
+     method = aml_method("_STA", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
+-    aml_append(method, aml_return(aml_call1("IQST", reg)));
+    aml_append(method, aml_return(aml_call1("PSTA", reg)));
+     aml_append(dev, method);
+ 
+     method = aml_method("_DIS", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
+@@ -535,12 +535,12 @@ static Aml *build_link_dev(const char *name, uint8_t uid, Aml *reg)
+     aml_append(dev, method);
+ 
+     method = aml_method("_CRS", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
+-    aml_append(method, aml_return(aml_call1("IQCR", reg)));
+    aml_append(method, aml_return(aml_call1("PCRS", reg)));
+     aml_append(dev, method);
+ 
+     method = aml_method("_SRS", 1, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
+-    aml_append(method, aml_create_dword_field(aml_arg(0), aml_int(5), "PRRI"));
+-    aml_append(method, aml_store(aml_name("PRRI"), reg));
+    aml_append(method, aml_create_dword_field(aml_arg(0), aml_int(5), "PRSI"));
+    aml_append(method, aml_store(aml_name("PRSI"), reg));
+     aml_append(dev, method);
+ 
+     return dev;
+@@ -569,9 +569,11 @@ static Aml *build_gsi_link_dev(const char *name, uint8_t uid, uint8_t gsi)
+      * _DIS can be no-op because the interrupt cannot be disabled.
+      */
+     method = aml_method("_DIS", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
+    aml_append(method, aml_store(aml_int(0), aml_local(0)));
+     aml_append(dev, method);
+ 
+     method = aml_method("_SRS", 1, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
+    aml_append(method, aml_store(aml_int(0), aml_local(0)));
+     aml_append(dev, method);
+ 
+     return dev;
+@@ -582,28 +584,28 @@ static Aml *build_iqcr_method(bool is_piix4)
+ {
+     Aml *if_ctx;
+     uint32_t irqs;
+-    Aml *method = aml_method("IQCR", 1, AML_SERIALIZED);
+    Aml *method = aml_method("PCRS", 1, AML_SERIALIZED);
+     Aml *crs = aml_resource_template();
+ 
+     irqs = 0;
+     aml_append(crs, aml_interrupt(AML_CONSUMER, AML_LEVEL,
+                                   AML_ACTIVE_HIGH, AML_SHARED, &irqs, 1));
+-    aml_append(method, aml_name_decl("PRR0", crs));
+    aml_append(method, aml_name_decl("PRS0", crs));
+ 
+     aml_append(method,
+-        aml_create_dword_field(aml_name("PRR0"), aml_int(5), "PRRI"));
+        aml_create_dword_field(aml_name("PRS0"), aml_int(5), "PRSI"));
+ 
+     if (is_piix4) {
+         if_ctx = aml_if(aml_lless(aml_arg(0), aml_int(0x80)));
+-        aml_append(if_ctx, aml_store(aml_arg(0), aml_name("PRRI")));
+        aml_append(if_ctx, aml_store(aml_arg(0), aml_name("PRSI")));
+         aml_append(method, if_ctx);
+     } else {
+         aml_append(method,
+             aml_store(aml_and(aml_arg(0), aml_int(0xF), NULL),
+-                      aml_name("PRRI")));
+                      aml_name("PRSI")));
+     }
+ 
+-    aml_append(method, aml_return(aml_name("PRR0")));
+    aml_append(method, aml_return(aml_name("PRS0")));
+     return method;
+ }
+ 
+@@ -611,7 +613,7 @@ static Aml *build_iqcr_method(bool is_piix4)
+ static Aml *build_irq_status_method(void)
+ {
+     Aml *if_ctx;
+-    Aml *method = aml_method("IQST", 1, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
+    Aml *method = aml_method("PSTA", 1, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
+ 
+     if_ctx = aml_if(aml_and(aml_int(0x80), aml_arg(0), NULL));
+     aml_append(if_ctx, aml_return(aml_int(0x09)));
+@@ -801,7 +803,7 @@ static Aml *build_q35_dram_controller(const AcpiMcfgInfo *mcfg)
+     Aml *resource_template;
+ 
+     /* DRAM controller */
+-    dev = aml_device("MCFG");
+    dev = aml_device("PCMM");
+     aml_append(dev, aml_name_decl("_HID", aml_string("PNP0C01")));
+ 
+     resource_template = aml_resource_template();
+@@ -986,7 +988,11 @@ build_dsdt(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker,
+ 
+     scope =  aml_scope("_GPE");
+     {
+-        aml_append(scope, aml_name_decl("_HID", aml_string("ACPI0006")));
+        /*
+         * macOS needs the GPE block device to reach S5; naming it by full
+         * path keeps it without the byte pattern VMAware matches.
+         */
+        aml_append(scope, aml_name_decl("\\_GPE._HID", aml_string("ACPI0006")));
+         if (machine->nvdimms_state->is_enabled) {
+             method = aml_method("_E04", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
+             aml_append(method, aml_notify(aml_name("\\_SB.NVDR"),
+@@ -1193,11 +1199,9 @@ build_dsdt(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker,
+         aml_append(scope, aml_name_decl("_S4", pkg));
+     }
+ 
+-    pkg = aml_package(4);
+    pkg = aml_package(2);
+     aml_append(pkg, aml_int(0)); /* PM1a_CNT.SLP_TYP */
+     aml_append(pkg, aml_int(0)); /* PM1b_CNT.SLP_TYP not impl. */
+-    aml_append(pkg, aml_int(0)); /* reserved */
+-    aml_append(pkg, aml_int(0)); /* reserved */
+     aml_append(scope, aml_name_decl("_S5", pkg));
+     aml_append(dsdt, scope);
+ 
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+Subject: [PATCH] smbios: CTYPE / SMBIOS_VM_BIT / FIRMWARE
+
+Targets VMAware check: CTYPE / SMBIOS_VM_BIT / FIRMWARE
+
+QEMU keeps synthesising every required SMBIOS structure the domain does not
+supply, so identity can be set with -smbios type=N field arguments and real
+structures passed with -smbios file= only where they are wanted. What QEMU
+fills in by itself must not read as a VM:
+
+  - type 3 chassis type was hard-coded to 1 (Other), which CTYPE flags. It
+    defaults to 3 (Desktop) and is set with type=3,chassis-type=N.
+  - the type 0 "virtual machine" characteristics bit now defaults off, so a
+    type 0 from libvirt <sysinfo>, which cannot pass vm=off, stays clean.
+  - unset product and version strings in types 1-4 default to "Unknown"
+    instead of the machine description and name ("Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9,
+    2009)", "pc-q35-<ver>"), which FIRMWARE matches when it scans SMBIOS on
+    Windows.
+
+Applies to QEMU v11.1.2, on top of 04-fw-cfg. Apply from the source root with:
+    patch -p1 < 10-smbios.patch
+
+---
+diff --git a/hw/i386/fw_cfg.c b/hw/i386/fw_cfg.c
+index e5fddbc..bfc193c 100644
+--- a/hw/i386/fw_cfg.c
+++ b/hw/i386/fw_cfg.c
+@@ -71,13 +71,12 @@ void fw_cfg_build_smbios(PCMachineState *pcms, FWCfgState *fw_cfg,
+     unsigned i, array_count;
+     MachineState *ms = MACHINE(pcms);
+     PCMachineClass *pcmc = PC_MACHINE_GET_CLASS(pcms);
+-    MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(pcms);
+     X86CPU *cpu = X86_CPU(ms->possible_cpus->cpus[0].cpu);
+     int nr_e820;
+ 
+     if (pcmc->smbios_defaults) {
+         /* These values are guest ABI, do not change */
+-        smbios_set_defaults("Unknown", mc->desc, mc->name);
+        smbios_set_defaults("Unknown", "Unknown", "Unknown");
+     }
+ 
+     /* tell smbios about cpuid version and features */
+diff --git a/hw/smbios/smbios.c b/hw/smbios/smbios.c
+index 7d71418..c557069 100644
+--- a/hw/smbios/smbios.c
+++ b/hw/smbios/smbios.c
+@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ static struct {
+ 
+ static struct {
+     const char *manufacturer, *version, *serial, *asset, *sku;
+-} type3;
+    uint64_t chassis_type;
+} type3 = { .chassis_type = 0x03 }; /* Desktop: QEMU's "Other" reads as a VM */
+ 
+ /*
+  * SVVP requires max_speed and current_speed to be set and not being
+@@ -282,6 +283,10 @@ static const QemuOptDesc qemu_smbios_type3_opts[] = {
+         .name = "sku",
+         .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+         .help = "SKU number",
+    },{
+        .name = "chassis-type",
+        .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+        .help = "chassis type",
+     },
+     { /* end of list */ }
+ };
+@@ -656,7 +661,7 @@ static void smbios_build_type_3_table(void)
+     SMBIOS_BUILD_TABLE_PRE(3, T3_BASE, true); /* required */
+ 
+     SMBIOS_TABLE_SET_STR(3, manufacturer_str, type3.manufacturer);
+-    t->type = 0x01; /* Other */
+    t->type = type3.chassis_type;
+     SMBIOS_TABLE_SET_STR(3, version_str, type3.version);
+     SMBIOS_TABLE_SET_STR(3, serial_number_str, type3.serial);
+     SMBIOS_TABLE_SET_STR(3, asset_tag_number_str, type3.asset);
+@@ -1413,7 +1418,7 @@ void smbios_entry_add(QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
+             save_opt(&smbios_type0.version, opts, "version");
+             save_opt(&smbios_type0.date, opts, "date");
+             smbios_type0.uefi = qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "uefi", false);
+-            smbios_type0.vm = qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "vm", true);
+            smbios_type0.vm = qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "vm", false);
+ 
+             val = qemu_opt_get(opts, "release");
+             if (val) {
+@@ -1465,6 +1470,12 @@ void smbios_entry_add(QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
+             save_opt(&type3.serial, opts, "serial");
+             save_opt(&type3.asset, opts, "asset");
+             save_opt(&type3.sku, opts, "sku");
+            type3.chassis_type = qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "chassis-type",
+                                                     type3.chassis_type);
+            if (type3.chassis_type > UINT8_MAX) {
+                error_setg(errp, "SMBIOS chassis type is too large (> %d)",
+                           UINT8_MAX);
+            }
+             return;
+         case 4:
+             if (!qemu_opts_validate(opts, qemu_smbios_type4_opts, errp)) {
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+Subject: [PATCH] acpi: keep the CPU objects macOS needs without the FIRMWARE tell
+
+Targets VMAware check: FIRMWARE (CPU hotplug I/O signature)
+
+macOS references \_SB.CPUS.Cxxx from its own CpuPlug SSDT, so the guest needs
+QEMU's build_cpus_aml output (the \_SB.PCI0.PRES controller and the \_SB.CPUS
+Processor objects) or it hangs in ACPI namespace init. 01-firmware dropped that
+block because build_cpus_aml emits the CPU-hotplug register region at I/O port
+0x0CD8, which VMAware v2.8.1 FIRMWARE byte-matches as the WordData sequence
+0x0B 0xD8 0x0C and flips to a QEMU verdict. HEAD has no such check.
+
+This re-adds the block for every guest (no opt-in) and removes that one tell at
+the source rather than removing the whole block:
+
+  - the controller _UID is renamed from "CPU Hotplug resources" to "Reserved
+    resources C", clearing the FIRMWARE string match the same way 01-firmware
+    renamed the other reserved-resource devices.
+
+  - the PRST OperationRegion base is emitted as Add(0x0C00, 0xD8) for a SystemIO
+    base. It evaluates to the identical 0x0CD8 at namespace load, so the port
+    QEMU decodes and the port OVMF's SMM code reads directly are both unchanged.
+    Relocating the base instead was tried and breaks every SMM/OVMF guest (macOS
+    hangs at boot, Windows too), because OVMF hardcodes 0x0CD8. Splitting the
+    operand keeps 0x0CD8 live but never places the three matched bytes next to
+    each other in the AML.
+
+The _CRS IO descriptor keeps 0x0CD8 untouched: a small-resource IO descriptor
+encodes its base as 0xD8 0x0C preceded by the 0x47/0x01 descriptor bytes, never
+by 0x0B, so it is not the sequence the scanner matches.
+
+Verified against QEMU 11.1.2: macOS boots to login and powers off via S5;
+VMAware v2.8.1 and HEAD both read bare metal with FIRMWARE clear on the stealth
+guest; Windows and Linux boot unchanged.
+
+Applies to QEMU v11.1.2, on top of 01-firmware. From the source root:
+    patch -p1 < 11-macos-cpu-hotplug.patch
+
+--- a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
+++ b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
+@@ -1002,6 +1002,16 @@
+     }
+     aml_append(dsdt, scope);
+ 
+    {
+        CPUHotplugFeatures opts = {
+            .acpi_1_compatible = true,
+            .smi_path = pm->smi_on_cpuhp ? "\\_SB.PCI0.SMI0.SMIC" : NULL,
+            .fw_unplugs_cpu = pm->smi_on_cpu_unplug,
+        };
+        build_cpus_aml(dsdt, machine, opts, pc_madt_cpu_entry,
+                       pm->cpu_hp_io_base, "\\_SB.PCI0", "\\_GPE._E02",
+                       AML_SYSTEM_IO);
+    }
+ 
+     crs_range_set_init(&crs_range_set);
+     bus = PC_MACHINE(machine)->pcibus;
+--- a/hw/acpi/cpu.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/cpu.c
+@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@
+         aml_append(cpu_ctrl_dev,
+             aml_name_decl("_HID", aml_eisaid("PNP0A06")));
+         aml_append(cpu_ctrl_dev,
+-            aml_name_decl("_UID", aml_string("CPU Hotplug resources")));
+            aml_name_decl("_UID", aml_string("Reserved resources C")));
+         aml_append(cpu_ctrl_dev, aml_mutex(CPU_LOCK, 0));
+ 
+         assert((rs == AML_SYSTEM_IO) || (rs == AML_SYSTEM_MEMORY));
+@@ -379,9 +379,21 @@
+ 
+         aml_append(cpu_ctrl_dev, aml_name_decl("_CRS", crs));
+ 
+-        /* declare CPU hotplug MMIO region with related access fields */
+        /*
+         * Declare the CPU hotplug register block. The region is at the same
+         * fixed base QEMU decodes and firmware (OVMF SMM) reads directly, so
+         * that is unchanged. Only the base operand's AML encoding is split
+         * across an Add() for a SystemIO base: emitting the 16-bit port as a
+         * single WordData leaks the exact three-byte sequence a VM-detection
+         * scanner byte-matches on. The Add() evaluates to the identical base
+         * at namespace load but never places those bytes contiguously.
+         */
+        Aml *region_base = (rs == AML_SYSTEM_IO)
+            ? aml_add(aml_int(base_addr & 0xff00),
+                      aml_int(base_addr & 0x00ff), NULL)
+            : aml_int(base_addr);
+         aml_append(cpu_ctrl_dev,
+-            aml_operation_region("PRST", rs, aml_int(base_addr),
+            aml_operation_region("PRST", rs, region_base,
+                                  ACPI_CPU_HOTPLUG_REG_LEN));
+ 
+         field = aml_field("PRST", AML_BYTE_ACC, AML_NOLOCK,
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ PARAM=/sys/module/kvm_amd/parameters
 V="virsh -c qemu:///system"

 running() { [ "$($V domstate "$DOMAIN" 2>/dev/null)" = running ]; }
-
-tap=$($V domiflist "$DOMAIN" 2>/dev/null | awk '$1 ~ /^(vnet|tap|macvtap)/ {print $1; exit}')
-RX="/sys/class/net/$tap/statistics/rx_packets"
 rx() { cat "$RX" 2>/dev/null || echo 0; }

 set_N() { echo N > "$PARAM/cpuid_passthrough"; }
@@ -46,6 +43,14 @@ wait_net_up() {
    return 0
 }

+# The hook arms this watcher at prepare, before QEMU starts, so the domain is not
+# yet running and its tap does not exist. Wait for the domain, then read the tap;
+# otherwise the first running check in wait_net_up bails and the flip never happens.
+for _ in $(seq 1 120); do running && break; sleep 1; done
+running || exit 0
+tap=$($V domiflist "$DOMAIN" 2>/dev/null | awk '$1 ~ /^(vnet|tap|macvtap)/ {print $1; exit}')
+RX="/sys/class/net/$tap/statistics/rx_packets"
+
 # initial cold boot: wait for the network, then harden
 wait_net_up 0
 running || exit 0
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 #
 # On start it reads the domain's own <cputune> from the XML libvirt passes on
 # stdin, works out which host CPUs the guest occupies, and confines the systemd
-# slices to the rest. On stop it hands everything back.
+# slices to the rest. On stop it puts back what the slices had before, so a
+# partition someone else set survives a guest's lifetime.
 #
 # Measured on a 16 vCPU guest pinned to one CCD of a 7950X: stalls over 10 us in
 # a 10 second window fell from ~100 to ~52, and CPU throughput rose about 2%.
@@ -19,12 +20,7 @@ OPERATION="$2"
 ALL=$(cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/present)      # not nproc: that honours this hook's own affinity
 NCPU=$(( ${ALL##*-} + 1 ))
 SLICES="system.slice user.slice init.scope"
-
-restore() {
-    for s in $SLICES; do
-        systemctl set-property --runtime -- "$s" AllowedCPUs="$ALL" 2>/dev/null
-    done
-}
+STATE="/run/vfio-native/cpu-isolation/$DOMAIN"   # each slice's AllowedCPUs before we confined it

 case "$OPERATION" in
 prepare)
@@ -62,6 +58,10 @@ PY
 )
    [ -n "$HOST" ] || exit 0         # nothing left for the host, or it failed

+    mkdir -p "${STATE%/*}"
+    [ -f "$STATE" ] || for s in $SLICES; do
+        printf '%s=%s\n' "$s" "$(systemctl show -p AllowedCPUs --value -- "$s")"
+    done > "$STATE"
    for s in $SLICES; do
        systemctl set-property --runtime -- "$s" AllowedCPUs="$HOST" 2>/dev/null
    done
@@ -69,8 +69,12 @@ PY
    ;;

 release|stopped)
-    restore
-    logger -t libvirt-cpu-isolation "$DOMAIN $OPERATION: host slices restored to $ALL"
+    [ -f "$STATE" ] || exit 0        # this hook confined nothing for the domain
+    while IFS='=' read -r s cpus; do
+        systemctl set-property --runtime -- "$s" AllowedCPUs="$cpus" 2>/dev/null
+    done < "$STATE"
+    logger -t libvirt-cpu-isolation "$DOMAIN $OPERATION: host slices restored to $(tr '\n' ' ' < "$STATE")"
+    rm -f "$STATE"
    ;;
 *)
    # Deliberately does nothing. An earlier version called virsh here to check
@@ -11,8 +11,14 @@
 #   -s  on | off          Secure Boot with enrolled keys (default on)
 #   -u  none | auto | <vid:pid,...|0000:bb:dd.f,...>   USB passthrough
 #   -r  randomize the hardware identity (serials, MAC, memory modules)
+#   -S  <dmi-blob>        refit to a real machine's dumped SMBIOS (Method B)
 #   -y  no prompts
 #
+# To present as a specific machine instead of this host, fill the target keys in
+# the per-domain identity.env (SYS_PRODUCT, BIOS_*, CPU_*, ...): the tool then
+# authors SMBIOS type 0-4/17 as field args (Method A). -S <dmi-blob> uses a real
+# machine's dumped DMI table byte-for-byte instead (Method B). Either needs -p full.
+#
 # Takes a plain libvirt domain to the tuned, corrected state in one pass:
 # detects the host CPU layout and maps vCPUs onto real SMT pairs within one
 # cache domain, keeps the emulator off the vCPU cores, moves the disk to
@@ -23,10 +29,10 @@ set -euo pipefail

 # Run bare it is an interview: every choice is asked, with a default. Every flag
 # answers one question in advance, and -y takes every default.
-DOM=win11; PROFILE=""; CORES=""; RAMG=""; ASSUME=0; SECBOOT=""; USBSPEC=""; RANDOMIZE=""
-while getopts "d:p:c:m:s:u:ryh" o; do case $o in
+DOM=win11; PROFILE=""; CORES=""; RAMG=""; ASSUME=0; SECBOOT=""; USBSPEC=""; RANDOMIZE=""; DMIBLOB=""
+while getopts "d:p:c:m:s:u:S:ryh" o; do case $o in
    d) DOM=$OPTARG;; p) PROFILE=$OPTARG;; c) CORES=$OPTARG;;
-    m) RAMG=$OPTARG;; s) SECBOOT=$OPTARG;; u) USBSPEC=$OPTARG;; r) RANDOMIZE=1;; y) ASSUME=1;;
+    m) RAMG=$OPTARG;; s) SECBOOT=$OPTARG;; u) USBSPEC=$OPTARG;; S) DMIBLOB=$OPTARG;; r) RANDOMIZE=1;; y) ASSUME=1;;
    # print the header comment block, however long it grows
    h) sed -n '2,/^[^#]/p' "$0" | sed "\$d; s/^# \?//; s|@@SELFNAME@@|$(basename "$0")|g"; exit 0;;
 esac; done
@@ -302,6 +308,24 @@ gen_identity() {
        echo "MEM_PART='${mem_part:-KF556C40BB-16}'"
        echo "MEM_SPEED='${mem_speed:-5600}'"
        echo "MEM_SERIAL='$(rnd 8 'A-F0-9')'"
+        echo ""
+        echo "# Target refit (Method A): uncomment and fill to present as a specific machine"
+        echo "# instead of this host (SYS_UUID becomes the SMBIOS UUID). Needs -p full."
+        echo "#SYS_MANUFACTURER=''; SYS_PRODUCT=''; SYS_VERSION=''; SYS_UUID=''; SYS_SKU=''; SYS_FAMILY=''"
+        echo "#BIOS_VENDOR=''; BIOS_VERSION=''; BIOS_DATE=''; BIOS_RELEASE=''"
+        echo "#BOARD_MANUFACTURER=''; BOARD_PRODUCT=''; BOARD_VERSION=''"
+        echo "#CHASSIS_MANUFACTURER=''; CHASSIS_TYPE='10'"
+        echo "#CPU_MANUFACTURER='Intel(R) Corporation'; CPU_VERSION=''; CPU_SOCKET=''; CPU_ID=''; CPU_MAX_SPEED=''; CPU_CURRENT_SPEED=''"
+        echo "# CPUID identity override, for when the target CPU vendor differs from this host (model-id alone"
+        echo "# leaves lscpu's vendor/family/model as the host's). Set these to the target's values, e.g. a"
+        echo "# Raptor Lake-U Intel target on an AMD host: GenuineIntel, family 6, model 186, stepping 2. CPU_DISABLE_FLAGS"
+        echo "# drops host-only flags that would contradict the vendor (on AMD: svm sse4a 3dnow 3dnowext"
+        echo "# misalignsse cr8legacy osvw). Host-exclusive features of the real target (Intel vmx/hwp/..) cannot"
+        echo "# be synthesised and stay absent."
+        echo "#CPU_VENDOR_ID=''; CPU_FAMILY=''; CPU_MODEL=''; CPU_STEPPING=''; CPU_DISABLE_FLAGS=''"
+        echo "#MEM_LOCATOR='DIMM 0'; NVME_MODEL=''"
+        echo "# SECOND_MAC adds a present-but-dead NIC (isolated, link down, anti-spoofed) at that MAC:"
+        echo "#SECOND_MAC=''"
    } > "$DATA/identity.env"
 }
 mkdir -p "$DATA"
@@ -321,6 +345,32 @@ if [ "$RANDOMIZE" = 1 ] || [ ! -f "$DATA/identity.env" ]; then gen_identity; fi
 # shellcheck disable=SC1091
 . "$DATA/identity.env"

+# Target identity: present as a specific machine instead of this host. Method A
+# (SYS_PRODUCT set in identity.env) authors SMBIOS type 0-4/17 as -smbios type=
+# field args; Method B (-S <dmi-blob>) splits a real DMI table into -smbios file=
+# blobs. Both ride on the patched QEMU's 10-smbios, so they need the full level.
+TARGET_MODE=""
+if [ -n "$DMIBLOB" ]; then TARGET_MODE=dump
+elif [ -n "${SYS_PRODUCT:-}" ]; then TARGET_MODE=fields; fi
+if [ -n "$TARGET_MODE" ]; then
+    [ "$PROFILE" = full ] || { echo "target identity (-S or SYS_PRODUCT) needs -p full"; exit 1; }
+    [ "$TARGET_MODE" != dump ] || [ -f "$DMIBLOB" ] || { echo "no such DMI blob: $DMIBLOB"; exit 1; }
+    # a hand-written target identity.env may set only the keys it cares about
+    for k in SYS_MANUFACTURER SYS_PRODUCT SYS_VERSION SYS_UUID SYS_SKU SYS_FAMILY SYS_SERIAL \
+             BIOS_VENDOR BIOS_VERSION BIOS_DATE BIOS_RELEASE BOARD_MANUFACTURER BOARD_PRODUCT \
+             BOARD_VERSION BOARD_SERIAL CHASSIS_MANUFACTURER CHASSIS_TYPE CHASSIS_SERIAL \
+             CPU_MANUFACTURER CPU_VERSION CPU_SOCKET CPU_ID CPU_MAX_SPEED CPU_CURRENT_SPEED \
+             CPU_VENDOR_ID CPU_FAMILY CPU_MODEL CPU_STEPPING CPU_DISABLE_FLAGS \
+             MEM_MANUFACTURER MEM_PART MEM_SERIAL MEM_SPEED MEM_LOCATOR \
+             NVME_SERIAL NVME_MODEL MAC SECOND_MAC; do
+        declare -n _k="$k"; : "${_k:=}"
+    done; unset -n _k
+    : "${CHASSIS_TYPE:=10}"; : "${MEM_LOCATOR:=DIMM 0}"
+fi
+# the shared isolated network a SECOND_MAC dead NIC hangs off (created at apply time)
+VOID_NET=""
+[ -n "${SECOND_MAC:-}" ] && [ "$PROFILE" != tuned ] && VOID_NET=vfio-native-void
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------- USB passthrough ---
 # Passing a whole controller is cleaner than passing devices one by one: no
 # emulated hub, no hotplug, nothing in the guest that says "redirected". It is
@@ -504,9 +554,14 @@ echo "  binary    $EMULATOR"
 echo "  memory    ${RAMG} GiB"
 [ -n "$MODEL" ] && [ "$PROFILE" != tuned ] && echo "  declares  $MODEL"
 if [ "$PROFILE" != tuned ]; then
-    [ "$CONVERT" = 1 ] && echo "  disk      emulated NVMe, serial $NVME_SERIAL; virtio devices replaced"
+    if [ -n "$TARGET_MODE" ]; then
+        echo "  refit     $([ "$TARGET_MODE" = dump ] && echo "dumped SMBIOS from $DMIBLOB (Method B)" || echo "$SYS_PRODUCT (Method A field args)")"
+        [ -n "$CPU_VERSION" ] && echo "            CPU $CPU_VERSION; ICH9 USB set; HPET off"
+    fi
+    [ "$CONVERT" = 1 ] && echo "  disk      emulated NVMe, serial $NVME_SERIAL${NVME_MODEL:+, model $NVME_MODEL}; virtio devices replaced"
    [ "$SECBOOT" = on ] && echo "  firmware  Secure Boot, keys enrolled from $NVRAM_TPL"
    [ "$RANDOMIZE" = 1 ] && echo "  identity  SMBIOS serials, MAC $MAC and memory module from $DATA/identity.env"
+    [ -n "${SECOND_MAC:-}" ] && echo "  2nd nic   dead NIC $SECOND_MAC on isolated $VOID_NET (link down, anti-spoofed)"
    [ "$PROFILE" = full ] && echo "  display   none - the guest console goes dark, use SSH or RDP"
 fi
 [ -n "$USB_HOSTDEVS" ] && echo "  usb       $(echo "$USB_HOSTDEVS" | grep -c '<hostdev') hostdev(s): $USBSPEC"
@@ -536,6 +591,17 @@ for ((k=0;k<CORES;k++)); do
    [ "$SMT" = 2 ] && PINS+="    <vcpupin vcpu='$((k*SMT+1))' cpuset='$(sib "${GUEST[$k]}")'/>\n"
 done

+# The dead NIC's isolated network: no uplink, no host IP, no DHCP, so it reaches
+# nothing; libvirt names the bridge. Created once, reused by every domain.
+if [ -n "$VOID_NET" ]; then
+    if ! "${C[@]}" net-info "$VOID_NET" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo "<network><name>$VOID_NET</name></network>" > "$BACKUP/$VOID_NET.xml"
+        "${C[@]}" net-define "$BACKUP/$VOID_NET.xml" >/dev/null
+        "${C[@]}" net-autostart "$VOID_NET" >/dev/null
+    fi
+    "${C[@]}" net-start "$VOID_NET" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+fi
+
 PROFILE="$PROFILE" VENDOR="$VENDOR" VCPUS="$VCPUS" CORES="$CORES" SMT="$SMT" RAMG="$RAMG" \
 MODEL="$MODEL" EMULATOR="$EMULATOR" PINS="$PINS" \
 EMUSET="$(pair "$EMU")" IOCSET="$(pair "$IOC")" NUMANODE="$([ "$NNODES" -gt 1 ] && echo "$GNODE")" \
@@ -547,6 +613,7 @@ DMI_SKU="$(dmi product_sku)" DMI_FAMILY="$(dmi product_family)" DMI_BOARD_VENDOR
 DMI_BOARD="$(dmi board_name)" DMI_BOARD_VERSION="$(dmi board_version)" DMI_CHASSIS_VENDOR="$(dmi chassis_vendor)" \
 DMI_CHASSIS_VERSION="$(dmi chassis_version)" DMI_BIOS_VENDOR="$(dmi bios_vendor)" DMI_BIOS_VERSION="$(dmi bios_version)" \
 DMI_BIOS_DATE="$(dmi bios_date)" \
+TARGET_MODE="$TARGET_MODE" SECOND_MAC="${SECOND_MAC:-}" VOID_NET="$VOID_NET" \
 python3 - "$BACKUP/$DOM.before-setup.xml" "$BACKUP/$DOM.setup.xml" <<'XMLGEN_END'
 import io, os, re, sys
 from xml.sax.saxutils import escape
@@ -555,6 +622,7 @@ E = os.environ
 prof, vcpus, cores, smt = E["PROFILE"], int(E["VCPUS"]), int(E["CORES"]), int(E["SMT"])
 s = io.open(src, encoding="utf-8").read()
 conformant = prof != "tuned"
+target = E.get("TARGET_MODE") or ""

 kib = int(E["RAMG"]) * 1024 * 1024
 s = re.sub(r"<memory unit='KiB'>\d+</memory>", "<memory unit='KiB'>%d</memory>" % kib, s, count=1)
@@ -621,7 +689,7 @@ if "<pm>" not in s:
    s = s.replace("  <devices>", "  <pm>\n    <suspend-to-mem enabled='yes'/>\n"
                  "    <suspend-to-disk enabled='yes'/>\n  </pm>\n  <devices>", 1)

-if conformant and E["MODEL"]:
+if conformant and not target and E["MODEL"]:
    s = re.sub(r"version=AMD Ryzen [^,]*,", "version=%s," % E["MODEL"], s)

 if conformant and E["CONVERT"] == "1":
@@ -669,7 +737,42 @@ if conformant and E["CONVERT"] == "1":
    if prof == "full":
        s = re.sub(r"<video>.*?</video>", "<video>\n      <model type='none'/>\n    </video>", s, flags=re.S)

-if conformant:
+if conformant and target:
+    # the target's SMBIOS rides in as -smbios qemu args, not libvirt <sysinfo>
+    if E.get("MAC"):
+        s = re.sub(r"<mac address='[^']*'/>", "<mac address='%s'/>" % E["MAC"], s, count=1)
+    s = re.sub(r"\s*<sysinfo type='smbios'>.*?</sysinfo>", "", s, flags=re.S)
+    s = re.sub(r"\s*<smbios mode='[^']*'/>", "", s)
+    # a real laptop has the ICH9 EHCI+UHCI set at 1d, not a bare qemu-xhci
+    s = re.sub(r"\s*<controller type='usb'[^>]*>.*?</controller>", "", s, flags=re.S)
+    s = re.sub(r"\s*<controller type='usb'[^>]*/>", "", s)
+    ich9_usb = (
+        "    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-ehci1'>\n"
+        "      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1d' function='0x7'/>\n"
+        "    </controller>\n"
+        "    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci1'>\n"
+        "      <master startport='0'/>\n"
+        "      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1d' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/>\n"
+        "    </controller>\n"
+        "    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci2'>\n"
+        "      <master startport='2'/>\n"
+        "      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1d' function='0x1'/>\n"
+        "    </controller>\n"
+        "    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci3'>\n"
+        "      <master startport='4'/>\n"
+        "      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1d' function='0x2'/>\n"
+        "    </controller>\n")
+    s = s.replace("  </devices>", ich9_usb + "  </devices>", 1)
+    if "name='hpet'" in s:
+        s = re.sub(r"<timer name='hpet'[^>]*/>", "<timer name='hpet' present='no'/>", s, count=1)
+    elif re.search(r"<clock\b[^>]*/>", s):
+        s = re.sub(r"(<clock\b[^>]*)/>",
+                   r"\1>\n    <timer name='hpet' present='no'/>\n  </clock>", s, count=1)
+    else:
+        s = re.sub(r"(<clock\b[^>]*>)",
+                   r"\1\n    <timer name='hpet' present='no'/>", s, count=1)
+
+if conformant and not target:
    if E["RANDOMIZE"] == "1":
        s = re.sub(r"<mac address='[^']*'/>", "<mac address='%s'/>" % E["MAC"], s, count=1)
        def ent(name, key):
@@ -689,6 +792,7 @@ if conformant:
        if "<smbios mode=" not in s:
            s = s.replace("  </os>", "    <smbios mode='sysinfo'/>\n  </os>", 1)

+if conformant:
    if E["SECBOOT"] == "on":
        s = re.sub(r"<os firmware='efi'>", "<os>", s, count=1)
        s = re.sub(r"\s*<firmware>.*?</firmware>", "", s, flags=re.S)
@@ -702,6 +806,17 @@ if conformant:
        if "<smm state='on'/>" not in s:
            s = s.replace("  </features>", "    <smm state='on'/>\n  </features>", 1)

+# SECOND_MAC: a present-but-dead NIC on the isolated void network - shows up in the
+# guest but reaches nothing, with its own clean-traffic anti-spoof. Replace a prior one.
+if conformant and E.get("SECOND_MAC") and E.get("VOID_NET"):
+    s = re.sub(r"\s*<interface type='network'>(?:(?!</interface>).)*?<source network='%s'/>(?:(?!</interface>).)*</interface>" % re.escape(E["VOID_NET"]), "", s, flags=re.S)
+    nic = ("    <interface type='network'>\n"
+           "      <mac address='%s'/>\n" % E["SECOND_MAC"] +
+           "      <source network='%s'/>\n" % E["VOID_NET"] +
+           "      <model type='igb'/>\n      <link state='down'/>\n"
+           "      <filterref filter='clean-traffic'/>\n    </interface>\n")
+    s = s.replace("  </devices>", nic + "  </devices>", 1)
+
 # USB passthrough: replace what this tool put in before, leave other hostdevs alone
 s = re.sub(r"\s*<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='(usb|pci)' managed='yes'>(?:(?!</hostdev>).)*<alias name='ua-vfionative-(usb|pci)-[^']*'/>(?:(?!</hostdev>).)*</hostdev>", "", s, flags=re.S)
 if E["USB_HOSTDEVS"]:
@@ -726,22 +841,27 @@ fi
 # are replaced; anything else already in the block is left alone.
 QARGS=()
 if [ "$PROFILE" != tuned ]; then
+    # A target refit builds its SMBIOS from field args (Method A) or a real dump
+    # (Method B), so it skips the synthesised cache/probe blobs; presenting as this
+    # host keeps them, sized from the declared vCPU cache.
+    if [ -z "$TARGET_MODE" ]; then
        kb() { local s; s=$(cat "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cache/index$1/size"); echo "${s%K}"; }
        SPAN=$(( (CORES + MAXC - 1) / MAXC ))
        python3 "$SELF/scripts/generate-tables.py" --output-dir "$DATA" \
            --cache-l1 $(( CORES * ($(kb 0) + $(kb 1)) )) --cache-l2 $(( CORES * $(kb 2) )) \
            --cache-l3 $(( SPAN * $(kb 3) )) >/dev/null
        for f in "$DATA"/type*.bin; do QARGS+=("-smbios" "file=$f"); done
+    fi
    if [ -d "$SELF/acpi" ]; then
        cp "$SELF"/acpi/*.aml "$DATA"/
        for f in "$DATA"/*.aml; do QARGS+=("-acpitable" "file=$f"); done
    fi
    # A second -cpu REPLACES the first rather than merging, so it is built from
    # libvirt's own generated line and never hand-written. It is incompatible
-    # with <hyperv>, which is why the tuned level skips it.
-    # libvirt's own -cpu comes first; a previous run's override sits at the
-    # end, quoted because the brand has spaces, so split like a shell would.
-    if [ -n "$MODEL" ]; then
+    # with <hyperv>, which is why the tuned level skips it. The brand is the
+    # target's CPU for a refit, otherwise a matched host SKU.
+    BRAND="$MODEL"; [ -n "$TARGET_MODE" ] && BRAND="$CPU_VERSION"
+    if [ -n "$BRAND" ]; then
        python3 - "$BACKUP/$DOM.setup.xml" "$BACKUP/$DOM.nohostdev.xml" <<'STRIP_END'
 import io, re, sys
 s = io.open(sys.argv[1], encoding="utf-8").read()
@@ -751,9 +871,32 @@ STRIP_END
 import shlex, sys
 a = shlex.split(sys.stdin.read())
 print(a[a.index("-cpu") + 1] if "-cpu" in a else "")')
-        if [ -n "$GEN" ] && [[ "$GEN" != *hv-* ]]; then QARGS+=("-cpu" "$GEN,model-id=$MODEL"); fi
-        # SMBIOS type 4 defaults to manufacturer "QEMU" and the machine name as
-        # the version; a comma inside a QEMU option value is written twice.
+        if [ -n "$GEN" ] && [[ "$GEN" != *hv-* ]]; then
+            CPUARG="$GEN,model-id=$BRAND"
+            [ -n "$CPU_VENDOR_ID" ] && CPUARG="$CPUARG,vendor=$CPU_VENDOR_ID"
+            [ -n "$CPU_FAMILY" ]    && CPUARG="$CPUARG,family=$CPU_FAMILY"
+            [ -n "$CPU_MODEL" ]     && CPUARG="$CPUARG,model=$CPU_MODEL"
+            [ -n "$CPU_STEPPING" ]  && CPUARG="$CPUARG,stepping=$CPU_STEPPING"
+            for _df in $CPU_DISABLE_FLAGS; do CPUARG="$CPUARG,-$_df"; done
+            QARGS+=("-cpu" "$CPUARG")
+        fi
+    fi
+    # a comma inside a QEMU option value is written twice
+    esc() { local v="${1//,/,,}"; printf '%s' "$v"; }
+    if [ "$TARGET_MODE" = fields ]; then
+        QARGS+=("-smbios" "type=0,vendor=$(esc "$BIOS_VENDOR"),version=$(esc "$BIOS_VERSION"),date=$(esc "$BIOS_DATE"),release=$(esc "$BIOS_RELEASE"),uefi=on")
+        QARGS+=("-smbios" "type=1,manufacturer=$(esc "$SYS_MANUFACTURER"),product=$(esc "$SYS_PRODUCT"),version=$(esc "$SYS_VERSION"),serial=$(esc "$SYS_SERIAL"),sku=$(esc "$SYS_SKU"),family=$(esc "$SYS_FAMILY")${SYS_UUID:+,uuid=$SYS_UUID}")
+        QARGS+=("-smbios" "type=2,manufacturer=$(esc "$BOARD_MANUFACTURER"),product=$(esc "$BOARD_PRODUCT"),version=$(esc "$BOARD_VERSION"),serial=$(esc "$BOARD_SERIAL")")
+        QARGS+=("-smbios" "type=3,manufacturer=$(esc "$CHASSIS_MANUFACTURER"),serial=$(esc "$CHASSIS_SERIAL"),chassis-type=$CHASSIS_TYPE")
+        QARGS+=("-smbios" "type=4,manufacturer=$(esc "$CPU_MANUFACTURER"),version=$(esc "$CPU_VERSION"),sock_pfx=$(esc "$CPU_SOCKET")${CPU_ID:+,processor-id=$CPU_ID}${CPU_MAX_SPEED:+,max-speed=$CPU_MAX_SPEED}${CPU_CURRENT_SPEED:+,current-speed=$CPU_CURRENT_SPEED}")
+        QARGS+=("-smbios" "type=17,manufacturer=$(esc "$MEM_MANUFACTURER"),part=$(esc "$MEM_PART"),serial=$(esc "$MEM_SERIAL"),speed=$MEM_SPEED,loc_pfx=$(esc "$MEM_LOCATOR")")
+    elif [ "$TARGET_MODE" = dump ]; then
+        rm -rf "$DATA/smbios_real"
+        while read -r f; do [ "${f#\#}" = "$f" ] && QARGS+=("-smbios" "file=$f"); done \
+            < <(python3 "$SELF/scripts/split_smbios.py" "$DMIBLOB" "$DATA/smbios_real")
+    else
+        # present as this host: type 4 from the matched SKU, type 17 with -r
+        if [ -n "$MODEL" ]; then
            case "$VENDOR:$FAMILY" in
                AuthenticAMD:23) SOCK=AM4; CPUVEND="Advanced Micro Devices,, Inc.";;
                AuthenticAMD:*)  SOCK=AM5; CPUVEND="Advanced Micro Devices,, Inc.";;
@@ -766,11 +909,14 @@ print(a[a.index("-cpu") + 1] if "-cpu" in a else "")')
        if [ "$RANDOMIZE" = 1 ]; then
            QARGS+=("-smbios" "type=17,loc_pfx=DIMM,bank=P0 CHANNEL A,manufacturer=$MEM_MANUFACTURER,part=$MEM_PART,serial=$MEM_SERIAL,speed=$MEM_SPEED")
        fi
+    fi
 fi
-QARGS_NL="$(printf '%s\n' "${QARGS[@]}")" python3 - "$BACKUP/$DOM.setup.xml" <<'QARGS_END'
+QARGS_NL="$(printf '%s\n' "${QARGS[@]}")" NVME_MODEL="${NVME_MODEL:-}" \
+python3 - "$BACKUP/$DOM.setup.xml" <<'QARGS_END'
 import io, os, re, sys
 p = sys.argv[1]
 args = [a for a in os.environ["QARGS_NL"].split("\n") if a]
+model = os.environ.get("NVME_MODEL", "")
 s = io.open(p, encoding="utf-8").read()
 if "xmlns:qemu=" not in s:
    s = s.replace("<domain type='kvm'>",
@@ -796,6 +942,14 @@ if vals or envs:
             + "".join("    %s\n" % e for e in envs)
             + "  </qemu:commandline>\n")
    s = s.replace("</domain>", block + "</domain>", 1)
+# libvirt's nvme controller has no model attribute, so the Identify Model Number
+# rides in as a qemu device override (the serial stays on the controller).
+if model:
+    s = re.sub(r"\s*<qemu:override>.*?</qemu:override>", "", s, flags=re.S)
+    ovr = ("  <qemu:override>\n    <qemu:device alias='nvme0'>\n      <qemu:frontend>\n"
+           "        <qemu:property name='model' type='string' value='%s'/>\n" % model.replace("'", "&apos;") +
+           "      </qemu:frontend>\n    </qemu:device>\n  </qemu:override>\n")
+    s = s.replace("</domain>", ovr + "</domain>", 1)
 io.open(p, "w", encoding="utf-8").write(s)
 QARGS_END
 "${C[@]}" define "$BACKUP/$DOM.setup.xml" >/dev/null
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Split a raw SMBIOS structure table into one file per structure for QEMU.
+
+Reads a dumped DMI table (/sys/firmware/dmi/tables/DMI on the real machine),
+writes one `-smbios file=` blob per structure into OUTDIR, and prints the
+ordered list of paths. A complete set through the type-127 end marker is what
+lets QEMU build a well-formed entry point from a dump.
+
+Each structure is a 4-byte header (type, length, handle:u16) + (length-4)
+formatted bytes + a string set terminated by a double NUL; a structure with no
+strings is still followed by 0x0000.
+"""
+import os
+import sys
+
+
+def split(data):
+    out, i, n = [], 0, len(data)
+    while i + 4 <= n:
+        stype, slen = data[i], data[i + 1]
+        if slen < 4:
+            break
+        j = i + slen
+        while j + 1 < n and not (data[j] == 0 and data[j + 1] == 0):
+            j += 1
+        j += 2
+        out.append((stype, data[i:j]))
+        i = j
+        if stype == 127:
+            break
+    return out
+
+
+def main():
+    dmi, outdir = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
+    data = open(dmi, "rb").read()
+    os.makedirs(outdir, exist_ok=True)
+    structs = split(data)
+    paths = []
+    for idx, (stype, blob) in enumerate(structs):
+        p = os.path.join(outdir, "sm_%02d_type%d.bin" % (idx, stype))
+        open(p, "wb").write(blob)
+        paths.append(p)
+    print("# %d structures: %s" % (len(structs), ",".join(str(t) for t, _ in structs)))
+    for p in paths:
+        print(p)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
sandwich	0ee2c8d63a	fix(pkg): bump qemu pkgrel to 5 so it upgrades over 11.1.2-4	2026-10-10 13:35:06 +02:00
sandwich	6615d92a79	chore: release 1.4.3	2026-10-10 13:33:08 +02:00
sandwich	8cb9a7f1b9	fix(usb): scrub qemu strings from usb-net descriptors	2026-10-10 13:33:08 +02:00
sandwich	96bfd518d3	chore: release 1.4.2	2026-10-10 06:10:08 +02:00
sandwich	6777e6e399	fix(firmware): route hotplug/notify acpi names through get_mimic_pci_name so macos loads the dsdt	2026-10-10 06:10:08 +02:00
sandwich	29fb6006f1	chore: release 1.4.1	2026-10-10 03:57:09 +02:00
sandwich	8b77a135ec	fix(pci-ids): keep ich9 sata at 1f.2 so ovmf-booted guests find the disk	2026-10-10 03:57:09 +02:00
sandwich	d94772ddc2	chore: bump vfio-native package to 1.4.0 for the new tooling	2026-10-10 02:36:35 +02:00
sandwich	c2b10a2450	chore: release 1.4.0 with macos-capable qemu series	2026-10-10 02:29:34 +02:00
sandwich	69cf814b34	fix: cpu-isolation hook restores prior allowedcpus instead of all cores	2026-10-10 02:29:34 +02:00
sandwich	b1444cc722	feat: vm-native-setup target-machine refit and identity knobs	2026-10-10 02:29:34 +02:00
sandwich	d47e1d5fa0	feat: patched qemu 11.1.2 identity series with macos support	2026-10-10 01:11:44 +02:00
sandwich	f99ff1400a	chore: release 1.3.3	2026-09-06 11:36:25 +02:00
sandwich	4e0df16271	fix: wait for domain to run before cpuid watcher reads its tap	2026-09-06 11:36:25 +02:00