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Incorrect SMBIOS information on hpe machines when smbios mode is 'host'

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      What were you trying to do that didn't work?

      Incorrect SMBIOS information on hpe machines. guests should copy the host's SMBIOS values if its smbios mode is 'host'.

      Please provide the package NVR for which bug is seen:

      libvirt-10.5.0-1.el9.aarch64
      qemu-kvm-9.0.0-5.el9.aarch64
      kernel-64k-5.14.0-469.el9.aarch64
      edk2-aarch64-20240214-2.el9.noarch

      How reproducible:

      100%

      Steps to reproduce

      1. Set smbios mode as 'host' in vm's xml
        <smbios mode='host'/>
        </os>
      2. Start and login to the vm
      3. compare the output of 'dmidecode -t system' on vm and host

      Expected results

      guests should copy the host's SMBIOS value.

      Actual results

      guests have different SMBIOS information(Manufacturer,Product Name, SKU Number, and Family) .
      on host:

      # dmidecode 3.5
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 3.1.1 present.

Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: HPE
Product Name: Apollo 70            
Version: X1
Serial Number: 2M292600L0
UUID: 69f846c0-bfde-1000-03ce-ee4ab8730904
Wake-up Type: Power Switch
SKU Number: 881663-B21
Family: CN99XX

      on vm:

      # dmidecode 3.5
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 3.0.0 present.

Handle 0x0100, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: QEMU
Product Name: KVM Virtual Machine
Version: virt-rhel9.4.0
Serial Number: Not Specified
UUID: c55bc878-efee-4266-aa4c-a7be73177ac8
Wake-up Type: Power Switch
SKU Number: Not Specified
Family: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Handle 0x2000, DMI type 32, 11 bytes
System Boot Information
Status: No errors detected

      Additional info:

      There is no this issue on Ampere machines:
      on vm:

      [root@localhost ~]# dmidecode -t system
# dmidecode 3.5
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 3.0.0 present.

Handle 0x0100, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
	Manufacturer: GIGABYTE
	Product Name: R152-P31-00
	Version: 0100
	Serial Number: DM5028812A0025
	UUID: 1d9afb50-a883-4a71-9d6b-a32122712afc
	Wake-up Type: Power Switch
	SKU Number: 01234567890123456789AB
	Family: Server

      on host:

      altramax-32 ~]# dmidecode -t system
# dmidecode 3.5
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 3.4.0 present.

Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
	Manufacturer: GIGABYTE
	Product Name: R152-P31-00
	Version: 0100
	Serial Number: DM5028812A0025
	UUID: 00000000-0000-4000-8000-d85ed38fb3c8
	Wake-up Type: Power Switch
	SKU Number: 01234567890123456789AB
	Family: Server

Handle 0x0054, DMI type 32, 11 bytes
System Boot Information
	Status: No errors detected

              mprivozn@redhat.com Michal Privoznik
              yicui1 Yingshun Cui
              virt-maint virt-maint
              Yingshun Cui Yingshun Cui
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