How to set SMBIOS string for VM running in Openshift Virtualization?

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Issue

  • How to set an SMBIOS string option in the VM yaml definition so that it is passed in the VM during bootup? For example, in xml:
<domain type="kvm">
[...]
<sysinfo type="smbios">
    <system>
      <entry name="product">Product string</entry> <<====
    </system>
  </sysinfo>

Environment

  • OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 and later
  • Openshift Virtualization

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