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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">As stated in the airshipctl issue <a href="https://github.com/airshipit/airshipctl/issues/499" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">#499</span></a>, the
 required firmware functionality has been developed and is also </span><b>merged upstream</b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> in metal3-io/bmo.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The BIOS parameters that can be configured are: SRIOV, Virtualization and Simultaneous Multithreading.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">We have prepared a video demonstrating the said functionality, linked here: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gOUT_387sKZXL4-3Gvwlv7FUbv_eI1R-/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">BIOS_Demo_edited.mp4
 - Google Drive</span></a><span style="color:#222222;background:white"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Thank you and regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Mahnoor Asghar</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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