From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Hemanth <canfisa@yahoo.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Any way to update DMI tables programatically
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 13:18:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070709131821.0e6d83da@the-village.bc.nu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <233208.9076.qm@web32712.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 04:27:26 -0700 (PDT)
Hemanth <canfisa@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Is there any API/function in Redhat Linux to update
> specific entries in the DMI table ? Either a driver
> and app combination ? Any existing features in the
> Linux kernel to do this ? Any existing tools ?
> (execuses If I posted here wrongly, but I am sure
> people out there would help me)
The DMI table is provided by the BIOS and there isn't an OS way to force
the BIOS to change it. A few systems have a different 16bit BIOS entry
point for setting the system id.
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2007-07-09 11:27 ` Hemanth
2007-07-09 12:18 ` Alan Cox [this message]
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