From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755976AbXGIMMI (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jul 2007 08:12:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751835AbXGIML5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jul 2007 08:11:57 -0400 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:60870 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752016AbXGIML5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jul 2007 08:11:57 -0400 Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 13:18:21 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Hemanth Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Any way to update DMI tables programatically Message-ID: <20070709131821.0e6d83da@the-village.bc.nu> In-Reply-To: <233208.9076.qm@web32712.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <393903.64336.qm@web32715.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <233208.9076.qm@web32712.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.1 (GTK+ 2.10.8; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 04:27:26 -0700 (PDT) Hemanth 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.