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Re: [PATCH] Add a module for retrieving SMBIOS information
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Prarit Bhargava |
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Re: [PATCH] Add a module for retrieving SMBIOS information |
Date: |
Mon, 02 Feb 2015 14:26:22 -0500 |
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On 02/02/2015 12:09 PM, David Michael wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 6:20 AM, Prarit Bhargava <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On 02/01/2015 09:05 PM, David Michael wrote:
>>> * grub-core/commands/i386/smbios.c: New file.
>>> * grub-core/Makefile.core.def (smbios): New module.
>>> * docs/grub.texi (smbios): New node.
>>> (Command-line and menu entry commands): Add a menu entry for smbios.
>>> ---
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> There was some interest on help-grub about supporting SMBIOS access
>>> upstream.
>>
>> OOC, why? Why would you need to do this? I'm certainly not against doing
>> this
>> but just wondering exactly why you want to do this.
>
> The thread on grub-help asked about booting particular kernel versions
> off a hot-pluggable drive based on the detected hardware, which this
> would allow.
>
> I originally wrote it to change what options are available based on
> whether a disk is being booted physically or virtually. Since QEMU
> makes it easy to add SMBIOS entries on the command line, I've also
> been using it for random tweaks like showing a vga_text boot menu
> instead of gfxterm when running QEMU with "-display curses".
>
Ah interesting David -- and good job on getting the efi.smbios stuff in there
too as that's an easy thing to miss. I'll take a closer look ...
P.
> Thanks.
>
> David
>
Re: [PATCH] Add a module for retrieving SMBIOS information, Leif Lindholm, 2015/02/02