> Am 04.03.2018 um 22:53 schrieb Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com>:
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> Just for completeness, the Linux kernel exposes some DMI (Destktop Management
> Information) values in the /sys virtual filesystem.
>
> # grep '.*' /sys/class/dmi/id/[bpc]*
> -- APU2 --
> /sys/class/dmi/id/bios_date:03/07/2016
> /sys/class/dmi/id/bios_vendor:coreboot
> /sys/class/dmi/id/bios_version:88a4f96
> /sys/class/dmi/id/board_asset_tag:
> /sys/class/dmi/id/board_name:apu2
> /sys/class/dmi/id/board_serial:123456789
> /sys/class/dmi/id/board_vendor:PC Engines
> /sys/class/dmi/id/board_version:1.0
> /sys/class/dmi/id/chassis_asset_tag:
> /sys/class/dmi/id/chassis_serial:
> /sys/class/dmi/id/chassis_type:3
> /sys/class/dmi/id/chassis_vendor:PC Engines
> /sys/class/dmi/id/chassis_version:
> /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name:apu2
> /sys/class/dmi/id/product_serial:123456789
> /sys/class/dmi/id/product_version:1.0
> --
>
> And that is one of the more accurately defined boards, many are loaded with
> "To Be Filled By O.E.M".
Yes I tested it, for the Jetway boards you won't get useful informations this
way (also not with "dmidecode") :-(.
> As suggested below, some hash of the CPU model and the first 3 bytes of the
> ethernet MAC address would be a better indicator.
>
> Lonnie
>
>
> On Mar 1, 2018, at 10:39 AM, Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Michael,
>>
>> There is no direct string containing the vendor/model. By default we don't
>> include the dmidecode command which can retrieve BIOS info, but not always
>> accurate or useful.
>>
>> A couple ideas ... (example APU2)
>>
>> # cat /proc/cpuinfo | sed -n -r 's/^model
>> name[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*(.+)$/\1/p'
>> AMD GX-412TC SOC
>> AMD GX-412TC SOC
>> AMD GX-412TC SOC
>> AMD GX-412TC SOC
>>
>> You could generate a unique hash string from that ...
>>
>> # cat /proc/cpuinfo | sed -n -r 's/^model
>> name[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*(.+)$/\1/p' | tr -d ' \t' | sha1sum | cut -c 1-8
>> 4e908e0f
>>
>> Of course this is not totally unique, but for the common boards used with
>> AstLinux it would probably be unique. But you would have to map the hash to
>> a human readable string.
>>
>> You could further refine it using the MAC address of the NIC's
>>
>> # ip -o link show | sed -n -r 's#^.*link/ether ([0-9a-fA-F:]+).*$#\1#p'
>> 00:0d:b9:01:02:24
>> 00:0d:b9:01:02:25
>> 00:0d:b9:01:02:26
>> 00:0d:b9:01:02:25
>>
>> Get the Vendor of the first MAC ...
>>
>> # ip -o link show | sed -n -r 's#^.*link/ether ([0-9a-fA-F:]+).*$#\1#p' |
>> xargs mac2vendor
>> PC Engines GmbH
>>
>> You can create a very simple shell script to qualify your vendor/model.
>> --
>> #!/bin/sh
>>
>> echo "Network Hardware: $(ip -o link show | sed -n -r 's#^.*link/ether
>> ([0-9a-fA-F:]+).*$#\1#p' | xargs mac2vendor)"
>>
>> echo "Memory: $(awk '/^MemTotal:/ { print int(($2 + 512) / 1024) }'
>> /proc/meminfo) MB"
>>
>> case $(cat /proc/cpuinfo | sed -n -r 's/^model
>> name[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*(.+)$/\1/p' | tr -d ' \t' | sha1sum | cut -c
>> 1-8) in
>> 4e908e0f) echo "PC Engines APU2" ;;
>> f24bfcb8) echo "Jetway NF9HG-2930" ;;
>> 173fdaba) echo "Soekris net5501" ;;
>> *) echo "Model Unknown" ;;
>> esac
>> --
>>
>> Output for APU2:
>> --
>> Network Hardware: PC Engines GmbH
>> Memory: 3881 MB
>> PC Engines APU2
>> --
>>
>> Lonnie
>>
>> On Mar 1, 2018, at 4:49 AM, Michael Knill
>> <michael.kn...@ipcsolutions.com.au> wrote:
>>
>>> Ah whoops sorry. Wrong terminology.
>>> I meant board vendor/model etc. E.g. is it an APU1, APU2, Jetway ????
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Michael Knill
>>> On 1/3/18, 9:39 pm, "Michael Keuter" <li...@mksolutions.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Am 01.03.2018 um 11:25 schrieb Michael Knill
>>>> <michael.kn...@ipcsolutions.com.au>:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Group
>>>>
>>>> Is there an easy way to find what board type you have installed in an
>>>> Astlinux box?
>>>> Im starting to lose track of what I have installed ☹
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Michael Knill
>>>
>>> "cat /proc/cmdline"
>>>
>>> This is from the file:
>>>
>>> "/oldroot/cdrom/os/astlinux-xxx.run.conf"
>>>
>>> you can see in the line KCMD under "astlinux=xxx" the board type.
>>>
>>> Michael
Michael
http://www.mksolutions.info
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