Upstream has a fix like the one I was hinting at in comment #9, I'll SRU
this fix.
commit e12ec26e19e02281d3e7258c3aabb88a5cf5ec1d
Author: Jean Delvare <jdelv...@suse.de>
Date: Mon Aug 26 14:20:15 2019 +0200
dmidecode: Only scan /dev/mem for entry point on x86
x86 is the only architecture which can have a DMI entry point scanned
from /dev/mem. Do not attempt it on other architectures, because not
only it can't work, but it can even cause the system to reboot.
This fixes support request #109697:
https://savannah.nongnu.org/support/?109697
** Changed in: dmidecode (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin Ian King (colin-king)
** Changed in: dmidecode (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged => In Progress
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1858615
Title:
dmidecode triggers system reboot on Inforce 6640
Status in cloud-init:
Invalid
Status in dmidecode package in Ubuntu:
In Progress
Bug description:
Device: Inforce 6640
https://www.inforcecomputing.com/products/single-board-computers-sbc/qualcomm-snapdragon-820-inforce-6640-sbc
SoC: Snapdragon 820
sysname='Linux',
nodename='ubuntu',
release='4.15.0-1069-snapdragon',
version='#76-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 26 16:10:14 UTC 2019',
machine='aarch64'
The issue is caused by following commit.
Inforce 6640 doesn't have functional demidecode.
System will reboot when executing dmidecode.
commit 3416e2ee7f65defdb15aab861a85767d13e8c34c
Author: Robert Schweikert <rjsch...@suse.com>
Date: Sat Oct 29 09:29:53 2016 -0400
dmidecode: Allow dmidecode to be used on aarch64
aarch64 systems have functional dmidecode, so allow that to be used.
- aarch64 has support for dmidecode as well
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