This teaches dmi_decode() how to decode and save OEM Strings (type 11) DMI
information, which is currently discarded silently. Existing code using
DMI is not affected. Follows the "System Management BIOS (SMBIOS)
Specification" (http://www.dmtf.org/standards/smbios), and also the
userspace dmidecode.c code.
OEM Strings are the only safe way to identify some hardware, e.g., the
ThinkPad embedded controller used by the soon-to-be-submitted tp_smapi
driver. This will also let us eliminate the long whitelist in the mainline
hdaps driver (in a future patch).
Signed-off-by: Shem Multinymous <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
This patch is in 2.6.18-mm1.
drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/dmi.h | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN
drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c~dmi-decode-and-save-oem-string-information
drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
--- a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c~dmi-decode-and-save-oem-string-information
+++ a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
@@ -123,6 +123,26 @@ static void __init dmi_save_devices(stru
dev->type = *d++ & 0x7f;
dev->name = dmi_string(dm, *d);
dev->device_data = NULL;
+ list_add(&dev->list, &dmi_devices);
+ }
+}
+
+static void __init dmi_save_oem_strings_devices(struct dmi_header *dm)
+{
+ int i, count = *(u8 *)(dm + 1);
+ struct dmi_device *dev;
+
+ for (i = 1; i <= count; i++) {
+ dev = dmi_alloc(sizeof(*dev));
+ if (!dev) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR
+ "dmi_save_oem_strings_devices: out of memory.\n");
+ break;
+ }
+
+ dev->type = DMI_DEV_TYPE_OEM_STRING;
+ dev->name = dmi_string(dm, i);
+ dev->device_data = NULL;
list_add(&dev->list, &dmi_devices);
}
@@ -181,6 +201,9 @@ static void __init dmi_decode(struct dmi
case 10: /* Onboard Devices Information */
dmi_save_devices(dm);
break;
+ case 11: /* OEM Strings */
+ dmi_save_oem_strings_devices(dm);
+ break;
case 38: /* IPMI Device Information */
dmi_save_ipmi_device(dm);
}
diff -puN include/linux/dmi.h~dmi-decode-and-save-oem-string-information
include/linux/dmi.h
--- a/include/linux/dmi.h~dmi-decode-and-save-oem-string-information
+++ a/include/linux/dmi.h
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ enum dmi_device_type {
DMI_DEV_TYPE_ETHERNET,
DMI_DEV_TYPE_TOKENRING,
DMI_DEV_TYPE_SOUND,
- DMI_DEV_TYPE_IPMI = -1
+ DMI_DEV_TYPE_IPMI = -1,
+ DMI_DEV_TYPE_OEM_STRING = -2
};
struct dmi_header {
_
--
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them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
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