>On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:38:49 CDT, Doug Warzecha said: > >> > If this is supposed to be used with the RBU code to trigger a BIOS >> > update, ... >> >> This driver is not needed by the RBU code. > > Documentation/dell_rbu.txt says: > >> The rbu driver needs to have an application which will inform the BIOS to >> enable the update in the next system reboot. > > Can the dcdbas code be used to implement that application?
No, dcdbas has nothing to do with this. I'll have to submit a patch against the docs. The program you need to use already exists and is open source. You can use libsmbios to do this. http://linux.dell.com/libsmbios/main. The binary you want to use is "activateCmosToken", under bins/output/ (after compilation). The command line syntax is like this: activateCmosToken 0x005C If you want to cancel a BIOS update that has already been activated (per above), use: activateCmosToken 0x005D Basically, follow the docs in the RBU docs as far as cat-ing the bios update image to the rbu sysfs files, then use the activateCmosToken program to tell BIOS to do the update on reboot. -- Michael - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
