On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 01:39:19PM -0800, Steve Isaacs wrote: > Because of a need to be compatible with other systems I'm seeing a > requirement to support SMBIOS tables. I did some quick searching > and didn't find much regarding this subject on the LinuxBIOS web > site or the source code.
LB does not try to support legacy stuff like this by design. (LB does not try to be "BIOS compatible" if you will.) > From an application perspective this is important information. The > same application needs to run on platforms having different BIOSes > -- some commercial, some LinuxBIOS. The hardware type and version > information is important for maintaining and deploying the > application. Because of this, the application needs a consistent > mechanism for retrieving the information I listed above. > > Any suggestions or alternatives? Yes, I suggest using an alternative. There isn't really much ready-made though. Can you explain in more detail what information it is your application needs, that is so far unavailable? //Peter -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
