Found something else in the Linux kernel specific to flashing the BIOS on Dell machines. I just happened to have been configuring a Linux kernel when I came across the CONFIG_DELL_RBU option [Processor type and features -> Firmware Drivers -> BIOS update support for DELL systems vis sysfs] and I read the help.
In the Linux kernel source has a document /Documentation/dell_rbu.text which describes how to use a specific kernel driver to update a Dell BIOS either locally or remotely after getting the appropriate Dell BIOS image (.hdr file). It looks like the BIOS update can be done by copying the file to a particular location in /sys/class/firmware, although there's a hint that some other utility is needed to tell the BIOS to use the newly flashed image. There are also other hints included in the file; one states that at http://support.dell.com you can find info on OpenManage and Dell Update packages (DUP) -- the other says that Limbsmbios can be used to update the BIOS on Dell systems http://linux.dell.com/libsmbios/ Anyway I happen to come across it so I wanted to pass that along. -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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