Public bug reported: The Dell WMI Systems Management Driver provides a sysfs interface for systems management to enable BIOS configuration capability on certain Dell Systems.
This driver allows user to configure Dell systems with a uniform common interface. To facilitate this, the patch introduces a generic way for driver to be able to create configurable BIOS Attributes available in Setup (F2) screen. [Impact] This provides a huge benefit to Dell machines users to be able to manipulate BIOS settings from within Ubuntu. [Fix] By the patches: https://www.spinics.net/lists/platform-driver-x86/msg23302.html Maintainer has merged the code to his branch: https://www.spinics.net/lists/platform-driver-x86/msg23313.html [Test Case] [Regression Risk] This is a new driver and self-contained. ** Affects: linux-oem (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-oem in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901976 Title: Introduce support for Systems Management Driver over WMI for Dell Systems Status in linux-oem package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The Dell WMI Systems Management Driver provides a sysfs interface for systems management to enable BIOS configuration capability on certain Dell Systems. This driver allows user to configure Dell systems with a uniform common interface. To facilitate this, the patch introduces a generic way for driver to be able to create configurable BIOS Attributes available in Setup (F2) screen. [Impact] This provides a huge benefit to Dell machines users to be able to manipulate BIOS settings from within Ubuntu. [Fix] By the patches: https://www.spinics.net/lists/platform-driver-x86/msg23302.html Maintainer has merged the code to his branch: https://www.spinics.net/lists/platform-driver-x86/msg23313.html [Test Case] [Regression Risk] This is a new driver and self-contained. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oem/+bug/1901976/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
