Re: [PATCH 2.4] add SMBIOS information to /proc/smbios -- UPDATED

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Fri Apr 30 2004 - 14:24:14 EST


Michael Brown <mebrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Below is an updated patch to add SMBIOS information to /proc/smbios.
> Updates have been made per Al's previous comments. Please apply.

What is this good for? There are tools to read this from
/dev/mem; and that is fine because the information is static.
There is no reason to bloat the kernel with this.

-Andi

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