Re: [PATCH] DMI: Decode and save OEM String information

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Wed Aug 02 2006 - 06:37:27 EST


Hi!

> This teachs dmi_decode() how to to save OEM Strings
> (type 11) information.
> OEM Strings are the only safe way to identify some
> hardware, e.g., the ThinkPad
> embedded controller used by the soon-to-be-submitted
> tp_smapi driver.
>
> Follows the "System Management BIOS (SMBIOS)
> Specification"
> (http://www.dmtf.org/standards/smbios), and also the
> userspace
> dmidecode.c code.

Looks good to me.

Pavel
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