Re: [PATCH] firmware/dmi: Report DMI Bios & EC firmware release

[Erwan Velu]

No issue with that.

Thanks for applying.

Erwan,

On 11/02/2020 14:21, Jean Delvare wrote:
> On Fri,  7 Feb 2020 09:35:47 +0100, Erwan Velu wrote:
> > Some vendors like HPe or Dell, encode the release version of their BIOS
> > in the "System BIOS {Major|Minor} Release" fields of Type 0.
> >
> > This information is used to know which bios release actually runs.
> > It could be used for some quirks, debugging sessions or inventory tasks.
> >
> > A typical output for a Dell system running the 65.27 bios is :
> > 	[root@t1700 ~]# cat /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/bios_release
> > 	65.27
> > 	[root@t1700 ~]#
> >
> > Servers that have a BMC encode the release version of their firmware in the
> >   "Embedded Controller Firmware {Major|Minor} Release" fields of Type 0.
> >
> > This information is used to know which BMC release actually runs.
> > It could be used for some quirks, debugging sessions or inventory tasks.
> >
> > A typical output for a Dell system running the 3.75 bmc release is :
> >      [root@t1700 ~]# cat /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/ec_firmware_release
> >      3.75
> >      [root@t1700 ~]#
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Erwan Velu <e.velu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c       |  6 ++++++
> >   drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c     | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >   include/linux/mod_devicetable.h |  2 ++
> >   scripts/mod/file2alias.c        |  2 ++
> >   4 files changed, 40 insertions(+)
> > (...)
> Applied, thanks. Note that I went for "efr" as the shortcut string for
> DMI_EC_FIRMWARE_RELEASE, which was your first choice and has my
> preference.