Hi Mauricio, Thank you very much for reviewing this. I've updated the PPA [1] with the highlighted changes. I hope they are correct, but please let me know if I missed anything.
[1] https://launchpad.net/~jasimioni/+archive/ubuntu/dmidecode-lp2081611 Here are the tests for Jammy and Noble, comparing the output in a system without the new features. They are unchanged, as expected: Jammy ----- # Before: ubuntu@dmidecode-jammy:~$ dpkg -l | grep -i dmidecode ii dmidecode 3.3-3ubuntu0.1 amd64 SMBIOS/DMI table decoder ubuntu@dmidecode-jammy:~$ sudo dmidecode > old.txt 2>&1 ubuntu@dmidecode-jammy:~$ sudo dmidecode --dump-bin old.bin # dmidecode 3.3 Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs. SMBIOS 2.8 present. 13 structures occupying 644 bytes. Table at 0xBF921000. # Writing 644 bytes to old.bin. # Writing 31 bytes to old.bin. # After ubuntu@dmidecode-jammy:~$ dpkg -l | grep -i dmidecode ii dmidecode 3.3-3ubuntu0.2 amd64 SMBIOS/DMI table decoder ubuntu@dmidecode-jammy:~$ sudo dmidecode > new.txt 2>&1 ubuntu@dmidecode-jammy:~$ sudo dmidecode --dump-bin new.bin # dmidecode 3.3 Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs. SMBIOS 2.8 present. 13 structures occupying 644 bytes. Table at 0xBF921000. # Writing 644 bytes to new.bin. # Writing 31 bytes to new.bin. ubuntu@dmidecode-jammy:~$ ls -l total 24 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 676 Oct 16 14:16 new.bin -rw-rw-r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 4828 Oct 16 14:16 new.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 676 Oct 16 14:15 old.bin -rw-rw-r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 4828 Oct 16 14:14 old.txt ubuntu@dmidecode-jammy:~$ cmp old.txt new.txt; echo $? 0 ubuntu@dmidecode-jammy:~$ cmp old.bin new.bin; echo $? 0 ubuntu@dmidecode-jammy:~$ strings $(which dmidecode) | grep 'Thread Enabled' Thread Enabled Noble ----- # Before ubuntu@dmidecode-noble:~$ dpkg -l | grep -i dmidecode ii dmidecode 3.5-3build1 amd64 SMBIOS/DMI table decoder ubuntu@dmidecode-noble:~$ sudo dmidecode > old.txt 2>&1 ubuntu@dmidecode-noble:~$ sudo dmidecode --dump-bin old.bin # dmidecode 3.5 Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs. SMBIOS 2.8 present. 13 structures occupying 644 bytes. Table at 0xBF921000. # Writing 31 bytes to old.bin. # Writing 644 bytes to old.bin. # After ubuntu@dmidecode-noble:~$ dpkg -l | grep -i dmidecode ii dmidecode 3.5-3ubuntu0.1 amd64 SMBIOS/DMI table decoder ubuntu@dmidecode-noble:~$ sudo dmidecode > new.txt 2>&1 ubuntu@dmidecode-noble:~$ sudo dmidecode --dump-bin new.bin # dmidecode 3.5 Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs. SMBIOS 2.8 present. 13 structures occupying 644 bytes. Table at 0xBF921000. # Writing 31 bytes to new.bin. # Writing 644 bytes to new.bin. ubuntu@dmidecode-noble:~$ ls -l total 24 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 676 Oct 16 13:49 new.bin -rw-rw-r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 4828 Oct 16 13:49 new.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 676 Oct 16 13:48 old.bin -rw-rw-r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 4828 Oct 16 13:48 old.txt ubuntu@dmidecode-noble:~$ cmp old.txt new.txt; echo $? 0 ubuntu@dmidecode-noble:~$ cmp old.bin new.bin; echo $? 0 ubuntu@dmidecode-noble:~$ strings $(which dmidecode) | grep 'Thread Enabled' Thread Enabled I'll ask Jamie to re-run the tests in a newer system and share them here. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to dmidecode in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2081611 Title: Add processor support from SMBIOS 3.6.0 in Jammy and Noble Status in dmidecode package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in dmidecode source package in Jammy: Incomplete Status in dmidecode source package in Noble: Incomplete Bug description: [Impact] * Add processor support from SMBIOS 3.6.0 in Jammy and Noble to enable new hardware in LTS release per SRU policy [1]. * Backport of 1 relatively simple patch from dmidecode 3.6 in Oracular to dmidecode 3.3 in Jammy and dmidecode 3.5 in Noble [Test Plan] * Check no regressions on current systems with SMBIOS < 3.6, i.e., no output changes in text and binary form. $ sudo dmidecode > old.txt 2>&1 $ sudo dmidecode --dump-bin old.bin $ apt install dmidecode # modified package $ sudo dmidecode > new.txt 2>&1 $ sudo dmidecode --dump-bin new.bin $ cmp old.txt new.txt; echo $? 0 $ cmp old.bin new.bin; echo $? 0 * Check for expected output on new systems with SMBIOS >= 3.6. $ diff old.txt new.txt 1) Run "sudo dmidecode -t4" 2) Observe that the "Thread Enabled" field is being reported [1] https://canonical-sru-docs.readthedocs- hosted.com/en/latest/reference/requirements/#other-safe-cases [Patch Details] https://git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/dmidecode.git/commit/?id=ac65cf23af7cccecb4175d3c13460928e8e2f51d Commit ac65cf23af7cccecb4175d3c13460928e8e2f51d Author: Jean Delvare <jdelv...@suse.de> Date: Fri May 26 17:41:51 2023 +0200 dmidecode: Add processor support from SMBIOS 3.6.0 SMBIOS 3.6.0 adds the following to the Processor Information structure (type 4): * 9 socket types * 1 processor family * 1 field (Thread Enabled) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dmidecode/+bug/2081611/+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
