Some utils, like dmidecode and smbios, needs to access SMBIOS entry table area in order to get information like SMBIOS version, size, etc. Currently it's done via /dev/mem. But for situation when /dev/mem usage is disabled, the utils have to use dmi sysfs instead, which doesn't represent SMBIOS entry. So this patch series adds SMBIOS area to dmi sysfs in order to allow utils in question to work correctly with dmi sysfs.
Ivan Khoronzhuk (2): firmware: dmi_scan: add symbol to get SMBIOS entry area firmware: dmi-sysfs: add SMBIOS entry point area attribute drivers/firmware/dmi-sysfs.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ include/linux/dmi.h | 2 ++ 3 files changed, 78 insertions(+) -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
