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.
v1: https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/1/23/643 v2..v1: firmware: dmi_scan: add symbol to get SMBIOS entry area - used additional static var to hold SMBIOS raw table size - changed format of get_smbios_entry_area symbol returned pointer on const smbios table firmware: dmi-sysfs: add SMBIOS entry point area attribute - adopted to updated get_smbios_entry_area symbol - removed redundant array to save smbios table 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 | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ include/linux/dmi.h | 3 +++ 3 files changed, 71 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/
