Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] Add a module for retrieving SMBIOS information

2017-05-10 Thread Brad Mouring
> Hi, > > Bumping this thread, since it looks like new features are being > applied again, and the patch still seems to apply cleanly. Is there > still interest in this module? I didn't see any changes requested > with v6, but let me know if you'd like me to resend it (or the small > patch 1/2 f

Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] Add a module for retrieving SMBIOS information

2017-05-09 Thread Dennis Wassenberg
Hi, from my side there is a big interest in this module. I use it to detect specific hardware platforms. Dependant on the hardware platforms there are several decisions in how to boot the kernel. Thats why I would be pleased if these two patches will be integrated into upstream grub2. Best regar

Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] Add a module for retrieving SMBIOS information

2017-05-09 Thread David Michael
Hi, Bumping this thread, since it looks like new features are being applied again, and the patch still seems to apply cleanly. Is there still interest in this module? I didn't see any changes requested with v6, but let me know if you'd like me to resend it (or the small patch 1/2 for defining th

Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] Add a module for retrieving SMBIOS information

2016-04-13 Thread G Gregory
On 9 March 2016 at 04:37, David Michael wrote: > The following are two use cases from Rajat Jain : > > 1) We have a board that boots Linux and this board itself can be plugged into > one of different chassis types. We need to pass different parameters to the > kernel based on the "CHASSIS_TYPE"

[PATCH v6 2/2] Add a module for retrieving SMBIOS information

2016-03-08 Thread David Michael
The following are two use cases from Rajat Jain : 1) We have a board that boots Linux and this board itself can be plugged into one of different chassis types. We need to pass different parameters to the kernel based on the "CHASSIS_TYPE" information that is passed by the bios in the DMI / SMBI