Is seems so, my DMI tables contain some strings that we could
use to trigger up this laptop recognision (obtained after enabling
dmi_printk in the source):
DMI table at 0x000DC010.
BIOS Vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
BIOS Version: R0204P1
BIOS Release: 09/12/00
System Vendor: Sony Corporation .
Product Name: PCG-C1VE(FR) .
Version 01 .
Serial Number 28316054-5120966 .
Board Vendor: Sony Corporation .
Board Name: PCG-C1VE(FR) .
But it doesn't seem to me like the dmi routines (arch/i386/kernel/dmi_scan.c)
were designed to be used from outside this scope.
I could implement this in two different ways:
- add a callback in this file which will initialise
a global var we could test in the driver.
or
- export the dmi_ident tab and maybe some check routines/macros
to the rest of the kernel, giving each driver the possibility
to access this info.
What does the audience think ?
Stelian.
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