Re: [coreboot] setting smbios values from the OS

[Rafael Vanoni]

On 06/13/2014 09:40 AM, Marc Jones wrote:
> Rafael,
>
> i don't think that you can update them once the OS loads. The OS would
> have already made decisions based on the settings.
>
> Marc
>
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 7:41 PM, Rafael Vanoni
>  wrote:
> > Hi folks, first time posting here. I was wondering if it would be possible
> > to modify smbios values once a system is up and running. Has anyone ever
> > looked into that? If not, any pointers on how to implement this would be
> > greatly appreciated. I'm fairly new to coreboot but would like to look into
> > this.
> >
> > This is with coreboot + seabios, btw.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rafael

Hi Marc,

That's true, but my intention is to modify more 'informational' fields 
like version, sn, etc. Nothing that would break the OS.

Thanks,
Rafael

setting smbios values from the OS

[Christian Gmeiner]

2014-06-16 19:05 GMT+02:00 Rafael Vanoni :
> On 06/13/2014 09:40 AM, Marc Jones wrote:
> > Rafael,
> >
> > i don't think that you can update them once the OS loads. The OS would
> > have already made decisions based on the settings.
> >
> > Marc
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 7:41 PM, Rafael Vanoni
> >  wrote:
> > > Hi folks, first time posting here. I was wondering if it would be
> > > possible
> > > to modify smbios values once a system is up and running. Has anyone ever
> > > looked into that? If not, any pointers on how to implement this would be
> > > greatly appreciated. I'm fairly new to coreboot but would like to look
> > > into
> > > this.
> > >
> > > This is with coreboot + seabios, btw.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Rafael
>
> Hi Marc,
>
> That's true, but my intention is to modify more 'informational' fields like
> version, sn, etc. Nothing that would break the OS.

Wrong: http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=DMI_MATCH

You can modify dmi values in coreboot - see bachmann/ot205

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--
Christian Gmeiner, MSc

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