[coreboot] setting smbios values from the OS

Rafael Vanoni rafael.vanoni at pluribusnetworks.com
Mon Jun 16 19:05:41 CEST 2014


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
> <rafael.vanoni at pluribusnetworks.com> 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




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