[coreboot] setting smbios values from the OS

[Christian Gmeiner]

2014-06-16 19:05 GMT+02:00 Rafael Vanoni <rafael.vanoni at pluribusnetworks.com>:
> 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.
>

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

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

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