[U-Boot] [PATCH 0/7] efi_loader: Expose SMBIOS table

[Simon Glass]

Hi Alexander,

On 8 August 2016 at 08:06, Alexander Graf <agraf at suse.de> wrote:
> We generate a few tables on x86 today that really can be used on ARM just
> the same. One such example is the SMBIOS table, which people use with tools
> like "dmidecode" to identify which hardware they are running on.
>
> We're slowly growing needs to collect serial numbers from various devices
> on ARM and SMBIOS seems the natural choice. So this patch set moves the
> current SMBIOS generation into generic code and adds serial number exposure
> to it.

Shouldn't we use device tree? Why would an ARM device use SMBIOS?

>
> I have verified that I get a correct serial number printed in dmidecode on
> the RPi3.
>
> Alexander Graf (7):
>   x86: Move table csum into separate header
>   x86: Move smbios generation into arch independent directory
>   efi_loader: Expose efi_install_configuration_table
>   smbios: Allow compilation on 64bit systems
>   smbios: Expose in efi_loader as table
>   efi_loader: Fix efi_install_configuration_table
>   smbios: Provide serial number
>
>  arch/x86/Kconfig                           | 27 --------------
>  arch/x86/include/asm/tables.h              |  2 +
>  arch/x86/lib/Makefile                      |  1 -
>  arch/x86/lib/tables.c                      | 21 ++++-------
>  cmd/bootefi.c                              |  3 ++
>  include/efi_api.h                          |  4 ++
>  include/efi_loader.h                       |  4 ++
>  {arch/x86/include/asm => include}/smbios.h |  5 ++-
>  include/tables_csum.h                      | 22 +++++++++++
>  lib/Kconfig                                | 33 +++++++++++++++++
>  lib/Makefile                               |  1 +
>  lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c              | 24 +++++++-----
>  {arch/x86/lib => lib}/smbios.c             | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  13 files changed, 142 insertions(+), 64 deletions(-)
>  rename {arch/x86/include/asm => include}/smbios.h (96%)
>  create mode 100644 include/tables_csum.h
>  rename {arch/x86/lib => lib}/smbios.c (82%)
>
> --
> 2.6.6
>


Regards,
Simon