SMBIOS entry point

Michal Simek michal.simek at xilinx.com
Mon Oct 19 08:16:38 CEST 2020


Hi Heinrich,

On 15. 10. 20 19:18, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> According to
> 
> DSP0134, 3.4.0, System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification
> https://www.dmtf.org/sites/default/files/standards/documents/DSP0134_3.4.0.pdf
> 
> our struct smbios_entry is an SMBIOS 2.1 (32-bit) Entry Point structure.
> This structure requires that the SMBIOS table is located below 4 GiB.
> 
> Some boards (ZynqMP, Versal) do not have memory mapped in the low 4 GiB
> of the address space. So shouldn't we use the SMBIOS 3.0 (64-bit) Entry
> Point structure?

Just to make it clear. Yes there are configurations which can be done
like this that there is no memory in low 4GB.

Thanks,
Michal


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