[PATCH v6 0/6] Implement all missing SMBIOS types required by distro tooling

[Ilias Apalodimas]

Tom, Raymond

I tested the patches and they now work properly in linux.
Unfortunately I don't have time to review them depth, but I think we
can pull them in since they improve the SMBIOS reporting overall


For the series
Tested-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org>

On Sat, 14 Feb 2026 at 00:53, Raymond Mao <raymondmaoca at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Raymond Mao <raymond.mao at riscstar.com>
>
> This series finish the last missing puzzle of required SMBIOS types by:
> 1) Fixing duplicated handles when multiple instances exist in one type;
> 2) Implementing the rest of required types 9/16/17/19;
> 3) Adding version control when printing properties for all types.
>
> Type 9/16/17/19 are generally DT-based, the idea is to write these tables
> using a hybrid approach:
> Explicit DT definitions under existing '/smbios/smbios' take precedence,
> with fallback to scan and interpret values from the entire DT.
>
> Moreover, all below APIs:
> smbios_get_val_si()
> smbios_get_u64_si()
> smbios_add_prop_si()
> are on top of sysinfo, thus allow vendors to get values from other
> subsystems by implementing their own sysinfo driver if needed.
>
> Raymond Mao (6):
>   smbios: Fix duplicated smbios handles
>   smbios: add support for dynamic generation of Type 9 system slot
>     tables
>   smbios: add support for dynamic generation of Type 16 table
>   smbios: add support for dynamic generation of Type 17 table
>   smbios: add support for dynamic generation of Type 19 table
>   smbios: print the properties only when they exist in a specified
>     version of spec
>
>  arch/arm/dts/smbios_generic.dtsi |   12 +
>  cmd/smbios.c                     |  365 +++++++++-
>  drivers/sysinfo/smbios.c         |    5 +
>  include/smbios.h                 |  151 ++++
>  include/smbios_def.h             |  250 +++++++
>  include/sysinfo.h                |    4 +
>  lib/smbios.c                     | 1151 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  7 files changed, 1905 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
>
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