"Eric S. Raymond" wrote:
>
> Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>:
> > > Not in this case. If the DMI read fails, the worst-case result is the
> > > user sees some ISA extra questions.
> >
> > No, the worst case is if the DMI read says no ISA slots when there
> > really are some, and the user misses a driver that he needs.
>
> Nobody has told me this is a real failure case yet. To cause a problem,
> the situation would have to be that DMI read fails to detect a card in
> use in an ISA slot. It's OK if it reports no slots when all slots are
> empty.
Well, I just popped in an old 3com 509TP network card (non-PnP) into my
main box and dmidecode still failed to show the single ISA slot, only 4
PCI and 1 AGP.
--Brian Gerst
SMBIOS 2.3 present. DMI 2.3 present. 26 structures occupying 1912 bytes. DMI table at 0x000F04F0. Handle 0x0000 DMI type 0, 20 bytes. BIOS Information Block Vendor: American Megatrends Inc. Version: 62710 Release: 07/15/97 BIOS base: 0xF0000 ROM size: 192K Capabilities: Flags: 0x000000007FCBDE90 Handle 0x0001 DMI type 1, 25 bytes. System Information Block Vendor: Product: Version: 0000000 Serial Number: Handle 0x0002 DMI type 2, 8 bytes. Board Information Block Vendor: FIC Product: SD11 Version: 1.x Serial Number: 00000000 Handle 0x0003 DMI type 3, 17 bytes. Chassis Information Block Vendor: Chassis Type: Desktop Version: 1.0 Serial Number: 0000000 Asset Tag: Handle 0x0004 DMI type 4, 32 bytes. Processor Socket Designation: Slot-A Processor Type: Central Processor Processor Family: K5 Family Processor Manufacturer: AMD Processor Version: Athlon(tm) Handle 0x0005 DMI type 7, 19 bytes. Cache Socket: L1 Cache L1 Internal Cache: write-back L1 Cache Size: 128K L1 Cache Maximum: 128K L1 Cache Type: Synchronous Handle 0x0006 DMI type 7, 19 bytes. Cache Socket: L2 Cache L2 Internal Cache: write-back L2 Cache Size: 8192K L2 Cache Maximum: 512K L2 Cache Type: Synchronous Handle 0x0007 DMI type 5, 22 bytes. Memory Controller Handle 0x0008 DMI type 6, 12 bytes. Memory Bank Socket: DIMM1 Banks: 0 1 Speed: 15nS Type: Installed Size: 128Mbyte (Double sided) Enabled Size: 128Mbyte (Double sided) Handle 0x0009 DMI type 6, 12 bytes. Memory Bank Socket: DIMM2 Banks: 2 3 Speed: 15nS Type: Installed Size: 256Mbyte (Double sided) Enabled Size: 256Mbyte (Double sided) Handle 0x000A DMI type 6, 12 bytes. Memory Bank Socket: DIMM3 Banks: 4 5 Speed: 15nS Type: Installed Size: 128Mbyte (Double sided) Enabled Size: 128Mbyte (Double sided) Handle 0x000B DMI type 9, 13 bytes. Card Slot Slot: PCI1 Type: 32bit PCI Status: Available. Slot Features: 3.3v Shared Handle 0x000C DMI type 9, 13 bytes. Card Slot Slot: PCI2 Type: 32bit PCI Status: In use. Slot Features: 3.3v Shared Handle 0x000D DMI type 9, 13 bytes. Card Slot Slot: PCI3 Type: 32bit PCI Status: Available. Slot Features: 3.3v Shared Handle 0x000E DMI type 9, 13 bytes. Card Slot Slot: PCI4 Type: 32bit PCI Status: In use. Slot Features: 3.3v Shared Handle 0x000F DMI type 9, 13 bytes. Card Slot Slot: AGP Type: 32bit AGP 4x Status: In use. Slot Features: 3.3v Shared Handle 0x0010 DMI type 8, 9 bytes. Port Connector Internal Designator: COM Port Internal Connector Type: None External Designator: Serial Port A External Connector Type: DB-9 pin male Port Type: Serial Port 16650A Compatible Handle 0x0011 DMI type 8, 9 bytes. Port Connector Internal Designator: COM Port Internal Connector Type: None External Designator: Serial Port B External Connector Type: DB-9 pin male Port Type: Serial Port 16650A Compatible Handle 0x0012 DMI type 8, 9 bytes. Port Connector Internal Designator: LPT Port Internal Connector Type: None External Designator: Parallel Port External Connector Type: DB-25 pin female Port Type: Parallel Port ECP/EPP Handle 0x0013 DMI type 8, 9 bytes. Port Connector Internal Designator: Keyboard Internal Connector Type: None External Designator: Keyboard External Connector Type: PS/2 Port Type: Keyboard Port Handle 0x0014 DMI type 8, 9 bytes. Port Connector Internal Designator: Mouse Internal Connector Type: None External Designator: PS/2 Mouse External Connector Type: PS/2 Port Type: Mouse Port Handle 0x0015 DMI type 8, 9 bytes. Port Connector Internal Designator: Floppy Internal Connector Type: On Board Floppy External Designator: Floppy External Connector Type: None Port Type: None Handle 0x0016 DMI type 8, 9 bytes. Port Connector Internal Designator: Primary IDE Internal Connector Type: On Board IDE External Designator: IDE-1 External Connector Type: None Port Type: None Handle 0x0017 DMI type 8, 9 bytes. Port Connector Internal Designator: Secondary IDE Internal Connector Type: On Board IDE External Designator: IDE-2 External Connector Type: None Port Type: None Handle 0x0018 DMI type 8, 9 bytes. Port Connector Internal Designator: USB Port Internal Connector Type: None External Designator: USB External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB) Port Type: USB Handle 0x0019 DMI type 13, 22 bytes. BIOS Language Information
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