Re: [PATCH 2.4] add SMBIOS information to /proc/smbios -- UPDATE 2

From: Michael Brown
Date: Fri Apr 30 2004 - 22:36:34 EST


On Fri, 2004-04-30 at 19:09, Lev Makhlis wrote:
> > + for (fp = 0xF0000; fp < 0xFFFFF; fp += 16) {
> > + isa_memcpy_fromio(table_eps, fp, sizeof(*table_eps));
> > + if (memcmp(table_eps->anchor, "_SM_", 4)!=0)
> > + continue;
>
> This is fine for x86 and x86_64, but for ia64 -- don't you need
> to get the SMBIOS entry point from the EFI table?

Sorry, but I am not familiar with how SMBIOS tables work on IA64
architecture, and in fact, the DMI spec says nothing about how it
differs on IA64, that I can see.

Can you please send me a URL with this information? I have access to
some IA64 machines. I will add this code if I have a spec.
--
Michael

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