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authorYi Li <yi.li@linaro.org>2014-07-11 12:46:50 +0100
committerCatalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>2014-07-21 10:22:21 +0100
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arm64: dmi: Add SMBIOS/DMI support
SMbios is important for server hardware vendors. It implements a spec for providing descriptive information about the platform. Things like serial numbers, physical layout of the ports, build configuration data, and the like. This has been tested by dmidecode and lshw tools. Signed-off-by: Yi Li <yi.li@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> Reviewed-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
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@@ -311,6 +311,17 @@ config EFI
allow the kernel to be booted as an EFI application. This
is only useful on systems that have UEFI firmware.
+config DMI
+ bool "Enable support for SMBIOS (DMI) tables"
+ depends on EFI
+ default y
+ help
+ This enables SMBIOS/DMI feature for systems.
+
+ This option is only useful on systems that have UEFI firmware.
+ However, even with this option, the resultant kernel should
+ continue to boot on existing non-UEFI platforms.
+
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