I believe the request is about filling SMBIOS Table Type 1 – System Information.
Fields like Manufacturer, Product Name, Version, Serial Number, UUID, SKU Number, Family…. Some fields are unique per platform / system like Serial Number, UUID. -Giri From: coreboot [mailto:coreboot-boun...@coreboot.org] On Behalf Of ron minnich Sent: Friday, June 20, 2014 11:24 PM To: Patrick Georgi Cc: coreboot Subject: Re: [coreboot] setting smbios values from the OS On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 11:20 PM, Patrick Georgi <patr...@georgi-clan.de <mailto:patr...@georgi-clan.de> > wrote: In the end, I pose the question why a serial number must be exported to the OS in the first place - this looks like a potential privacy issue to me, while doing nothing for servicing the part (if it's sent back, read the bar code). There I also agree. I don't like electronically readable serial numbers in general on computers. ron
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