On Wed, Jul 02, 2025 at 05:46:40PM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote:
> Starting with SMBIOS specification version 3.8.0, the term "BIOS" is
> replaced by the more generic term "Firmware" or "Platform Firmware".
> Update all references accordingly.
>
While the new 3.8 specification field names are more descriptive,
it is unfortunate as the change will potentially break scripts
that look for the old names.
> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <jdelv...@suse.de>
> ---
> dmidecode.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++----------------
> man/dmidecode.8 | 10 +++++-----
> 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
>
> --- dmidecode.orig/dmidecode.c
> +++ dmidecode/dmidecode.c
> @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ const char *dmi_string(const struct dmi_
> static const char *dmi_smbios_structure_type(u8 code)
> {
> static const char *type[] = {
> - "BIOS", /* 0 */
> + "Platform Firmware", /* 0 */
> "System",
> "Base Board",
> "Chassis",
> @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static const char *dmi_smbios_structure_
> "On Board Devices",
> "OEM Strings",
> "System Configuration Options",
> - "BIOS Language",
> + "Firmware Language",
> "Group Associations",
> "System Event Log",
> "Physical Memory Array",
> @@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ void dmi_print_storage_size(const char *
> }
>
> /*
> - * 7.1 BIOS Information (Type 0)
> + * 7.1 Platform Firmware Information (Type 0)
> */
>
> static void dmi_bios_runtime_size(u32 code)
> @@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ static void dmi_bios_characteristics(u64
> {
> /* 7.1.1 */
> static const char *characteristics[] = {
> - "BIOS characteristics not supported", /* 3 */
> + "Firmware characteristics not supported", /* 3 */
> "ISA is supported",
> "MCA is supported",
> "EISA is supported",
> @@ -386,13 +386,13 @@ static void dmi_bios_characteristics(u64
> "PC Card (PCMCIA) is supported",
> "PNP is supported",
> "APM is supported",
> - "BIOS is upgradeable",
> - "BIOS shadowing is allowed",
> + "Firmware is upgradeable",
> + "Firmware shadowing is allowed",
> "VLB is supported",
> "ESCD support is available",
> "Boot from CD is supported",
> "Selectable boot is supported",
> - "BIOS ROM is socketed",
> + "Firmware ROM is socketed",
> "Boot from PC Card (PCMCIA) is supported",
> "EDD is supported",
> "Japanese floppy for NEC 9800 1.2 MB is supported (int 13h)",
> @@ -1398,8 +1398,8 @@ static const char *dmi_processor_status(
> static const char *status[] = {
> "Unknown", /* 0x00 */
> "Enabled",
> - "Disabled By User",
> - "Disabled By BIOS",
> + "Disabled by user",
> + "Disabled by firmware",
> "Idle", /* 0x04 */
> out_of_spec,
> out_of_spec,
> @@ -2495,7 +2495,7 @@ static void dmi_system_configuration_opt
> }
>
> /*
> - * 7.14 BIOS Language Information (Type 13)
> + * 7.14 Firmware Language Information (Type 13)
> */
>
> static void dmi_bios_languages(const struct dmi_header *h)
> @@ -4473,8 +4473,8 @@ static void dmi_decode(const struct dmi_
> */
> switch (h->type)
> {
> - case 0: /* 7.1 BIOS Information */
> - pr_handle_name("BIOS Information");
> + case 0: /* 7.1 Platform Firmware Information */
> + pr_handle_name("Platform Firmware Information");
> if (h->length < 0x12) break;
> pr_attr("Vendor", "%s",
> dmi_string(h, data[0x04]));
> @@ -4503,10 +4503,10 @@ static void dmi_decode(const struct dmi_
> pr_list_end();
> if (h->length < 0x18) break;
> if (data[0x14] != 0xFF && data[0x15] != 0xFF)
> - pr_attr("BIOS Revision", "%u.%u",
> + pr_attr("Platform Firmware Revision", "%u.%u",
> data[0x14], data[0x15]);
> if (data[0x16] != 0xFF && data[0x17] != 0xFF)
> - pr_attr("Firmware Revision", "%u.%u",
> + pr_attr("Embedded Controller Firmware
> Revision", "%u.%u",
> data[0x16], data[0x17]);
> break;
>
> @@ -4798,8 +4798,8 @@ static void dmi_decode(const struct dmi_
> dmi_system_configuration_options(h);
> break;
>
> - case 13: /* 7.14 BIOS Language Information */
> - pr_handle_name("BIOS Language Information");
> + case 13: /* 7.14 Firmware Language Information */
> + pr_handle_name("Firmware Language Information");
> if (h->length < 0x16) break;
> if (ver >= 0x0201)
> {
> --- dmidecode.orig/man/dmidecode.8
> +++ dmidecode/man/dmidecode.8
> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
> '\" t
> .\" ** The above line should force tbl to be a preprocessor **
> -.TH DMIDECODE 8 "February 2023" "dmidecode"
> +.TH DMIDECODE 8 "June 2025" "dmidecode"
> .\"
> .SH NAME
> dmidecode \- \s-1DMI\s0 table decoder
> @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ dmidecode \- \s-1DMI\s0 table decoder
> is a tool for dumping a computer's \s-1DMI\s0 (some say \s-1SMBIOS\s0) table
> contents in a human-readable format. This table contains a description of the
> system's hardware components, as well as other useful pieces of information
> -such as serial numbers and \s-1BIOS\s0 revision. Thanks to this table, you
> can
> +such as serial numbers and firmware revision. Thanks to this table, you can
> retrieve this information without having to probe for the actual hardware.
> While this is a good point in terms of report speed and safeness, this also
> makes the presented information possibly unreliable.
> @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ determine the output format and are mutu
> .P
> Please note in case of
> .B dmidecode
> -is run on a system with BIOS that boasts new SMBIOS specification, which
> +is run on a system with firmware that boasts new SMBIOS specification, which
> is not supported by the tool yet, it will print out relevant message in
> addition to requested data on the very top of the output. Thus informs the
> output data is not reliable.
> @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ r l
> __
> r l.
> Type Information
> -0 BIOS
> +0 Platform Firmware
> 1 System
> 2 Baseboard
> 3 Chassis
> @@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ Type Information
> 10 On Board Devices
> 11 OEM Strings
> 12 System Configuration Options
> -13 BIOS Language
> +13 Firmware Language
> 14 Group Associations
> 15 System Event Log
> 16 Physical Memory Array
>
> --
> Jean Delvare
> SUSE L3 Support
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