Thanks that explains why kernel and utilities such as prtdiag seem to work fine.
$ ldd /usr/sbin/prtdiag libsmbios.so.1 => /usr/lib/libsmbios.so.1 I suppose fixing DDU is low priority, I can certainly live with empty CPU info in DDU. A nice project could indeed be modifying dmi_info to use libsmbios. $ pkg search prtdiag INDEX ACTION VALUE PACKAGE basename file usr/sbin/prtdiag pkg:/SUNWcs@0.5.11-2020.0.1.20570 Perhaps SUNWcs core system (Core Solaris) could deliver dmi_info ? The DDU gui is nice and I was wondering where it gets its info from. Thanks, David Stes ----- Op 30 jun 2021 om 2:25 schreef oi-dev oi-dev@openindiana.org: > On Mon, 28 Jun 2021 at 10:06, s...@pandora.be <s...@telenet.be> wrote: >> In order to fix DDU (Device Detection Utility) for the Dell Precision >> workstation, >> and possibly for other computers with UEFI, perhaps dmidecode could be >> packaged. >> >> http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/dmidecode/ >> >> This dmidecode utility compiles without problems and it works for me. >> >> It supports UEFI and their support for UEFI seems to work on OpenIndiana. >> >> Once dmidecode is packaged, the DDU probe script could use dmidecode, >> instead of dmi_info. >> >> I'm not familiar enough with DDU nor dmidecode to see whether this is a good >> idea, >> but it could work I guess. > > We actually have a library for dealing with SMBIOS in the OS today: > > https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/tree/master/usr/src/lib/libsmbios > > > https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/blob/master/usr/src/uts/common/sys/smbios.h > > It's used by a core OS command, smbios(1M), to interrogate the SMBIOS > tables for display. The same code is also used by various core OS > libraries and the kernel as required. > > It definitely works on UEFI machines; e.g., on an Intel NUC to which I > have access: > > $ smbios -t 2 > ID SIZE TYPE > 2 115 SMB_TYPE_BASEBOARD (type 2) (base board) > > Manufacturer: Intel Corporation > Product: NUC6i7KYB > Version: H90766-405 > Serial Number: [REDACTED] > Asset Tag: > Location Tag: Default string > > Chassis: 3 > Flags: 0x9 > SMB_BBFL_MOTHERBOARD (board is a motherboard) > SMB_BBFL_REPLACABLE (board is field-replacable) > Board Type: 0xa (motherboard) > > The source for the "dmi_info" command that comes with DDU seems to be here: > > https://github.com/OpenIndiana/ddu/blob/oi/hipster/utils/dmi_info/dmi.c > > It looks like it would be relatively easy to port it to use libsmbios > from the OS. You would include <smbios.h> and link with -lsmbios and > you should be able to get going. > > Note that there is not currently a strong stability guarantee around > the libsmbios ABI, but if you pass a specific version (e.g., > SMB_VERSION_34) instead of just the latest version token (i.e., > SMB_VERSION, as we do in the gate) then things will probably be OK. > In practice, we try pretty hard to keep existing binaries working -- > and we may be able to make stronger guarantees and provide manual > pages and so on if there are consumers outside the gate. > > > Cheers. > > -- > Joshua M. Clulow > http://blog.sysmgr.org > > _______________________________________________ > oi-dev mailing list > oi-dev@openindiana.org > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev _______________________________________________ oi-dev mailing list oi-dev@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev