Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware/dmi: Report DMI Bios release

2019-10-21 Thread Jean Delvare
On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 11:43:20 +0200, Erwan Velu wrote: > Some vendors like HPe or Dell, encodes the release version of their BIOS encodes -> encode > in the "System BIOS {Major|Minor} Release" fields of Type 0. > > This information is useful to know which release of the bios is actually >

[PATCH 2/3] firmware/dmi: Report DMI Bios release

2019-09-18 Thread Erwan Velu
Some vendors like HPe or Dell, encodes the release version of their BIOS in the "System BIOS {Major|Minor} Release" fields of Type 0. This information is useful to know which release of the bios is actually running. It could be used for some quirks, debugging sessions or inventory tasks. This