On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 11:57:20PM +0300, Sam Eiderman wrote: > Windows kernel extracts various BIOS information at boot-time. > The method it uses to extract SystemBiosDate & SystemBiosVersion which > are then stored in: > * "HKLM\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System" "SystemBiosDate" > * "HKLM\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System" "SystemBiosVersion" > is very hueristic and depends on data contained in the BIOS's data > section. > The implementation resides in: > * nt!CmpGetBiosVersion() > * nt!CmpGetBiosDate() > respectively. > For reference implementation, see ReactOS: > https://doxygen.reactos.org/d5/dd2/i386_2cmhardwr_8c.html > > This patch series aims to make SeaBIOS's data section interact better > with the Windows OS and report correct date & version values.
Thanks. What's the high-level implication of getting this support correct? (That is, from a user's perspective, what works better when these patches are applied?) -Kevin _______________________________________________ SeaBIOS mailing list -- seabios@seabios.org To unsubscribe send an email to seabios-le...@seabios.org
