Public bug reported: There is a relatively new kernel configuration parameter, CONFIG_DEVMEM. I do not understand why, but for some reason "is not set" for Ubuntu, and therefore dmidecode does not work. I think that, in general, we want dmidecode to work.
I found this: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2015-May/057250.html, and so had expected it to be set to yes by now, but in Kernel 4.1RC6 it still isn't. (And yes, I am talking mainline kernels here, which I know are not supported, but I am just trying to help.) Is there a reason to have it not set? On IRC apw asked me to enter this bug report and to assign it to him. By the way, I compiled 4.1RC6 with CONFIG_DEVMEM=y and now dmidecode works fine. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Andy Whitcroft (apw) Status: Incomplete ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Andy Whitcroft (apw) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1462822 Title: Kernel configuration parameter CONFIG_DEVMEM is not set, it should be To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1462822/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
