Hi Alexander, On 8 August 2016 at 08:06, Alexander Graf <ag...@suse.de> wrote: > We generate a few tables on x86 today that really can be used on ARM just > the same. One such example is the SMBIOS table, which people use with tools > like "dmidecode" to identify which hardware they are running on. > > We're slowly growing needs to collect serial numbers from various devices > on ARM and SMBIOS seems the natural choice. So this patch set moves the > current SMBIOS generation into generic code and adds serial number exposure > to it.
Shouldn't we use device tree? Why would an ARM device use SMBIOS? > > I have verified that I get a correct serial number printed in dmidecode on > the RPi3. > > Alexander Graf (7): > x86: Move table csum into separate header > x86: Move smbios generation into arch independent directory > efi_loader: Expose efi_install_configuration_table > smbios: Allow compilation on 64bit systems > smbios: Expose in efi_loader as table > efi_loader: Fix efi_install_configuration_table > smbios: Provide serial number > > arch/x86/Kconfig | 27 -------------- > arch/x86/include/asm/tables.h | 2 + > arch/x86/lib/Makefile | 1 - > arch/x86/lib/tables.c | 21 ++++------- > cmd/bootefi.c | 3 ++ > include/efi_api.h | 4 ++ > include/efi_loader.h | 4 ++ > {arch/x86/include/asm => include}/smbios.h | 5 ++- > include/tables_csum.h | 22 +++++++++++ > lib/Kconfig | 33 +++++++++++++++++ > lib/Makefile | 1 + > lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c | 24 +++++++----- > {arch/x86/lib => lib}/smbios.c | 59 > +++++++++++++++++++++++++----- > 13 files changed, 142 insertions(+), 64 deletions(-) > rename {arch/x86/include/asm => include}/smbios.h (96%) > create mode 100644 include/tables_csum.h > rename {arch/x86/lib => lib}/smbios.c (82%) > > -- > 2.6.6 > Regards, Simon _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot