> From: Simon Glass <s...@chromium.org> > Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2023 13:37:03 +0000 > > Hi Ilias, > > On Wed, Dec 27, 2023 at 11:05 AM Ilias Apalodimas > <ilias.apalodi...@linaro.org> wrote: > > > > Hi Simon, > > > > On Wed, 27 Dec 2023 at 09:40, Simon Glass <s...@chromium.org> wrote: > > > > > > When the SMBIOS table is written to an address above 4GB a 32-bit table > > > address is not large enough. > > > > > > Use an SMBIOS3 table in that case. > > > > Maybe I missed this on the previous revisions, but is there a reason > > we don't always use SMBIOS3 now? > > I am not sure...there was some comment about it not being supported in > some cases, so I have tried to accommodate that. > > > And perhaps try to install SMBIOS2 if > > 1. we fail > > due to? > > > 2. and the address is < 4GB > > We could, I suppose. Effectively we would drop generation of SMBIOS2. > > I really don't mind. This whole SMBIOS thing is a bit ridiculous, if > you ask me.
Linux added support for the SMBIOS 3.0 64-bit entry point in 2014. I doubt anyone who cares about SMBIOS cares about kernels that old. So if it simplifies things, I'd drop support for the 32-bit SMBIOS entry point.