Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 May 2014 11:23:47 +0200 | From | Jean Delvare <> | Subject | Purpose of dmi-sysfs kernel module |
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Hi Mike, Bjorn,
Sorry for joining the party a little late but I am just discovering the dmi-sysfs kernel module. I have to admit that I am very curious about why it was needed. What does it let you achieve that you couldn't already do with dmidecode [1]?
I read on LWM [2] that you were mostly interested in type 15 records, to gain access to the System Event Log information. Well, "dmidecode -t 15" does exactly that. It may be a bit late now but if anything is missing from dmidecode, I would rather add it there than implement a separate solution.
[1] http://www.nongnu.org/dmidecode/ [2] http://lwn.net/Articles/429427/
Thanks, -- Jean Delvare SUSE L3 Support
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