Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/3] MIPS: Loongson64: Add /proc/boardinfo | From | Tiezhu Yang <> | Date | Sun, 11 Oct 2020 07:40:05 +0800 |
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On 10/10/2020 04:01 PM, Jiaxun Yang wrote: > > > 在 2020/10/9 下午6:57, Tiezhu Yang 写道: >> Add /proc/boardinfo to get mainboard and BIOS info easily on the >> Loongson >> platform, this is useful to point out the current used mainboard type >> and >> BIOS version when there exists problems related with hardware or >> firmware. > > Hi Tiezhu, > > You're touching Kernel userspace API and I believe it should be > documented. Also linux-api list > should be informed.
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Hi Jiaxun,
Thanks for your suggestion. I will do it as soon as possible and then send v2.
> > Also I'd like to know if it's really useful for mainline kernel. > For user who wants to check board information, dmidecode is already > useful enough.
There is no SMBIOS and dmidecode can see nothing on some machines, like this: [root@linux loongson]# dmidecode # dmidecode 2.12 # No SMBIOS nor DMI entry point found, sorry.
So I think it is useful.
Thanks, Tiezhu Yang
> > Thanks. > > - Jiaxun > >> >> E.g. with this patch: >> >> [loongson@linux ~]$ cat /proc/boardinfo >> Board Info >> Manufacturer : LEMOTE >> Board Name : LEMOTE-LS3A4000-7A1000-1w-V01-pc >> Family : LOONGSON3 >> >> BIOS Info >> Vendor : Kunlun >> Version : Kunlun-A1901-V4.1.3-20200414093938 >> ROM Size : 4 KB >> Release Date : 2020-04-14 >> >> Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@loongson.cn> >> --- >>
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