Re: Modifying GRUB to read DMI data

[Robert Millan]

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 05:56:52PM -0400, W. Michael Petullo wrote:
> I am interested in modifying GRUB to read DMI data from my BIOS  
> (i.e., the data dmidecode reads). The SMBIOS specification seems to  
> state that the Plug-n-Play function interface is deprecated while the  
> table-based interface requires a processor running in 32- or 64-bit  
> protected mode. Does anyone know where I could find information on a  
> non-deprecated method to read DMI data while in real mode?

But you just said this can be done by parsing tables in i386 32-bit mode,
why not just do that?

Btw, which information do you need to obtain from there?

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