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2015-06-25firmware: dmi_scan: add SBMIOS entry and DMI tablesIvan Khoronzhuk1-0/+22
Some utils, like dmidecode and smbios, need to access SMBIOS entry table area in order to get information like SMBIOS version, size, etc. Currently it's done via /dev/mem. But for situation when /dev/mem usage is disabled, the utils have to use dmi sysfs instead, which doesn't represent SMBIOS entry and adds code/delay redundancy when direct access for table is needed. So this patch creates dmi/tables and adds SMBIOS entry point to allow utils in question to work correctly without /dev/mem. Also patch adds raw dmi table to simplify dmi table processing in user space, as proposed by Jean Delvare. Tested-by: Roy Franz <roy.franz@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@globallogic.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de>