1 What: /sys/firmware/dmi/tables/ 1 What: /sys/firmware/dmi/tables/
2 Date: April 2015 2 Date: April 2015
3 Contact: Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhu 3 Contact: Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@globallogic.com>
4 Description: 4 Description:
5 The firmware provides DMI stru 5 The firmware provides DMI structures as a packed list of
6 data referenced by a SMBIOS ta 6 data referenced by a SMBIOS table entry point. The SMBIOS
7 entry point contains general i 7 entry point contains general information, like SMBIOS
8 version, DMI table size, etc. 8 version, DMI table size, etc. The structure, content and
9 size of SMBIOS entry point is 9 size of SMBIOS entry point is dependent on SMBIOS version.
10 The format of SMBIOS entry poi 10 The format of SMBIOS entry point and DMI structures
11 can be read in SMBIOS specific 11 can be read in SMBIOS specification.
12 12
13 The dmi/tables provides raw SM 13 The dmi/tables provides raw SMBIOS entry point and DMI tables
14 through sysfs as an alternativ 14 through sysfs as an alternative to utilities reading them
15 from /dev/mem. The raw SMBIOS 15 from /dev/mem. The raw SMBIOS entry point and DMI table are
16 presented as binary attributes 16 presented as binary attributes and are accessible via:
17 17
18 /sys/firmware/dmi/tables/smbio 18 /sys/firmware/dmi/tables/smbios_entry_point
19 /sys/firmware/dmi/tables/DMI 19 /sys/firmware/dmi/tables/DMI
20 20
21 The complete DMI information c 21 The complete DMI information can be obtained using these two
22 tables. 22 tables.
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