Bug 116525
| Summary: | RFE: dmidecode 2.5 | ||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | acount closed by user <a1459440> |
| Component: | distribution | Assignee: | Dave Jones <davej> |
| Status: | CLOSED RAWHIDE | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | low | ||
| Version: | rawhide | CC: | barryn, mgarski, pfrields, p.van.egdom, redhat-bugzilla |
| Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | FutureFeature |
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| URL: | http://www.nongnu.org/dmidecode/ | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Enhancement | |
| Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |
| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2005-01-11 01:06:02 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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| Bug Depends On: | |||
| Bug Blocks: | 114963 | ||
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Description
acount closed by user
2004-02-22 18:34:41 UTC
Whether dmidecode works on ia64 is actually rather bios specific; some support it, some don't. (Unless there's been more specific changes in that area.) http://savannah.nongnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/dmidecode/dmidecode/README?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/plain --dmidecode.README-- IA-64 Dmidecode used to have problems on IA-64 systems. The first reason for this is that dmidecode accesses the DMI table through /dev/mem, and reading this file on an IA-64 system sometimes leads to a crash. A second reason is that the method for locating the above-mentioned table differs on IA-64 (compared to x86), so dmidecode was likely to miss the table entry point. This complex issue was reported by Glen Foster and Smith Chad from HP. We have since been working on a solution, and dmidecode now supports IA-64 systems. Smith Chad noticed that, for some obscure reason, accessing the /dev/mem file using mmap() instead of read() would work. Then, he wrote a patch to export the DMI table address from the internal EFI table to /proc, so dmidecode doesn't have to scan /dev/mem for it anymore. This patch was since integrated into the main ia64 patch. Finally, I added the required code to make it all work. So, in order to have dmidecode work on your IA-64 system, you need two things: - dmidecode version 2.2 or later; - an ia64 patched kernel, using linux-2.4.21-ia64-030702.diff or any later version. Chad Smith tested dmidecode successfully on two different IA-64 systems, and successes have been reported by other users too. 2.4 is out. dmidecode 2.4 should be included into the kernel-utils rather than the old 2.2. nobody cared, maybe the next century. Closing... I reopen this bug because, now it's the perfect time to update dmidecode (after FC3 release). Why to update dmidecode: - Bug #112355 someone using RHEL have problems with old dmidecode that are resolved in newer version. Because RHEL is build on FC base, dmidecode should be updated (why to update it only in RHEL?) - Bug #127470 #117983 #117983 #128673 #135564 - Newer version *can* resolve some of this bugs. done for tomorrows rawhide. |