Some vendors like HPe or Dell, encode the release version of their BIOS
in the "System BIOS {Major|Minor} Release" fields of Type 0.
This information is used to know which bios release actually runs.
It could be used for some quirks, debugging sessions or inventory tasks.
A typical output for a Dell system running the 65.27 bios is :
[root@t1700 ~]# cat /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/bios_release
65.27
[root@t1700 ~]#
This commit add dmi_save_release() function have the logic to
check if the field is valid. If so, it reports the actual value.
Signed-off-by: Erwan Velu <e.velu@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c | 3 +++
drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/mod_devicetable.h | 1 +
scripts/mod/file2alias.c | 1 +
4 files changed, 34 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c b/drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c
index ff39f64f2aae..a2aac65ff771 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ DEFINE_DMI_ATTR_WITH_SHOW(bios_vendor, 0444, DMI_BIOS_VENDOR);
DEFINE_DMI_ATTR_WITH_SHOW(bios_version, 0444, DMI_BIOS_VERSION);
DEFINE_DMI_ATTR_WITH_SHOW(bios_date, 0444, DMI_BIOS_DATE);
DEFINE_DMI_ATTR_WITH_SHOW(sys_vendor, 0444, DMI_SYS_VENDOR);
+DEFINE_DMI_ATTR_WITH_SHOW(bios_release, 0444, DMI_BIOS_RELEASE);
DEFINE_DMI_ATTR_WITH_SHOW(product_name, 0444, DMI_PRODUCT_NAME);
DEFINE_DMI_ATTR_WITH_SHOW(product_version, 0444, DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION);
DEFINE_DMI_ATTR_WITH_SHOW(product_serial, 0400, DMI_PRODUCT_SERIAL);
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ static ssize_t get_modalias(char *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
{ "bvn", DMI_BIOS_VENDOR },
{ "bvr", DMI_BIOS_VERSION },
{ "bd", DMI_BIOS_DATE },
+ { "br", DMI_BIOS_RELEASE },
{ "svn", DMI_SYS_VENDOR },
{ "pn", DMI_PRODUCT_NAME },
{ "pvr", DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION },
@@ -187,6 +189,7 @@ static void __init dmi_id_init_attr_table(void)
ADD_DMI_ATTR(bios_vendor, DMI_BIOS_VENDOR);
ADD_DMI_ATTR(bios_version, DMI_BIOS_VERSION);
ADD_DMI_ATTR(bios_date, DMI_BIOS_DATE);
+ ADD_DMI_ATTR(bios_release, DMI_BIOS_RELEASE);
ADD_DMI_ATTR(sys_vendor, DMI_SYS_VENDOR);
ADD_DMI_ATTR(product_name, DMI_PRODUCT_NAME);
ADD_DMI_ATTR(product_version, DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION);
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
index 1e21fc3e9851..d010c915c1ab 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
@@ -181,6 +181,34 @@ static void __init dmi_save_ident(const struct dmi_header *dm, int slot,
dmi_ident[slot] = p;
}
+static void __init dmi_save_release(const struct dmi_header *dm, int slot,
+ int index)
+{
+ const u8 *minor, *major;
+ char *s;
+
+ /* If the table doesn't have the field, let's return */
+ if (dmi_ident[slot] || dm->length < index)
+ return;
+
+ minor = (u8 *) dm + index;
+ major = (u8 *) dm + index - 1;
+
+ /* As per the spec, if the system doesn't support this field,
+ * the value is FF
+ */
+ if (major[0] == 0xFF && minor[0] == 0xFF)
+ return;
+
+ s = dmi_alloc(4);
+ if (!s)
+ return;
+
+ sprintf(s, "%u.%u", major[0], minor[0]);
+
+ dmi_ident[slot] = s;
+}
+
static void __init dmi_save_uuid(const struct dmi_header *dm, int slot,
int index)
{
@@ -438,6 +466,7 @@ static void __init dmi_decode(const struct dmi_header *dm, void *dummy)
dmi_save_ident(dm, DMI_BIOS_VENDOR, 4);
dmi_save_ident(dm, DMI_BIOS_VERSION, 5);
dmi_save_ident(dm, DMI_BIOS_DATE, 8);
+ dmi_save_release(dm, DMI_BIOS_RELEASE, 21);
break;
case 1: /* System Information */
dmi_save_ident(dm, DMI_SYS_VENDOR, 4);
diff --git a/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h b/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
index 5714fd35a83c..618933d770e6 100644
--- a/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
+++ b/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
@@ -532,6 +532,7 @@ enum dmi_field {
DMI_BIOS_VENDOR,
DMI_BIOS_VERSION,
DMI_BIOS_DATE,
+ DMI_BIOS_RELEASE,
DMI_SYS_VENDOR,
DMI_PRODUCT_NAME,
DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION,
diff --git a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
index c91eba751804..cc48930cc02a 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
@@ -936,6 +936,7 @@ static const struct dmifield {
{ "bvn", DMI_BIOS_VENDOR },
{ "bvr", DMI_BIOS_VERSION },
{ "bd", DMI_BIOS_DATE },
+ { "br", DMI_BIOS_RELEASE },
{ "svn", DMI_SYS_VENDOR },
{ "pn", DMI_PRODUCT_NAME },
{ "pvr", DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION },
--
2.23.0
