Quoting Brandon Hammersley: > The S2850 is definitely possible. However, it may not work for what Jean > needs to do. The S2850 is AMI BIOS & the S4882 is Phoenix based. There may > be differences in the location of the DMI data. I need to check the SMBIOS > spec to verify this. As long as dmidecode [1] finds the DMI table, the board should be suitable for the immediate job of adding DMI support to linux-x86_64 2.6. The exact location of the DMI table can change according to the SMBIOS specs and both dmidecode and linux-i386 are fine with that, and whatever I do for x86_64 will handle it as well. Quoting Maurice Hilarius: > OK, well, other ideas are welcomed.. > Let me know.. I may add that the S2875S (or S2875 with a single CPU, for that matter) would probably be a more viable solution for me. The S2850 is strongly server-oriented with a weak GFX chip on-board and no AGP slot. I could only use it as a test system. On the other hand, I could use an S2875(S) as my main workstation by simply adding a decent AGP graphics card to it. This would ensure a much better testing in the long-run. Don't get me wrong though. The primary goal is obviously to setup a test machine and an S2850-based would do IMHO. The possibility for me to use it on a regular basis would be valuable but isn't a requirement. Thanks, Jean [1] http://www.nongnu.org/dmidecode/
