Jean Delvare wrote: > On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:38:45 +0100, Hans de Goede wrote: >> Jean Delvare wrote: >>> You could use dmidecode's command line parameters to ease your parsing >>> work or at least speed it up. In particular, option -t, and maybe -u. >> I tried using -t, but although it works for types that dmidecode knows about >> like 20, it does not work for type 185, when I specify -t 185 I get no output. > > Really? That would be a bug. Which version of dmidecode are you using? > An equivalent test case works fine here with both 2.8 and CVS. > Never mind, for some reason Fedora has been stuck at 2.7 for a long time, a 2.9 build is queued for inclusion in the development branch when its unfrozen at the start of the F-9 cycle. With 2.9 "dmidecode -t 185" works fine. Regards, Hans