On Thu, 5 Jan 2012 15:39:01 +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:43:47 +0100, Harald Judt wrote:
> > Am 21.12.2011 21:55, schrieb Ira W. Snyder:
> > > I wonder if you could set these register values only on this specific
> > > motherboard by checking the DMI table to determine the motherboard
> > > vendor and model number.
> >
> > This is what I currently do using dmidecode in /etc/init.d/lm_sensors,
> > because I too fear to forget about this and accidently wreck a new
> > mainboard I'm going to buy in the future:
> >
> > # We need to do some initialization before loading the module,
> > # otherwise only 2 of the 5 fans will be shown
> > init_module_w83627ehf() {
> > modprobe -q -r w83627ehf
> > # make sure to do this only for the right mainboard
> > if /usr/sbin/dmidecode | grep -i 'Base Board Information' -A2 -B1 |
> > grep -q 'P67 Extreme4' \
> > && /usr/sbin/dmidecode | grep -i 'BIOS Information' -A3 | grep
> > -q 'Version: L1.61' && \
>
> dmidecode -s is your friend ;) Namely -s baseboard-product-name and -s
> bios-version.
Oh, and I almost forgot: the same info is typically available
from /sys/class/dmi/id/* for even cheaper.
--
Jean Delvare
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