On Mon, Nov 09, 2020 at 11:19:08PM -0600, Jeremy Linton wrote:
> I don't agree with this, I think the hard coded table should be the first
> authority on the manufacture/part number lists. That is because SMBIOS isn't
> available on a fairly large number of arm systems, and on systems where it
> does exist, it suffers from the same kinds of problems that exist on many
> !arm machines. Its not particularly a reliable source of information.
>
> So, maybe if you have a situation where the SMBIOS information is more
> correct than the hardcoded tables, maybe its a good idea to create a new
> line?
>
>
> Aka:
>
> Vendor Id: ARM
> Model Name: Cortex-A57
> BIOS Name: JoeSmithsCore
I like this idea.
Note that for majority of our users know, use and expect names like
Cortex-A57, but I have doubts about "JoeSmithsCore" :-)
> In the vast majority of cases I imagine the strings should match. The
> problematic cases are LTS os's running on newer hardware. For that i'm
> somewhat of the opinion the Model Name should remain "unknown" rather than
> being silently updated. That is to avoid cases where the output from newer
> lscpu's changes during an upgrade.
>
> PS, Having this hardcoded table isn't optimal, but for now I think we are
> stuck with it. Hopefully at some point we can work out a reliable way to
> source the info. In the meantime, it looks like I need to submit some table
> updates, since there are some newer arm models...
Yes.
Karel
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