On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 01:50:15PM -0500, Masayoshi Mizuma wrote:
On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 09:37:12AM +0100, Karel Zak wrote:
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.
Yeah, it's s great idea!
SMBIOS Type4 also has Vendor Id (Processor Manufacturer),
so the following is better?
Vendor Id: ARM
Model Name: Cortex-A57
BIOS Vendor Id: Foobar
BIOS Model Name: JoeSmithsCore
Jeff, does the above idea work for your case? X-Gene(eMAG) will be:
Vendor Id: APM
Model Name: X-Gene
BIOS Vendor Id: Ampere(TM)
BIOS Model Name: eMAG
This is perfect. I like the idea of showing both instead of preferring
one over the other.
--
Jeff Bastian
Kernel QE - Hardware Enablement
Red Hat
