Re: [Linux-ia64] Two questions

[Khalid Aziz <khalid@fc.hp.com>]

IIRC the format of last string which contains date of build is
"YYYYMMDDHHMM".

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Khalid

Jonathan_Kwahk@Dell.com wrote:
> 
> Obviouslly, W460GXBS2 is the chipset notation (Workstation 460GX chipset,
> Big Sur).
> 89B is the build number for the BIOS.
> P03 is production build.  In this case, it's build 3.
> 
> If I recall correctly (it's been a very long time), the last string includes
> the date of build.  I'm not sure what the other digits mean.
> 
> J
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hall, Jenna S [mailto:jenna.s.hall@intel.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 12:01 PM
> To: linux-ia64@linuxia64.org
> Subject: RE: [Linux-ia64] Two questions
> 
> As far as the 30+ digit BIOS revision, the only significant part would be
> the "0089B" in the number below:
> 
> W460GXBS2.86E.0089B.P03.200012151745
> 
> So that's all you really have to record or report to Intel when clarifying
> BIOS revision.
> 
> Jenna
> 

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