From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Khalid Aziz Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 21:18:01 +0000 Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] Two questions Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org IIRC the format of last string which contains date of build is "YYYYMMDDHHMM". --- 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 > ================================== Khalid Aziz Linux Development Laboratory (970)898-9214 Hewlett-Packard khalid@fc.hp.com Fort Collins, CO