Re: [PATCH 2.4] add SMBIOS information to /proc/smbios -- UPDATED

Andi Kleen
2004-04-30T19:23:05Z

Michael Brown <mebrown@michaels-house.net> writes:

> Below is an updated patch to add SMBIOS information to /proc/smbios.
> Updates have been made per Al's previous comments. Please apply.

What is this good for? There are tools to read this from
/dev/mem; and that is fine because the information is static.
There is no reason to bloat the kernel with this.

-Andi