Re: How to read BIOS information

[Madhukar Mythri <madhukar.mythri@wipro.com>]

Thanks alot for all...

Regards,
Madhukar Mythri.


Richard Mittendorfer wrote:

>Also sprach Stefan Smietanowski <stesmi@stesmi.com> (Tue, 09 May 2006
>14:29:01 +0200):
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>>Alan Cox wrote:
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>>>On Maw, 2006-05-09 at 10:53 +0530, Madhukar Mythri wrote:
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>>>> yeah, your are correct. but, the thing is my superiors want, even
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>>>if  >kernel not reconize/use HT, we have to capture it from BIOS...
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>>>>Thats why i asked as, how to read BIOS information?
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>>>You ask the BIOS vendor for the exact board in question.
>>>
>>>If you want to ask the processor itself then you can use the model
>>>specific registers. These are accessible via /dev/cpu/<cpuid>/msr so
>>>you can perform the Intel recommended sequence for checking if the
>>>processor has HT enabled.
>>>
>>>It might be simpler to look in /proc/cpuinfo if you just need the
>>>basic information
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>>He's actually asking if the BIOS has turned on HT, not if some other
>>means has...
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>>BUT, the only thing I can think of is turning OFF HT in the BIOS,
>>reading the CMOS, storing it somewhere, turning ON HT, storing
>>that somewhere and comparing them. Then he'll know that in his
>>specific BIOS revision on his specific mainboard that bit is
>>stored in one specific place and he can go from there.
>>
>>Messy, definately not recommended, stupid but hey, if the bosses
>>ask for it and you gotta give it ..
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>>Just make triple sure you tell them that if you upgrade the BIOS
>>the test might fail or if you change mainboard, etc.
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>IIRC the chipset should know about this?
>Something like hex /sys/devices/pci0000:0/0000:00:00.0/config and
>comparing registers with the chipset's datasheet?
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>>// Stefan
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>sl ritch
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