cvs commit: src/sys/boot/i386/libi386 Makefile libi386.h smbios.c src/sys/boot/i386/loader main.c

[Jung-uk Kim]

On Tuesday 26 July 2005 04:12 pm, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> Jung-uk Kim <jkim at FreeBSD.org> writes:
> > On Tuesday 26 July 2005 01:02 pm, Peter Wemm wrote:
> > > hint.smbios.0.planar.version is an illegal hint.  It has 5
> > > fields, not 4.  These are not free-form strings.
> >
> > Ouch...  Is this okay for you?
>
> The real question is, does it have to be a hint?  Why not just
> "smbios.planar.version"?

When I wrote this (long time ago), the original intention was to pass 
hints to smbios(4), e. g., entry point structure, pointer to DMI 
tables, number of tables, and total size.  But this version has 
nothing to do with smbios(4) any more.  I believe dropping hint and 
unit number is okay.

Thanks,

Jung-uk Kim

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