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@@ -10,29 +10,29 @@ Description:
<uapi/linux/wmi.h>
1) To perform an SMBIOS call from userspace, you'll need to
- first determine the minimum size of the calling interface
- buffer for your machine.
- Platforms that contain larger buffers can return larger
- objects from the system firmware.
- Commonly this size is either 4k or 32k.
+ first determine the minimum size of the calling interface
+ buffer for your machine.
+ Platforms that contain larger buffers can return larger
+ objects from the system firmware.
+ Commonly this size is either 4k or 32k.
- To determine the size of the buffer read() a u64 dword from
- the WMI character device /dev/wmi/dell-smbios.
+ To determine the size of the buffer read() a u64 dword from
+ the WMI character device /dev/wmi/dell-smbios.
2) After you've determined the minimum size of the calling
- interface buffer, you can allocate a structure that represents
- the structure documented above.
+ interface buffer, you can allocate a structure that represents
+ the structure documented above.
3) In the 'length' object store the size of the buffer you
- determined above and allocated.
+ determined above and allocated.
4) In this buffer object, prepare as necessary for the SMBIOS
- call you're interested in. Typically SMBIOS buffers have
- "class", "select", and "input" defined to values that coincide
- with the data you are interested in.
- Documenting class/select/input values is outside of the scope
- of this documentation. Check with the libsmbios project for
- further documentation on these values.
+ call you're interested in. Typically SMBIOS buffers have
+ "class", "select", and "input" defined to values that coincide
+ with the data you are interested in.
+ Documenting class/select/input values is outside of the scope
+ of this documentation. Check with the libsmbios project for
+ further documentation on these values.
6) Run the call by using ioctl() as described in the header.