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Date:      Wed, 19 Oct 2016 16:33:39 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@ambrisko.com>,  "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>,  "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>,  Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@freebsd.org>, Ravi Pokala <rpokala@mac.com>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r307326 - head/sys/boot/efi/loader
Message-ID:  <CANCZdfouXh63VqJvBk2ujzvDJcaoKhhNPWTAhzjRWO9w--u6wQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1660864.e2huCtGy6v@ralph.baldwin.cx>
References:  <201610141710.u9EHArlL089412@repo.freebsd.org> <3841347.BNPZXPm7N3@ralph.baldwin.cx> <CANCZdfqo%2BExY7AdX5H2gfW4pzXUhPS1UTtG%2BCmhcidaBG1zEWw@mail.gmail.com> <1660864.e2huCtGy6v@ralph.baldwin.cx>

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On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 11:34 AM, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Wednesday, October 19, 2016 02:01:18 AM Warner Losh wrote:
>> One of my systems would export these as sysctls:
>>
>> smbios.bios.reldate="07/05/2013"
>> smbios.bios.vendor="American Megatrends Inc."
>> smbios.bios.version="3.00"
>> smbios.chassis.maker="Supermicro"
>> smbios.chassis.serial="0123456789"
>> smbios.chassis.tag="To Be Filled By O.E.M."
>> smbios.chassis.version="0123456789"
>> smbios.memory.enabled="268435456"
>> smbios.planar.location="To be filled by O.E.M."
>> smbios.planar.maker="Supermicro"
>> smbios.planar.product="X9SRH-7F/7TF"
>> smbios.planar.serial="VM13CS028237"
>> smbios.planar.tag="To be filled by O.E.M."
>> smbios.planar.version="0123456789"
>> smbios.socket.enabled="1"
>> smbios.socket.populated="1"
>> smbios.system.family="To be filled by O.E.M."
>> smbios.system.maker="Supermicro"
>> smbios.system.product="X9SRH-7F/7TF"
>> smbios.system.serial="0123456789"
>> smbios.system.sku="To be filled by O.E.M."
>> smbios.system.uuid="00000000-0000-0000-0000-002590e4d0ec"
>> smbios.system.version="0123456789"
>> smbios.version="2.7"
>>
>> though some of them are silly due to the BIOS writer being silly...
>
> So are you planning to just duplicate the existing kenv vars as sysctl
> nodes?  Can't you parse the output of kenv instead?

I often get sysctl -a from ailing systems. I never or rarely get kenv.
This adds to the information available when I'm looking into problems
since it gives me more data about the system where the problem occurs.

Warner



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