Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 19:48:45 -0500 (EST) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> To: Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@ofug.org> Cc: dgilbert@velocet.ca Subject: Re: [hackers] Re: Realtek Message-ID: <20030331194711.D1365@sasami.jurai.net> In-Reply-To: <xzpvfxzdsqd.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> References: <xzpel4ogv99.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20030330.191944.62348635.imp@bsdimp.com> <20030331.091739.08149174.imp@bsdimp.com> <20030331163059.E1365@sasami.jurai.net> <20030331164644.A1365@sasami.jurai.net> <xzpvfxzdsqd.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Dag-Erling [iso-8859-1] Smørgrav wrote: > Regarding vpd, some documentation (at least in NOTES) would be nice. > I shouldn't have to RTFS to understand what you're talking about. Build /sys/modules/bios/vpd, install/load it, read the kernel output. It also provides all the information via sysctl: # sysctl hw.vpd hw.vpd.machine.type.0: 2645 hw.vpd.machine.model.0: 8BU hw.vpd.build_id.0: INET36WW hw.vpd.serial.box.0: 78PLGM9 hw.vpd.serial.planar.0: J1B369624W5 > > It won't work at all with ACPI; don't use it. > > "don't use ACPI" or "don't use sio"? Don't use ACPI. -- | Matthew N. Dodd | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD | | winter@jurai.net | 2 x '84 Volvo 245DL | ix86,sparc,pmax | | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | For Great Justice! | ISO8802.5 4ever |
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