Re: Any way to update DMI tables programatically

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On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 04:27:26 -0700 (PDT)
Hemanth <[email protected]> wrote:

> Is there any API/function in Redhat Linux to update
> specific entries in the DMI table ? Either a driver
> and app combination ? Any existing features in the
> Linux kernel to do this ? Any existing tools ?
> (execuses If I posted here wrongly, but I am sure
> people out there would help me)

The DMI table is provided by the BIOS and there isn't an OS way to force
the BIOS to change it. A few systems have a different 16bit BIOS entry
point for setting the system id.

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