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| author | Yi Li | 2014-10-04 17:46:43 +0200 |
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| committer | Ard Biesheuvel | 2014-11-05 09:03:25 +0100 |
| commit | d1ae8c0057921681ca489bba7efbfacbb60d0f28 (patch) | |
| tree | bbc462d4e9fd5e166cbdc6580fb4e0cf053186ad /arch/arm64/Kconfig | |
| parent | dmi: add support for SMBIOS 3.0 64-bit entry point (diff) | |
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arm64: dmi: Add SMBIOS/DMI support
SMBIOS is important for server hardware vendors. It implements a spec for
providing descriptive information about the platform. Things like serial
numbers, physical layout of the ports, build configuration data, and the like.
Signed-off-by: Yi Li <yi.li@linaro.org>
Tested-by: Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@amd.com>
Tested-by: Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm64/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/arm64/Kconfig | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig index 9532f8d5857e..2c3c2ca6f8bc 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig @@ -401,6 +401,17 @@ config EFI allow the kernel to be booted as an EFI application. This is only useful on systems that have UEFI firmware. +config DMI + bool "Enable support for SMBIOS (DMI) tables" + depends on EFI + default y + help + This enables SMBIOS/DMI feature for systems. + + This option is only useful on systems that have UEFI firmware. + However, even with this option, the resultant kernel should + continue to boot on existing non-UEFI platforms. + endmenu menu "Userspace binary formats" |