libsmbios 0.11.5 review

The libsmbios project aims towards providing access to as much BIOS information as possible

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 0K Developer: Michael Brown

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The libsmbios project aims towards providing access to as much BIOS information as possible. libsmbios project does this by providing a library of functions that can be used as well as sample binaries.

Here are some key features of "libsmbios":
Best-practice design principles
Best-practice code sharing
Extensible Access to SMBIOS Information
Ability to perform unit tests across multiple systems without using physical hardware
Centralized, data-driven exception handling for broken BIOS tables

To start out with, the focus is on the SMBIOS tables. In the future, we will provide $PIR, MPTABLE, RCI, RBU, and other tables as well.

Currently, full access to the SMBIOS table and its items is implemented.

Additionally, access and manipulation of Dell Indexed IO Token (type 0xD4) is implemented. This token is a vendor-extention SMBIOS structure which allows uniform access to manipulate the system CMOS to enable, disable, or otherwise manipulate normal BIOS functions or features.

SMBIOS is a standards-based approach for hardware vendors to present and structure management data for consumption by OS and Management Applications.