Hardware Database
Bill Nottingham
notting at redhat.com
Tue Nov 11 16:22:43 UTC 2003
Maxwell Kanat-Alexander (maxka at myrealbox.com) said:
> > Sometimes its empty fields, sometimes random characters, sometimes
> > complete lies (Like saying it has a full length EISA slot in a laptop)
>
> Sigh. I guess we'll have to fuzz it one way or another. We'll have to
> check for certain impossible things, too, like that full-length EISA
> slot in a laptop.
In general, I don't think you need to use DMI for anything other than:
- system type
- system model/serial number
- bios mfr/rev
Any of the other stuff (memory installed, slot types, etc.) is
either mostly irrelevant, or can be gotten by other means.
Bill
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