linux-kernel - Re: [Patch 3/3] firmware: dmi_scan: use full dmi version for SMBIOS3

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Message-ID: <54DB2A01.3090808@linaro.org>
Date:	Wed, 11 Feb 2015 12:08:01 +0200
From:	Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@...aro.org>
To:	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
CC:	Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>,
	Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@...aro.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Patch 3/3] firmware: dmi_scan: use full dmi version for SMBIOS3


On 02/11/2015 11:55 AM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> On 11 February 2015 at 17:46, Ivan Khoronzhuk
> <ivan.khoronzhuk@...aro.org> wrote:
>> New SMBIOS3 spec adds additional field for versioning - docrev.
>> The docrev identifies the revision of a specification implemented in
>> the table structures, so display SMBIOS version > 3 in format,
>> like: 3.22.1
>>
>> It's not affect on other part of code because version number
>> is analyzed using comparing, and it's obvious that 0x000208 is less
>> than 0x030201 for example.
>>
> I don't think the spec forbids passing a 3.0+ table using the legacy
> 32-bit entry point, in which case the packing of the version could
> potentially become a problem.
>
> I don't care deeply about the docrev, so I think we could drop this
> patch, but if others feel differently, could we at least pack the
> version in a consistent manner (i.e., always account for docrev, and
> set it to 0 if the 32-bit entry point is used?)
>

If others are OK, I can add docrev for 32 bit 3+ versions.
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