linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/7] firmware: dmi: Read additional information when decoding DMI table

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Message-ID: <20251217210352.GA1263950@yaz-khff2.amd.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:03:52 -0500
From: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@....com>
To: "Mario Limonciello (AMD)" <superm1@...nel.org>
Cc: "maintainer:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)" <x86@...nel.org>,
	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/7] firmware: dmi: Read additional information when
 decoding DMI table

On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 06:33:50AM -0600, Mario Limonciello (AMD) wrote:
> Type 40 entries (Additional information) are summarized in section
> 7.41 as part of the SMBIOS specification.  Save these entries when
> decoding the DMI tables.
> 

Why can't an interested user just use dmidecode?

Thanks,
Yazen