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Date:      Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:56:53 GMT
From:      Joe McDonagh <Joseph.E.McDonagh@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   misc/135550: Feature Request: Manufacturer Information from sysctl
Message-ID:  <200906132256.n5DMurvR009012@www.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <200906132300.n5DN0K8d030988@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         135550
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       Feature Request: Manufacturer Information from sysctl
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jun 13 23:00:20 UTC 2009
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Joe McDonagh
>Release:        7.2
>Organization:
Rapid7 LLC
>Environment:
FreeBSD schwag.phishnet.internal 7.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE #0: Fri May 1 07:18:07 UTC 2009 root@driscoll.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
>Description:
It would be nice if sysctl returned manufacturer info like, vendor, product name, serial number etc. OpenBSD's sysctl does this FYI.
>How-To-Repeat:
N/A
>Fix:
Take a look at OBSD's implementation, since it's unencumbered and probably the 'right' way to do it.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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