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From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: docs/163830: device smbios: missing documentation, no manpage
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The following reply was made to PR docs/163830; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com>
To: Oliver Hartmann <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/163830: device smbios: missing documentation, no manpage
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 09:55:48 -0800

 On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 3:00 AM, Oliver Hartmann
 <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
 >
 >>Number: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 163830
 >>Category: =A0 =A0 =A0 docs
 >>Synopsis: =A0 =A0 =A0 device smbios: missing documentation, no manpage
 >>Confidential: =A0 no
 >>Severity: =A0 =A0 =A0 non-critical
 >>Priority: =A0 =A0 =A0 medium
 >>Responsible: =A0 =A0freebsd-doc
 >>State: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0open
 >>Quarter:
 >>Keywords:
 >>Date-Required:
 >>Class: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0doc-bug
 >>Submitter-Id: =A0 current-users
 >>Arrival-Date: =A0 Thu Jan 05 11:10:08 UTC 2012
 >>Closed-Date:
 >>Last-Modified:
 >>Originator: =A0 =A0 Oliver Hartmann
 >>Release: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0FreeBSD 10.0/amd64 and FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE/amd64
 >>Organization:
 > FU Berlin
 >>Environment:
 >>Description:
 > Mssing a manpage entry for kernel option
 >
 > device smbios
 >
 > which is explained to be a DMI/SMBIOS entry point in amd64/NOTES. No furt=
 her informations available, not known whether this option is prerequisite f=
 or any readings of the DMI by userland software.
 
     In short, no. Many SMBIOS applications like dmidecode poke
 directly at /dev/mem .
 Thanks.
 -Garrett