From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 7 11:31:02 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04E8116A4CE for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 11:31:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cydem.org (S0106000103ce4c9c.ed.shawcable.net [68.149.254.167]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6076543D4C for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 11:31:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from soralx@cydem.org) Received: from S01060020ed3972ba.ed.shawcable.net (S01060020ed3972ba.ed.shawcable.net [68.149.254.68]) by cydem.org (Postfix/FreeBSD) with ESMTP id 1E12C39548; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 05:31:00 -0600 (MDT) From: To: Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 05:31:02 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <86d5t6eu1p.fsf@xps.des.no> In-Reply-To: <86d5t6eu1p.fsf@xps.des.no> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200504070531.02603.soralx@cydem.org> cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: system identification X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 11:31:02 -0000 > ISTR that there is a semi-standard way of obtaining the system (or > motherboard) manufacturer and model from the BIOS or CMOS on PC > clones, but all I can find right now is the BIOS copyright string > starting at fe00:000e. Can anyone here refresh my memory? > DES This might not be exactly what you need, but see '/usr/ports/sysutils/dmidecode' for some code. AFAIK, this approach should work on most newer machines. Is it necessary to obtain the mainboard manufacturer/model, or knowing chipset would be enough? Timestamp: 0x425518CE [SorAlx] http://cydem.org.ua/ ridin' VN1500-B2