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On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 02:48:10PM +0200, m.ehinger@ltur.de wrote:
> I can get the "System Informations" [using smbios] , but how do
> i get "OEM Strings"?

You can poke around in BIOS memory using bios_oem_strings()
from sys/i386/i386/bios.c

These two show you how it's done for Soekris, Advantech, and
PC-Engines:
	sys/i386/i386/elan-mmcr.c
	sys/i386/i386/geode.c

Adrian