[Bug 1856424] Re: please add smbios module to the signed grub2 images
Frédéric TOURRET
1856424 at bugs.launchpad.net
Thu Jun 4 09:13:01 UTC 2020
Hi,
I'm a beginner in GRUB2 and for my use i need to have BIOS information
to test the model of hardware i'm uses and fix kernel parameters.
I'm working on Debian Jessie. I have downloaded latest sources of GRUB
(2.04) and install it correctly. But smbios module is not present, how
can i include smbios.mod sources ?
Thanks for your help.
Greatings
F. TOURRET
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Title:
please add smbios module to the signed grub2 images
Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in grub2 source package in Focal:
Fix Released
Bug description:
smbios is a new module available in grub2 upstream master, merged
shortly after 2.04 release.
It allows reading values from various SMBIOS tables to allow detecting
vendor, make, model among with other smbios defined handles. In terms
of userspace, it can be compared to dmidecode.
The premise to include this module in the EFI prebuild images is to
allow automatic selection of appropriate kernel and kernel option at
boot time of certified or specilized hardware.
For example:
- allowing to choose linux-hwe kernel on newer generation
(query handle 0x37, dmi type 4 Processor information)
- allowing to choose linux-oem kernel on OEM certified hardware
(query handle 0x1, DMI type 1, Manufactuere / serial number / sku number)
- allowing to choose correct DTB for arm64 Laptops
The grub module itself is fairly trivial, and basically dumps memory,
processes it into various data types, optionally storing them in a
variable thus allowing making scripting decisions based on them (i.e.
setting the 'default' menuetry)
This is a request to review this module for inclusion in the prebuilt
UEFI signed images of grub.
As a patch:
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/commit/?id=688023cd0ac4c985fd0e2ec477fcf1ec33a0e49c
Main Files:
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/tree/grub-core/commands/smbios.c?id=688023cd0ac4c985fd0e2ec477fcf1ec33a0e49c
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/tree/grub-core/commands/i386/pc/smbios.c?id=688023cd0ac4c985fd0e2ec477fcf1ec33a0e49c
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/tree/grub-core/commands/efi/smbios.c?id=688023cd0ac4c985fd0e2ec477fcf1ec33a0e49c
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