[Bug 950867] Re: problem in smbios-utils. some tokens not recognized

[Marc Deslauriers]

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for a SRU. You need to figure out a minimal patch that will make the
Lucid version work properly.

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Title:
  problem in smbios-utils. some tokens not recognized

Status in “libsmbios” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  Users of certain Dell PowerEdge hardware that need to query/set BIOS settings on Lucid 10.04 systems.

  [Development Fix]
  This bug is fixed from 10.10 and onward.

  [Stable Fix]
  To fix this bug it is suggested that the 10.10 package be backported to 10.04.

  [Test Case]
  On 10.04 with smbios-utils installed on Dell hardware, run the command:
  # smbios-token-ctl -n 'Prompt on Error'

  On 10.04 there will be no output.
  On 10.10 the same command will output as expected:

  [Regression Potential]
  This package should be mostly isolated.

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  Description:
  smbios-token-ctl is a command that is part of smbios-utils and allows the user to query or manipulate BIOS settings from the command-line. On Dell PowerEdge R610 (and perhaps other models) you can't query or set the "Prompt on Error" BIOS setting with the smbios-token-ctl command using the 10.04 (lucid) version of smbios-utils.

  The 10.10 (maverick) version of the package works as expected on the
  same hardware.

  How to reproduce:
  On 10.04 with smbios-utils installed on Dell hardware, run the command:
  # smbios-token-ctl -n 'Prompt on Error'

  On 10.04 there will be no output.
  On 10.10 the same command will output as expected:

  root at example:~# smbios-token-ctl -n 'Prompt on Error'
  ================================================================================
  Token: 0x024d - Prompt on Error (Enabled)
  value: bool = true
  Desc: Enabled the BIOS from prompting for F1/F2 on error. BIOS pauses at F1/F2
  prompt.
  ================================================================================
  Token: 0x024e - Prompt on Error (Disabled)
  value: bool = false
  Desc: Disables the BIOS from prompting for F1/F2 on error. BIOS continues to boot as if F1 had been pushed.

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