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Add VPD method to detect IBM systems. In the long term, the other

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methods (DMI and ACPI) are expected to become unnecessary.


git-svn-id: http://lm-sensors.org/svn/lm-sensors/trunk@2052 7894878c-1315-0410-8ee3-d5d059ff63e0
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Jean Delvare
2003-11-11 22:08:07 +00:00
parent e93f810917
commit 3a0da75647
1 changed files with 75 additions and 16 deletions
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@@ -3926,6 +3926,54 @@ sub system_safeness_by_acpi
return '1';
}
# returns:
# system id string (e.g. 'IBM'), unsafe system
# '1', safe system
# 0, could not determine
# VPD is documented here:
# http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-45120.html
sub system_safeness_by_vpd
{
my $pos = 0xF0000;
my $found = 0;
my $bbid;
return 0
unless open MEM, '/dev/mem';
binmode MEM;
unless (seek MEM, $pos, SEEK_SET)
{
close MEM;
return 0;
}
while ($pos <= 0xFFFD0 && !$found)
{
my $r = read(MEM, my $buf, 48);
unless ($r == 48)
{
close MEM;
return 0;
}
seek (MEM, -32, SEEK_CUR);
my $len;
if (substr($buf, 0, 5) eq "\xAA\x55VPD"
&& ord(substr($buf, 5, 1)) >= 0x30
&& unpack('%8C*', substr($buf, 0x0D, 0x30-0x0D)) == 0)
{
$bbid = substr($buf, 13, 9);
$bbid =~ s/[\x00 ]*$//; # right trim
$found++;
}
$pos += 16;
}
close MEM;
return '1' unless $found;
print " System vendor (VPD): IBM\n";
print " BIOS version (VPD): $bbid\n";
return 'IBM';
}
# returns:
# 1 : the system is known to be safe
# 0 : the system safeness is unknown
@@ -3939,10 +3987,10 @@ sub safe_system_vendor
return 0;
}
# We now have two methods for detecting IBM systems: ACPI and DMI.
# The ACPI scan is easy and handled internally. The DMI scan, being more
# complex, is handled by dmidecode, externally. Each method can return
# three status:
# We now have three methods for detecting IBM systems: ACPI, DMI and VPD.
# The ACPI and VPD scans are easy and handled internally. The DMI scan,
# being more complex, is handled by dmidecode, externally.
# Each method can return three status:
# * the system is known to be safe (returns '1');
# * the system is known to be unsafe (returns a string that identifies
# the system, e.g. 'IBM');
@@ -3950,7 +3998,7 @@ sub safe_system_vendor
# (returns 0).
# We then combine both results to come to a conclusion. The rules we
# follow are (in order):
# * if both methods return 0, we can't say anything and return 0 (meaning
# * if all methods return 0, we can't say anything and return 0 (meaning
# "system safeness is unknown");
# * else, if no method returns an identifier string (that is, each method
# returns either 0 or '1'), we assume that the system is safe and
@@ -3960,27 +4008,38 @@ sub safe_system_vendor
my $safeness_acpi = system_safeness_by_acpi();
my $safeness_dmi = system_safeness_by_dmi();
my $safeness_vpd = system_safeness_by_vpd();
return 0
unless ($safeness_acpi || $safeness_dmi);
unless ($safeness_acpi || $safeness_dmi || $safeness_vpd);
return 1
if ((!$safeness_acpi || $safeness_acpi eq '1')
&& (!$safeness_dmi || $safeness_dmi eq '1'));
if (!$safeness_acpi || $safeness_acpi eq '1')
&& (!$safeness_dmi || $safeness_dmi eq '1')
&& (!$safeness_vpd || $safeness_vpd eq '1');
my $safeness = (!$safeness_acpi || $safeness_acpi eq '1')?
$safeness_dmi:$safeness_acpi;
print " Sorry, we won't let you go on. $safeness systems are known to have\n",
my $sysname;
# Order matters, we trust VPD more than DMI, and DMI more than ACPI
foreach my $safeness ($safeness_vpd, $safeness_dmi, $safeness_acpi)
{
if ($safeness && $safeness ne '1')
{
$sysname = $safeness;
last;
}
}
print " Sorry, we won't let you go on. $sysname systems are known to have\n",
" serious problems with lm_sensors, resulting in hardware failures.\n",
" For more information, see README.thinkpad or\n",
" http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/cvs/lm_sensors2/README.thinkpad.\n";
if($safeness_acpi eq '1' || $safeness_dmi eq '1')
if($safeness_vpd eq '1')
{
print " We used two methods to determine your system's vendor, and they led\n",
" to different results. We'd appreciate to have feedback about such\n",
" systems. Please, take some time and contact the lm_sensors mailing\n",
print " We used three different methods to determine your system's vendor,\n",
" and the one we believed to be the best failed in your case.\n",
" We'd appreciate to have feedback about this.\n",
" Please, take some time and contact the lm_sensors mailing\n",
" list at <sensors\@stimpy.netroedge.com>.\n",
" We need the following information:\n",
" * The brand and model of your system\n",