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authorAlok Kataria <akataria@vmware.com>2008-11-03 15:50:38 -0800
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2008-11-04 13:59:00 -0800
commitfd8cd7e1919fc1c27fe2fdccd2a1cd32f791ef0f (patch)
treeb2b1482133a10f8de3d8c85a1a291fd93ead4b2c /include/linux/dmi.h
parent6bdbfe99916398dbb28d83833cc04757110f2738 (diff)
x86: vmware: look for DMI string in the product serial key
Impact: Should permit VMware detection on older platforms where the vendor is changed. Could theoretically cause a regression if some weird serial number scheme contains the string "VMware" by pure chance. Seems unlikely, especially with the mixed case. In some user configured cases, VMware may choose not to put a VMware specific DMI string, but the product serial key is always there and is VMware specific. Add a interface to check the serial key, when checking for VMware in the DMI information. Signed-off-by: Alok N Kataria <akataria@vmware.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/dmi.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/dmi.h2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/dmi.h b/include/linux/dmi.h
index e5084eb5943..2bfda178f27 100644
--- a/include/linux/dmi.h
+++ b/include/linux/dmi.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ extern const struct dmi_device * dmi_find_device(int type, const char *name,
extern void dmi_scan_machine(void);
extern int dmi_get_year(int field);
extern int dmi_name_in_vendors(const char *str);
+extern int dmi_name_in_serial(const char *str);
extern int dmi_available;
extern int dmi_walk(void (*decode)(const struct dmi_header *));
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ static inline const struct dmi_device * dmi_find_device(int type, const char *na
static inline void dmi_scan_machine(void) { return; }
static inline int dmi_get_year(int year) { return 0; }
static inline int dmi_name_in_vendors(const char *s) { return 0; }
+static inline int dmi_name_in_serial(const char *s) { return 0; }
#define dmi_available 0
static inline int dmi_walk(void (*decode)(const struct dmi_header *))
{ return -1; }