arm64: dmi: Add SMBIOS/DMI support
SMbios is important for server hardware vendors. It implements a spec for
providing descriptive information about the platform. Things like serial
numbers, physical layout of the ports, build configuration data, and the like.
This has been tested by dmidecode and lshw tools.
Signed-off-by: Yi Li <yi.li@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index ce6e733..62a71e8 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -311,6 +311,17 @@
allow the kernel to be booted as an EFI application. This
is only useful on systems that have UEFI firmware.
+config DMI
+ bool "Enable support for SMBIOS (DMI) tables"
+ depends on EFI
+ default y
+ help
+ This enables SMBIOS/DMI feature for systems.
+
+ This option is only useful on systems that have UEFI firmware.
+ However, even with this option, the resultant kernel should
+ continue to boot on existing non-UEFI platforms.
+
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